Design and Architecture

The Wild West Meets the Wild East

Host:

Frances Anderton

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Much of US manufacturing is being outsourced to the Chinese, but when it comes to architecture, they are hiring -- from the US and beyond. We hear from Los Angeles architects working in China and from USC's new Dean, Qingyun Ma. Plus, Thom Mayne on the late George Yu, Andrew Blum on the iPhone and Dreamliner, and Caroline Graham on her favorite pool, the Santa Monica Swim Center.

In Memoriam

George Yu (1964-2007) founded George Yu Architects in 1992 and was a faculty member at SCI-Arc. He was also a frequent guest on DnA; Yu can be heard discussing the 2004 Venice Biennale and the Honda Advanced Design Center. Last week, Yu was also remembered by the Los Angeles Times, SCI-Arc, and The Architect's Newspaper.

Banner image: Qingyun Ma, Dean of Architecture at USC

Guests:

Thom Mayne: Architect and principal of Morphosis Architects
Qingyun Ma: Dean of USC's School of Architecture
Scott Hunter: Senior Associate with NBBJ
James Mary O'Connor: Principal of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects
Herb Nadel: Chairman of Nadel Architects
Ron Altoon: Partner at Altoon + Porter Architects
Grace Cheng: Principal at RTKL Associates, Inc.
Andrew Blum: design writer and editor
Caroline Graham: Principal of C4 Consulting

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