Issue Archives IN THIS ISSUE 08_09.29.2010_CA
In This Issue:
  • John Leighton Chase, 1953-2010
    Frances Anderton remembers her first tour guide of LA, the godfather of her daughter and much of the city's design scene
  • Renzo Resplendent at LA's Resnick Pavilion
    Piano's new gallery rounds out LACMA masterplan with sensuousness and serenity
  • Review> What's Goin' On in LA Architecture
    The new volume A5 Los Angeles: Architecture, Interiors, Lifestyle charts the city's embrace of warm modernism
  • Neutra Nightmare Shakes Westwood
    Fight against student housing project near famed Strathmore Apartments falls short at LA planning commission
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  • California Ponders Scary Proposition
    Architects worry about Prop. 23's potential consequences for green building initiatives in California and beyond
  • Broader
    DS+R To Design Grand Avenue Arts Complex
  • Editorial> Eyes Wide Shut
    The public process is being hijacked in LA, a city stunningly uninterested in open debate on design, writes Sam Lubell
  • Century Saved
    Sasaki Hotel to Expand Into Mixed-Use Complex
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  • Eavesdrop> The Editors
    Cooties Alert; In Memoriam Menswear; Venice, L.A. Versus Venice, Italy; That's Some Pig
  • Open> Restaurant
    Local: Mission Eatery by Atelier KS
  • Step On It
    Railla Winners Explore High-Speed Rail Options
  • Crit> Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
    Design by committee creates an awkward oddball at Ambassador Hotel site
  • Santa Monica Place Swaps Gehry for Airy
    Stodgy mall by starchitect transformed into luxury galleria hocking sunlight and sea breeze
  • House of the Issue> Coscia Day's Skywave House
    Inspired in part by Issey Miyake's laser-cut garments, a California architect designs his own winglike floating house