Design and Architecture
Artist evictions; should a mid-century bank be saved?
The Ghost Ship fire in Oakland has added to the insecurity of life for artists who've been occupying LA's warehouse spaces. And the City of Los Angeles approved a large Frank Gehry-designed project, but a mid-century bank building is complicating the plans.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: Dennis Turley is facing eviction from his studio at Big Art Factory in Los Angeles. (Avishay Artsy)
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3 storiesArtist evictions
The Ghost Ship fire in Oakland has launched a nationwide wave of evictions for artists who either live or work in un-permitted warehouse spaces. DnA visits Big Art Factory, where about 70 artists have been told to leave after city inspectors visited the site.
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8150 Sunset is a proposed five-structure development designed by architect Frank Gehry for developer Townscape Partners. Its site is the eastern edge of the Sunset Strip at the border of LA and West Hollywood. Currently on the site is the Lytton Savings Bank, a modernist building designed by the late Kurt Meyer.
Read the story12 minBette Jane Cohen remembered
Bette Jane Cohen was a fledgling filmmaker and student of architecture at SCI-Arc when she happened to tour a house designed by John Lautner. Cohen realized that both the man and his architecture were extraordinary. Her documentary The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner helped birth a renaissance in interest in Lautner.
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