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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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A look at The Broad museum's architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and the building's relationship to the other cultural institutions on Grand Avenue.
A look at The Broad museum's architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and the building's relationship to the other cultural institutions on Grand Avenue.
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Born out of Los Angeles, Brendan Ravenhill's signature designs straddle sophistication and simplicity.
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Seventy years after the Case Study House Program, community development project Blackbirds is a contemporary experiment in configurating new definitions of housing. Built on the site of five former single-family residence parcels, the complex is compri...
In 1886, house-moving contractors hoisted the Los Angeles Central School building on stilts and moved it across the city. Courtesy of the USC Libraries - California Historical Society Collection.
In the late 19th century, buildings regularly wandered the streets of Los Angeles.
Photo: Garry Winogrand. © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
"Available Light" is being re-staged in celebration of the Music Center's 50th anniversary. Artbound revisits 1983 interviews with choreographer Lucinda Childs, architect Frank Gehry, and composer John Adams -- who brought the original production to life.
Chris Francis' one-of-a-kind shoes are both art and fashion. For the designer, it's the process of creation that's the most fascinating part about his practice.
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What started as a small, all-American agricultural and industrial town has become a cosmopolitan and diverse city that is both international and local simultaneously.
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A new memorial will be unveiled at Pasadena's Memorial Park on April 24, marking the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
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Artists Dolores Zinny and Juan Maidagan challenging traditional notions of exhibition space through their site-specific large-scale installations.
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Jon Jerde designed authentic social engagement within a constructed, highly curated environment.
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Nic Cha Kim visits the Hollyhock House, one of L.A.'s most iconic homes designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1920s. After a recent $4.4 million dollar renovation project, many of the original features have been restored and are now vie...
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