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January 01, 1990 - December 08, 2012 + Design and Architecture
Let There Be Shade 
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Los Angeles is a hot place and the sun can be dangerous, but LA has a puzzling aversion to shade. Find out why with Jane...
Oil, Plastic and the Stuff that Surrounds Us
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Today on DnA, oil, plastic and the stuff that surrounds us. As oil
spills into the gulf, we examine our dependence on products derived from
...
Apple Worship: Creating a Brand
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The Apple brand has become so powerful that its Manhattan store is a tourist landmark. What's the secret to turning customers into devotees? Andrew Blum...
Designing a 'Vibe'
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Victor Drai, back in LA with a glam new namesake club, on top of the W Hotel, says you can't have a good nightclub without...
Ebooks and the iPad: A Match for the Coffee Table Book?
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Ebooks may transmit words but can they furnish a room? We hear from Taschen's Josh Baker and Nook designer Robert Brunner about ebooks, the iPad...
Will Design and Architecture Help Haiti Rise Again?
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Haiti's catastrophe has killed thousands and destroyed Port-au-Prince, once a jewel in the Caribbean. We look at the architecture past, present and -- possibly --...
From Hummers to Hybrids: Design in the Oughts Revisited
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A decade of design and architecture is drawing to a close. How did we do? Hear from Dan Neil on the everyday object that trumps...
Welcoming Police Stations; A Sustainable Supersize House
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Can architecture change the perception, and practice, of policing? We learn about the fancy new precinct stations in LA. Plus Keenen Wayans and his 16,000...
Healing by Design
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You don't hear much about design in the healthcare reform debate, but the way a hospital is planned may affect the way you heal. We...
Does Creative Architecture Inspire Creativity?
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The LAUSD's new flagship arts high school opened last week. Will this icon for the underserved enable creativity? We hear about it from architect Wolf...
When Architecture Met Pop Culture
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When the recession hits Los Angeles architect Richard Best,
what sensible path does he follow? He joins a reality show. Hear his
amazing story. Plus, Scott Neustadter...
Goodbye, Julius Shulman
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Julius Shulman, architectural photographer whose seductive images sold
California Midcentury Modern architecture and its lifestyle around the
world, died on July 15 at the age of 98....
Public Space Is the Happening Place in LA Design
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Some of the most interesting new design in LA is going on in public space. Frances Anderton speaks with architecture critic Chris Hawthorne, landscape designer...
Waste Not, Want Not
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The vacuum, the washing machine and, now, the hand-dryer...industrial designer Sir James Dyson talks about his ongoing mission to keep ourselves and the rest of...
Is It Goodbye to Architectural Excess?
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The economic crash has brought a decade of lavish “icon”-building to a halt. Does this mean an architecture of “excess” will be replaced by one...
