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    Design and Architecture

    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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    By Frances Anderton • May 23, 2018 • 1 min read

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

    A view of Yamashiro’s interior courtyard. Photo by Frances Anderton.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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    3 of 3
    Electric Jaguar, Venice Biennale, rethinking Yamashiro
    1. 0:31An electric Jaguar fit for a prince
    2. 7:17At Venice Architecture Biennale, U.S. Pavilion exhibits “Dimensions of Citizenship”
    3. 14:08Identity in design: is Yamashiro kitsch or cultural appropriation?You’re reading this
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