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LA architect rebuilds after Woolsey Fire and reflects on living in the wildland-urban interface
Roman Mars turns ‘99% Invisible’ city into a 100% visible book
In an age of loneliness, Treehouse offers community that’s carefully curated and designed
Air conditioning becomes a weapon against infection, D.J. Waldie finds the soul in Los Angeles
How Bill English helped create the computer mouse, and the effort to change the face of architecture
City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile
XPRIZE’s $1 million face mask contest, and the link between urban design and immunity
For an art conservator, it's hard to say goodbye to Confederate statues
How structural racism shaped LA, and what developers can do about it
Google and Twitter tell staff to keep working from home. What will happen to creative offices?
Can LA be greener, cleaner, slower following COVID-19?
Coronavirus tests the values of global cities like LA
Based on past pandemics, coronavirus will bring changes to buildings and cities
Interior designer Kelly Wearstler can help make your home work for you
Kelly Wearstler shares tips from her interior design MasterClass
Construction continues as coronavirus grinds economy to a halt
White House urges Americans to wear face masks in public. Here’s how to make your own
Long-time champion of public space reflects on impact of coronavirus on city life
Do handsewn face masks protect against coronavirus?
With spring design fairs and travel on hold, LA designers get creative with constraints
Redesigning the California dream
Paula Benson, movie design detective
Daniel Libeskind at the ‘Edge of Order,’ Sunset Magazine, and Sound Baths
Frieze and the art fair effect; Lita Albuquerque at Desert X Al Ula
Architecture in Parasite; Movie villain homes
Setting up shop at the Bradbury Building and Beverly Center
Cross Colours; Fast fashion’s hidden costs
New Hollywood royalty; Netflix goes solar; Santa Monica and well-being
Remembering “visual futurist” Syd Mead; hunting for vintage clothing at ThriftCon LA
Can you design your way out of smartphone addiction?
Dar Williams on how to rebuild small town America
La Brea Tar Pits; Cinderella Homes; General Hospital
UCLA’s graduate art studios; Where stuff goes after the thrift store
More housing for rich LA cities; West Coast Craft
Ray Kappe; LA Auto Show colors; Le Corbuffet
Streetlight competition; WALLS
Marciano and ‘art labor’; Shortlisted!
Creating buzz in the city: Ian Schrager; Horton Plaza
Fighting the Getty Fire; the science of scary; Sneakertopia
Saudi Arabia invites dialogue with American artists and designers, but there’s pushback
Building housing affordably; drag through the ages
Coworking after WeWork; Autographs of LA
Huntington at 100, Notes on Decor
Climate activism goes mainstream, from Porsche to porn
Promenade 3.0; Kunlé Adeyemi
Music Center Plaza; LA’s new tree czar
Fifteen strangers share a house; Bird’s sustainability pitch
Reimagining Museum Row; upending the general contractor industry
Sumptuous swimming pools; AfriCOBRA’s black power art
Dodger Stadium upgrades; an ADU is born
Remembering César Pelli; Sowden House parties on
Hollyhock House; Space Age Design; Guo Pei
Crystal Cathedral’s resurrection; billboards on the Sunset Strip
Jony Ive leaves Apple; LA’s time capsule
Selgascano in LA; The Weather Machine
Flying taxis coming to LA; fining landlords for vacant units
Santa Monica Airport’s future; fashion designer Halston
Taking pride in LA’s LGBT Center; getting the goods at LACMA
Digital billboards resurface in fight over visual blight
A turf war in Westwood; climate change at the Aquarium
Shade; Cey Adams; Jason Wu
LA’s dirty air; Lovell Health House
Historic neighborhoods and SB50; fashion designer Rudi Gernreich
Feminist design at The Wing; A Time Capsule for 2019 LA
Rebuilding Notre Dame; Bauhaus in Israel; Klaus Frahm
Art installations provide celebratory places at Coachella
Make or break for LACMA redesign; Sterling Ruby on Specter
Destination Crenshaw was a Nipsey Hussle dream
Sun Seekers in SoCal; Kurt Cobain’s fashion legacy
LACMA shrinks its Zumthor-designed expansion
Campaign logo design; Bauhaus turns 100
Hollywood’s long-dormant Target may finally be completed
Downtown dog owners; Soul of a Nation
LA County pushes for pet-friendly housing
New life for old buildings: MOCA, a Hollywood library, Target Husk
Pritzker winner Arata Isozaki’s MOCA to be revamped, with water feature
Metro eyes fees on ride-hailing services
Frank Gehry turns 90, Metro considers congestion pricing
Is California ready for an autobahn?
The costume, hair and makeup artists that make Hollywood sparkle
Is California’s bullet train still on track?
Frieze LA; Modernism Week
An art bonanza in Los Angeles and beyond
Velvet Buzzsaw; USC’s architecture heist
Rams head to Super Bowl as stadium rises up
Destination Crenshaw; LA Art Season
Construction worker shortage poses obstacle to building new housing
Charging LA drivers; Monocle eyes LA
Preparing LA buildings for the Big One
A radical act of rezoning; UK prepares for Brexit
A “Marshall Plan” for homelessness
Energy use and CES, Hip Hop Architecture
The uncertain future of California’s bullet train
Home in LA, from the tent to the gigamansion
Tunnel vision: separating hype from reality at Elon Musk's big reveal
Reviving ‘Roma’; Film and Furniture
Metro considers “congestion pricing” to pay for mass transit
Cher, fashion icon; Designing RBG’s early career; a Culver City mystery
Rethinking homes in fire-prone areas
Malibu rising from the ashes; LA Auto Show