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    Design and Architecture

    L.A. Builds: From Chinese Mega Mansions to the Da Vinci Fire

    Mega mansions with “distinctly Chinese” features , “the new L.A.” in Koreatown , and the takeaway from the Da Vinci fire. All this and what we should look for in 2015 from Christopher Hawthorne , architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times.

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    By Frances Anderton • Dec 23, 2014 • 1 min read

    Mega mansions with “distinctly Chinese” features, “the new L.A.” in Koreatown, and the takeaway from the Da Vinci fire. All this and what we should look for in 2015 from Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times.

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    2014 in Tech, Style and Architecture
    1. 0:45Tech in 2014: Apple, Oculus Rift and Digital Disillusionment
    2. 11:13Simon Doonan on Aging Flamboyantly, Normcore and Comedic Architecture
    3. 22:39 L.A. Builds: From Chinese Mega Mansions to the Da Vinci Fire You’re reading this
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