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Architecture has a long life span. What we build and create says multitudes about what we value. See the stories that are shaping the landscape of Los Angeles and beyond.

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Rendering of a Blackbirds house cluster by architect Barbara Bestor
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The emerging L.A. we’re seeing now is one that’s rediscovering its public spaces, moving past the car and the single-family house, anxious about displacement and economic inequality and in many ways having to relearn the art of sharing the city.
Los Angeles skyline
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The arrival of the Wilshire Grand tower represents a new shift in skyscraper architecture in Los Angeles.
Tourists at the Hollywood Sign
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The Hollywood Sign has lived three distinct lives throughout it's history. Most recently it has become a symbol of the Third L.A — where technology and obstructionism mix, and battles over access and shared space exist.
Historic image of Venice, Calif.
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For much of the 19th and 20th centuries Los Angeles culture, like most of American culture, was obsessed with a westward expansion. This meant that Venice was once viewed as the last frontier of cultural experimentation.
Linsay Willier, Shania Russell and Gabrielle Lopez model clothing created by Los Angeles fashion designer Bethany Yellowtail.
Fashion designer Bethany Yellowtail draws inspiration from her Crow and Northern Cheyenne roots to create her B.Yellowtail line.
Thatcher Music Building in Pomona College
Pomona College has intentions to tear down a modestly scaled Brutalist building. The planned demolition prompts questions about the preservation of cultural resources.
Mia Lehrer and Associates: Potential Habitat Expansion
When will the Silver Lake Reservoir be refilled? This open question is a chance to rethink how the dry infrastructure can be seen as a resource for the city and as a model for other sites around the Los Angeles area.
Parker Center.
Something must be done with the LAPD's former home on Los Angeles St., either to make its presence more felt or to erase its image from memory.
Herman Miller showroom, 1949
The legendary designers arrived in Los Angeles in July 1941. The city's aerospace and entertainment industries would help them define the mid-century modern look.
The shock of the new
Why was the city of Los Angeles so scared of modern art in the mid-20th century?
Ramona's Marriage Place (featured)
If walls could speak, an important 19th century landmark in San Diego, La Casa de Estudillo, would convey a complex past. For a period, craze for a novel -- Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 “Ramona” -- added to the site’s appeal and transformation.
Steinberg and Binder on VIVID
Her professional design career began in the early 1960s after joining forces with like-minded innovator Sarah Binder. Lenny Steinberg’s trendsetting architectural practice spans over 50 years.
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