How Strip Malls Reflect the Diversity of Los Angeles’s Neighborhoods
A new book traces the development of this typology, whose ubiquity is unique to the West Coast metropolis.
Los Angeles
This New Hollywood Landmark Is Best Understood Inside Out
The Los Angeles LGBT Center, designed by Leong Leong and KFA, packs heart and soul into its secondary spaces—on a nonprofit budget.
Barbara Bestor Rehabs an Unfinished Masterpiece by John Lautner
The Silvertop House was begun in 1956 but never completed to Lautner's original plans; Bestor consulted archives at the Getty to design a sensitive 21st-century extrapolation of his vision.
WTARCH's Elysian Fields Project Embraces L.A.'s Eclecticism
The structure features four completely different frontages that together channel the exuberant urban cacophony that Angelenos love and others don’t always understand.
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects Designs a Resilient Beachfront House in Malibu
Dubbed House Noir, the house balances the desire for beachfront living with the modern realities of higher seas and bigger waves.
L.A.'s Flourishing Hospitality Industry Is Embracing Historic Architecture
Metropolis speaks with Historic Resources Group, 213 Hospitality, Design, Bitches, and other key hospitality designers and developers working in the city.
1100 Architect Channels Midcentury Modern Design For an L.A. Office
The firm’s most daring design deviation was to expose the modern HVAC systems along the building’s roofline; those elements now acts as a striking industrial crown.
A Slice of New York with a California Twist: Studio Jesse James Designs Roberta's Pizza in Los Angeles
Roberta's, a pizza pilgrimage destination in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, wanted a fresh, locally-attuned look for its Culver City outpost.
This Minimalist House Maximizes Indoor-Outdoor Living on a Tight Los Angeles Site
A couple tapped the firm FreelandBuck to design a 1,500-square-foot house entirely located within the backyard of their existing residence.
A Former Playground for Strippers and Slayer Is Reborn as a Music Lover’s Dream Hotel
Gold-Diggers, an East Hollywood bar/boutique hotel/recording studio, mines its eclectic past while stepping into the future of music.
CES 2019: “Code Is the New Concrete” in Today’s Cities
Metropolis interviews Seleta Reynolds, general manager of L.A.’s Department of Transportation (LADOT), about modernizing transit and making cities more equitable.
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.
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.
