03: Sam Lubell
from FIVE PLACES L.A. Hosted by Sam Lubell, Quynh Nguyen, Anali Gharakhani, Emmanuelle Bourlier
Sam ’s five places Bahooka and Rufus the fish. Bahooka closing, and video tour. Rufus the Pacu fish eating a carrot. Carousel restaurant and Sam’s New York Times piece about amazing food in strip malls. Elysian Park, Griffith Park, and the LA Police Academy Garden The Bonaventure Hotel The Magic Castle Also Mentioned in this episode “Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” - Frank Lloyd Wright Watts Towers Farnam House Santa Monica Slab City and Salvation Mountain near Salton Sea Hollywood vibe restaurants: Musso & Frank, Clifton’s, The Dresden Los Angeles City Hall The Broad Museum Also see: “Elizabeth Diller’s designs on the Broad draw from architect’s avant-garde eye” by Episode One guest, LA Times Art & Architecture writer Carolina Miranda Walt Disney Concert Hall and Frank Gehry on the Architecture of LA's Disney Concert Hall Guggenheim Bilbao Centre Pompidou, and the Kandisky Library Sixth Street Viaduct Sam Lubell’s LA Times piece about SoFi stadium. Episode One guest Carolina Miranda wrote about SoFi Stadium’s 5 best places and also about the stadium’s lack of representation of Black artists. The LACMA debate covered by the LA Times Books authored by Sam Lubell Credits: Logo design: still room (www.still-room.com) Animated logo: Bee Murphy (@supadoopabee on Instagram) Music: Guido Parisi, www.pond5.com Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Quynh Nguyen Creator, Executive Producer, and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier This podcast was recorded on unceded Chumash and Tongva land. © 2026 Los Angeles Forum AUD, and FIVE PLACES www.laforum.org
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Sam Lubell is the Executive Editor of Metropolis Magazine. He has written more than ten books about architecture for Phaidon, Rizzoli, The Monacelli Press, Metropolis Books, and Oro Editions. He has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper, Dwell, Wired, Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Architect Magazine, and other publications. Lubell co-curated the exhibitions Never Built New York at the Queens Museum; Never Built Los Angeles at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum; Shelter: Rethinking How We Live in Los Angeles at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum; and Sacred Spaces, a traveling exhibition created with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. He has taught as an adjunct professor at Syracuse University School of Architecture and Columbia University GSAPP.
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