Design and Architecture
Grand Visions for Grand Avenue
It has MOCA, the Music Center, Rafael Moneo's cathedral, and the show-stopping Walt Disney Concert Hall. But Grand Avenue is still not the throbbing heart of downtown some would like it to be. Now that may change. Frances Anderton speaks with developers and architectural critics about the selection of five developer-architect teams who'll compete to create a new vision for Grand. Plus, a look at the luxury car that was once the pride of British car design. Now owned by Ford, the Jaguar X-type Sports Sedan has been retooling its image. Click on the link below for a complete list of upcoming CALENDAR OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL EVENTS.
By Frances Anderton • • 30m ListenJim Thomas, formerly with Maguire/Thomas Partners, which built the Wells Fargo Center, the Gas Company Tower and Maguire Gardens, is president of Thomas Properties Group. He's also chair of the Grand Avenue Committee, which is overseeing the planned redevelopment of Grand Avenue.
Joseph Giovannini is an architecture critic for New York magazine.
Geoff Wardle, who is in the Department of Transportation Design at Art Center College of Design, has worked as a car designer at companies including Chrysler, Saab and Ford. Calendar of Design and Architectural Events
Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics: Feb 7-May 30
Japanese American National Museum
369 E 1st St, Little Tokyo
213-625-0414
A+D Museum moves to its new location
(Current exhibit - Ray Kappe Retrospective)
8560 W Sunset Blvd, west of La Cienega
310-659-2445
Dunces: February 6-19
Fine art work by Gary Baseman, the illustrator, fine artist and art director of Disney-s new animated movie, Teacher-s Pet
633 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood
323-666-7667
The film My Architect: A Son's Journey by Nathaniel Kahn
Opens January 23 at the NuArt Theatre in West LA and the Lido Theatre in Newport Beach.
L.A. Homes and Gardens Gallery Show
Through February 21
An exploration of Los Angeles' spectacular architecture and real estate community, celebrating LA's unique residential identity through photographic studies of homes and gardens, examples of iconic furnishings and evocative, small-scale sculptures of domestic objects.
5241 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles
(323) 469-9353
Calendar of events sponsored by the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design and Delirious LA.