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Design and Architecture

An LA Landmark Gets a Facelift

Next month MOCA will open " Skin and Bones ," a fascinating look at the "parallel practices" in contemporary architecture and fashion.   Meantime, drawing inspiration from Japanese designers, LACMA mounts " Breaking the Mode ," an exhibit of iconoclastic clothing that has challenged convention. Plus, LA's Griffith Observatory gets…

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By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Next month MOCA will open "Skin and Bones," a fascinating look at the "parallel practices" in contemporary architecture and fashion.Meantime, drawing inspiration from Japanese designers, LACMA mounts "Breaking the Mode," an exhibit of iconoclastic clothing that has challenged convention. Plus, LA's Griffith Observatory gets a facelift, and actor-director Peter Weller on his favorite building in Los Angeles.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Brooke Hodge

    Curator of Design and Architecture at MOCA

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    Peter Weller

    Film and TV actor

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    Brenda Levin

    Principal of Levin and Associates

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