Inside the Mind of Sou Fujimoto
Metropolis interviews the renowned Japanese architect, whose retrospective exhibition Futures of the Future is currently on view at Japan House Los Angeles.
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Design, Bitches Transforms Two Warehouses Into a Versatile STEM Tutoring Facility and Community Center
The center—commissioned by 9 Dots, which operates a range of after-school and summer programs—has hosted teacher-training seminars, community workshops, and local non-profits.
Rios Clementi Hale Studios' New L.A. Office Strives to Address Gentrification in a Changing Neighborhood
Since opening last summer in the city's Crenshaw neighborhood, the firm's super-flexible open office has opened itself to local students, artists, and organizations.
Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall to Be Projected With Digital “Machine Hallucinations”
The landmark building will be covered with swirling, abstracted images from the L.A. Philharmonic's 100-year-old archive, designed by artist Refik Anadol.
FreelandBuck Designs a Cascading Home on a Steep Los Angeles Hillside
The Stack House, built in the hills of the Mount Washington, could provide an architectural model for navigating L.A.’s strict building and zoning codes.
Frank Gehry Reveals Design for New L.A.-Area Youth Orchestra
"It's not about making money," the architect says of his pro bono design for the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center, an extension of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
New Talent 2018: For Furniture Design Company Kalon, Each Piece Starts in the Designers’ Own Home
The Los Angeles-based design duo meticulously develops each of their products, fostering a unique blend of beauty and sustainability.
Frank Gehry’s Minimalist Set For a 1983 Dance Performance Is Restaged for the Final Time in New York
Available Light, created in collaboration with choreographer Lucinda Childs and composer John Adams, is performed in New York City for the first time in 35 years at Lincoln Center.
New Talent 2018: Nonprofit LA-Más Is Revitalizing Los Angeles's Overlooked Corners
The nimble L.A. practice seeks to unlock the city’s potential by conceiving policy solutions and reimagining unglamorous spaces throughout the basin.
Forgotten Photographer Marvin Rand Documented Los Angeles Modernism Like No One Else
A recent book from Phaidon delves into the photographer’s little-known contributions to chronicling Modernist architecture in his home state, California.
What Hollywood Can Teach Architects About Design
Woods Bagot and SCI-Arc organized two events in Los Angeles: one on the role of architecture in film, and a second on the future of L.A. urbanism.
The Hamburger (and Chili Bowl and Donut) That Ate L.A.
California Crazy, recently reissued by Taschen, is an indelible record of the wild, wonderful tradition of roadside architecture.
Take a Look Inside Hem's Second Ever Pop-Up, Now Open in L.A.
The temporary store for the cult Stockholm-based furniture e-tailer, located in a warehouse in Downtown L.A., showcases a mix of staple pieces and new offerings.
15 Postmodern Buildings That Helped Define Los Angeles
Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: AC Martin Partners
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Cesar Pelli
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Matlin & Dvoretzky
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Grinstein/Daniels Architects
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Venturi Scott Brown & Associates
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Franklin D. Israel
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
