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January 01, 1990 - December 23, 2012 + Design and Architecture

Is Prefab the Answer? listen

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Housing prices have skyrocketed, and it's even more costly if you want to build a home that's modern and technically innovative. Several young architects have...

Design as a Form of Therapy; The Meaning of Camp listen

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Simon Doonan, who's moved far away from his dreary British childhood town, to mingle with the Beautiful People, discusses what shaped his approach to design,...

Grand Avenue, Looking at Los Angeles, Ground Zero listen

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Actor, writer and director Ben Stiller, joins us to discuss his new book, Looking at Los Angeles. Greg Goldin, architecture critic for Los Angeles...

Richard Meier; Architecture for Humanity in South East Asia listen

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Arts and Crafts at LACMA listen

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The Arts and Crafts movement brought beautiful design, and a challenge to industrialization, to Europe and America. Frances Anderton speaks with design critic Michael Webb...

Design and Architecture for the Holidays listen

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It's that time of year again for children to be deluged with gadgets and games many of which are thrown aside after a...

Architecture in the Age of Fear listen

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America has embassies in almost 200 countries, in buildings that have evolved to reflect this country-s extraordinary global power. We hear more about how America...

Homemade Heavens and Canine Chic listen

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Home-made altars are living shrines to a democratic heaven. Frances Anderton finds out about their design, and the bot-nicas that supply the icons in a...

Politics, Design and Visions for the Future listen

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Design makes up a huge part of the American economy, but do Senator Kerry or President Bush feel government has a role in promoting American...

Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction in Architecture listen

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The father of deconstruction is dead. Frances Anderton speaks with architecture critic Joseph Giovaninni about Jacques Derrida and his influence on architecture. Plus, Frank Gehry's...

Los Angeles, a Laboratory for Residential Design listen

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Sixty years ago the editor of Arts and Architecture magazine created the Case Study House program. The result was a trove of experimental houses that...

LA's Relationship to the Land listen

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Los Angeles is known as much for its glorious landscape as for its obliteration of it. Frances Anderton speaks with designer Fritz Haeg about an...

Design and Architecture at School listen

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Despite the acknowledgement that arts education plays an essential role in educational, emotional and professional development, many students in LA County have no arts classes...

Design and Architecture at the Olympics listen

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A roof inspired by leaves, and swimsuits by sharks' skin -- at the Olympic Games! Frances Anderton speaks with Melanie Klettner of Women's Wear Daily...

An Homage to William Burroughs in Desert Hot Springs listen

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Three years ago Steve Lowe lovingly restored and reopened John Lautner's 1947 Desert Hot Springs Motel. Now, the onetime collaborator of William Burroughs has transformed...