Design and Architecture
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Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.
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How structural racism shaped LA, and what developers can do about it
Design and Architecture
06/19/20 • 17 min
Redlining, restrictive covenants, urban renewal, and building freeways through communities of color are all ways Los Angeles was shaped by structural racism. Now gentrification is a challenge. Real estate development consultant Judith Taylor explains how race has shaped place, and the work she is doing to bring equity and local investment into new development in South LA.
'Columbus' muses on modernism, David Hockney turns 80
Design and Architecture
08/01/17 • 29 min
The Los Angeles-based painter David Hockney turned 80 last month and his birthday is being marked with shows from London to LA's Getty Museum. Critics and Hockney talk to DnA about his enduring appeal. And the movie Columbus is set in the small town of Columbus, Ind., a mecca of modernist architecture. The filmmaker, Kogonada, explains why he placed buildings at the center of his directorial debut.
Will Santa Monica's affordable housing goals backfire?
Design and Architecture
07/27/17 • 5 min
Home prices keep hitting record highs in Southern California. What’s the solution? Some say Santa Monica – with its recent downtown development and light rail extension – is the model. But a split vote by that city’s lawmakers suggests otherwise.
Designer Camp, Louis Kahn barge, Architectural Imagination
Design and Architecture
07/25/17 • 29 min
Pack your bags, we're off to summer camp! But forget lanyards and campfire singalongs. We visit a boutique camp for teen designers. Los Angeles architects take "The Architectural Imagination" to Detroit. Do their dreams offer more hope than grassroots solutions? Louis Kahn's floating concert hall has sent up an SOS. Can a Hudson Valley town save it from the scrapyard?
LACMA wants to expand into South LA
Design and Architecture
06/07/17 • 5 min
LACMA wants to turn a defunct MTA facility in South LA into a new space for exhibitions, educational programming and art storage. What would this mean for the neighboring community, and for LACMA's other major project: to renovate its main campus on Wilshire Boulevard?
Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back
Design and Architecture
05/30/17 • 29 min
Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?
Watergate Offices, Trump Hotel; 'The Price of Illusion'
Design and Architecture
03/28/17 • 29 min
Joan Juliet Buck was fired from the helm of French Vogue and later wrote an ill-timed profile of a tyrant's wife. Now she examines her life in The Price of Illusion. And architecture meets politics in the Watergate complex and Trump's hotel in DC's Old Post Office Building.
New Hollywood royalty; Netflix goes solar; Santa Monica and well-being
Design and Architecture
01/14/20 • 28 min
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How many episodes does Design and Architecture have?
Design and Architecture currently has 517 episodes available.
What topics does Design and Architecture cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Design and Architecture?
The episode title 'Frieze and the art fair effect; Lita Albuquerque at Desert X Al Ula' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Design and Architecture?
The average episode length on Design and Architecture is 23 minutes.
How often are episodes of Design and Architecture released?
Episodes of Design and Architecture are typically released every 6 days, 13 hours.
When was the first episode of Design and Architecture?
The first episode of Design and Architecture was released on May 16, 2006.
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