Design and Architecture
Spotlight on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad; Opulent Mobility; Berlin Palace
The spotlight is on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad this month with the openings of LACMA’s Gehry retrospective and The Broad museum. Plus, a strange preservation story and an exhibition that aims to add flair to “assisted mobility.”
By Frances Anderton • • 29m ListenThe spotlight is on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad this month with the openings of LACMA’s Gehry retrospective and The Broad museum on Grand Avenue. Plus, a strange preservation story from Berlin and an exhibition that aims to add flair to wheelchairs, walkers and other types of “assisted mobility.
Image: Creating Freedom by Gini Wheelborne. It is one of the artworks featured in the new exhibit "Opulent Mobility."
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3 storiesSpotlight on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad
This is a big month for two of LA’s longtime citymakers: the architect Frank Gehry and businessman-philanthropist Eli Broad. Eli Broad’s much-anticipated museum, The Broad , will open to the public -- and so will ‘ Frank Gehry ,' a retrospective at LACMA of the architect’s long career.
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When DnA went to Berlin in June, we encountered a strange tale of architecture, preservation and German power.
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How you ever gone to a medical devices store and been struck by just how grim and clinical the products look?
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