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    Design and Architecture

    Electric Jaguar, Venice Biennale, rethinking Yamashiro

    Saturday's royal wedding ended with the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex driving off in an electric car: a retrofitted 1968 E-Type Jaguar. Can all classic sports cars go clean? We also get a preview of the U.S.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 22, 2018 • 28m Listen

    A pagoda by the outdoor swimming pool at Yamashiro. Photo by Frances Anderton.

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    3 stories
    1. 0:31

      An electric Jaguar fit for a prince

      Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, looked stunning, but how about their Jaguar?

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      7 min
    2. 7:17

      At Venice Architecture Biennale, U.S. Pavilion exhibits “Dimensions of Citizenship”

      Every two years the global architecture community descends on Venice, Italy to get a taste of what’s current and future in architecture.

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      7 min
    3. 14:08

      Identity in design: is Yamashiro kitsch or cultural appropriation?

      If you live in LA, you’ve likely heard of Yamashiro, the faux Japanese temple built into the chaparral-covered Hollywood hills.

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      14 min
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:317 min

      An electric Jaguar fit for a prince

    2. 7:177 min

      At Venice Architecture Biennale, U.S. Pavilion exhibits “Dimensions of Citizenship”

    3. 14:0814 min

      Identity in design: is Yamashiro kitsch or cultural appropriation?

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