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Architecture & Design

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.

A young girl stands in the foreground with a backdrop of flying birds and a halo of concentric circles.
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Science is now telling us how and why portable plants can perk us up and actually make us more productive at work.
Lita Albuquerque, "Spine of the Earth"
Artbound Flashback Moments: Artworks/Earthworks is an exploration of land art featuring the work of artist Lita Albuquerque, sculptor Christo, and architect Thom Mayne.
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A contemporary arts festival at LAX explores the visual dynamics of air travel.
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"The Machine Project's Field Guide to the Gamble House" features over 50 artworks, performances, workshops, and interventions, scattered throughout the iconic home.
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These sustainable dome-like structures, also known as superadobes, are the brainchild of Cal-Earth, the California Institute of Earth Architecture.
Another C.C. Pierce view from Olive Hill circa 1890, looking north toward Mt. Hollywood (on the left) and the future site of Los Feliz. Courtesy of the USC Libraries - California Historical Society Collection.
Before the Hollyhock House, there were olive trees -- a veritable army of them, each spaced 20 feet apart, marching up the hillside in an orderly grid formation.
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Art clubs, luxury shops, and oil corporations have all occupied the intricately detailed spaces of the 1926 Fine Arts Building in downtown L.A.
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Since the 1940s, the family-owned and run Colby Poster Printing Company has printed vibrant and eye-popping show posters and billboards visible on street corners, cross walks, and major venues.
The installation "Competing Utopias" at the Neutra VDL House in Silverlake illustrates two forks of a Cold War history.
"Punk'd," a new experimental installation by artist Heather Flood, references punk culture and the woven patterns of tartans, which have been used to identify a person's lineage.
Crossroads in Claremont has a great example.
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Elysian Valley flowed with life on Saturday morning as more than a hundred community residents, activists, and river enthusiasts gathered for yet another milestone in the ongoing efforts to revitalize the L.A. River.
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