Design and Architecture
A Valentine to The Southland
A composer, a reporter and a preservationist give props to buildings in the Southland. Plus, Brad Dunning talks about the future of the desert backyard.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenA composer, a reporter and a preservationist give props to buildings in the Southland: Frank Gehry’s Santa Monica home, The Broad museum and Hollyhock House. Plus, Brad Dunning talks about the future of the desert backyard.
Photo: Sheet music for "Frank's House" by Andrew Norman
In this episode
4 storiesA Musical Valentine to Frank Gehry’s House
Andrew Norman is a Composer-in-Residence at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and he is crazy for architecture. Last week he debuted Frank’s House , a piece of music inspired by Frank Gehry’s experimental home in Santa Monica that interweaves a Brahms waltz with sounds of sticks on chain link fence and corrugated metal.
Read the story13 minFrom Parking Lot to “Mattress,” The Broad Gets Built
The Broad museum , designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is scheduled to open in September. The project drew a mixed reaction when its concrete honeycomb “veil” was recently unveiled.
Read the story7 minHollyhock House Reopens Friday
Frank Lloyd Wright’s first L.A. commission, the Hollyhock House, opens once more to the public after a lengthy restoration. Alan Hess , an architect and preservationist who has written five books on Frank Lloyd Wright, talks about why he can’t wait for the building’s opening and what we can learn from Frank Lloyd Wright today.
Read the story3 minLandscaping a New Oasis in Palm Springs?
DnA is heading to Modernism Week , where Frances Anderton will host a panel on the topic of desert landscaping in the age of a drought. One of the panelists, Brad Dunning , is a designer who doesn’t think that the answers to drought landscaping are cut and dried.
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