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This shot was taken last year; via Vin Dog Nuch is on a roll, taking down two more supergraphics on a building at the corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Highland Ave. Via the Times: Two of the tallest and most controversial supergraphics in Los Angele...

topics: architecture, hollywood, los-angeles, santa-monica

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Streetsblog thinks New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn is a god, and apparently so does everyone else who heard her speak last night at Occidental College as part of the Streetsummit conference, currently under...

topics: activist, architecture, government, hawthorne, los-angeles

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[Image via William Anthony Photography] Photographer William Anthony used his recession downtime to explore his then-new neighborhood, the Arts District, a pursuit that turned into The 90021 Project: What originally started as a casual, personal e...

topics: architecture, los-angeles

aggregated from: Curbed LA

Potential architects for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's expansion are leaking out, and Christopher Hawthorne finds the list predictable. Not just that, but The L.A. County Museum alone has worked with three of the firms: Koolhaas' Office...

topics: architecture, hawthorne

aggregated from: Curbed LA

Architizer, the social networking site for architects, gets a west coast launch tomorrow, and in honor of the occasion Flavorwire asked the team there to curate a selection of LA s best architecture. Since the site focuses on contemporary work, we'...

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Frank Gehry's designs for his latest project, the Signature Center in New York, were just revealed today. The 74,000 square foot project will be the new home of the Signature Theatre Company and will feature three theaters, two rehearsal studios, lob...

topics: development, santa-monica, venice

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More than a year ago, a fatal fire--sparked by a fireworks display--damaged one of the buildings at the OMA-designed Beijing headquarters for CCTV, the country's leading TV broadcaster. Only now are repairs starting on the Television Cultural Center...

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Click the image above to view the full photogallery.Billed as one of the last designs by architect Franklin D. Israel, and a classic case-study era walls of glass and post and beams, this Hollywood Hills*, not Pacific Palisades, two-bedroom, two-ba...

topics: architecture, hollywood, pacific-palisades, ucla

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One of LA's most famous private art collections is leaving town. Much of Sidney and Frances Lasker Brody's modern collection has lived at their A. Quincy Jones and Billy Haines house in Holmby Hills, but following Frances's death in November, most of...

topics: architecture, san-marino

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The W Hollywood Hotel & Residences, perched atop the Metro's Hollywood & Vine Red Line Station, has simultaneously raised the curtain and lowered the standard, establishing itself as LA's largest Transient Oriented Development (TOD) complete with a p...

topics: architecture, bike, cycling, cyclists, environment