Design and Architecture
Michelle Obama, LA 2024, Vespertine
Vespertine fuses taste, sight, sound, smell and touch in a novel eating experience coming to Culver City. We'll hear from chef Jordan Kahn and architect Eric Owen Moss. Bill Hanway updates us on LA's 2024 Olympic bid, on the eve of a visit from the International Olympic Committee. And former first lady Michelle Obama tells architects why they matter.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: The building that will house Vespertine, a new restaurant in Culver City's Hayden Tract. It was designed by Eric Owen Moss Architects. (Avishay Artsy)
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3 storiesMichelle Obama at the AIA National Convention
Michelle Obama speaks to AIA president Thomas Vonier at the AIA 2017 National Convention in Orlando, Florida Photo by Frances Anderton The American Institute of Architects held their national convention in Orlando last week. And the keynote speaker was none other than former First Lady Michelle Obama, in her first public appearance since returning to private life. Turns out, she feels quite strongly about architecture. Hear her views on why buildings matter, how home life has changed since leaving the White House, her hopes for the presidential library to be built on Chicago's South Side, and what the profession can do to widen access to the field of architecture. It all starts with children. Thanks to Miriam Sitz, web editor at Architectural Record, for providing DnA with her audio recording of Michelle Obama's conversation with AIA president Tom Vonier.
Read the story4 minOlympics officials to visit Los Angeles
It's now down to two cities, Los Angeles and Paris, competing to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. A final decision is coming in September. But next week, 13 officials with the International Olympic Committee will visit Los Angeles for three days to learn more about our city's bid. So how does LA compete with the City of Lights?
Read the story11 minA chef and an architect create Vespertine
Eric Owen Moss has spent 30 years turning industrial buildings owned by equally maverick developer Frederick Smith in Culver City's Hayden Tract into a gallery of idiosyncratic buildings with names like Stealth, Beehive, Umbrella and Slash/Backslash.
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