Design and Architecture
Building homes near freeways, 'Rick Owens: Furniture'
The White House wants to roll back fuel economy standards. Could that mean more air pollutants coming out of car tailpipes -- just as LA is seeing a surge of home construction along freeways? And a fashion world provocateur, Rick Owens, talks about designing furniture inspired by land art and brutalist architecture, and raising existential questions on the runway.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: A typical LA traffic jam. (Prayitno)
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2 storiesBuilding homes near freeways
The 110 and 105 interchange in Los Angeles Photo courtesy of Rémi Jouan President Trump has proposed rolling back CAFE standards, the gas mileage levels set for cars and light trucks in the US. Meanwhile, there's a surge of home construction dangerously close to freeways, where air pollutants from car tailpipe emissions contribute to higher…
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Installation view of "Rick Owens: Furniture" at MOCA Pacific Design Center Photo courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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