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Design and Architecture

Skyspace LA, Mini-Golf, Assemble Collective

Hosted by Frances Anderton Jun. 28, 2016
Interventions in the urban fabric: the new Skyslide brings fun to downtown’s financial district. Will it attract more tenants? In Echo Park, a public mini-golf course gives new meaning to an empty site. And British design collective Assemble recently checked out the Coachella Valley. Why?

Photo: DnA’s Frances Anderton descends LA’s Skyslide at the US Bank Tower. (Sean Dellorco)

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Skyspace LA

There’s a new attraction in downtown LA that has everyone talking: the Skyslide. The outdoor glass slide, part of OUE Skyspace LA , allows riders to slide from the 70th...

15 min

Mini-golf

At the northeast corner of Echo Park Lake, Materials & Applications – a non-profit that focuses on experimental and alternative architecture – has set up a mini-golf course...

5 min

Assemble

Bottom-up, interventionist approaches to citymaking are having a moment. The 2016 global Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, showcased many projects with this...

7 min

Credits

Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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