Design and Architecture
La Brea Tar Pits; Cinderella Homes; General Hospital
The La Brea Tar Pits has a new design team that won’t uproot the mammoth family from its lake of tar.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenThe La Brea Tar Pits has a new design team that won’t uproot the mammoth family from its lake of tar. DnA talks to architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi of Weiss/Manfredi about how they plan to maintain the “thereness” and “spectacle” of the prehistoric site while making it more open and attractive to visitors.
Once upon a time, tract homes were seen as bland and boring, and then came Cinderella Homes. We’ll hear how a 1950s fantasy trend in suburban design made Southern California homeowners’ wishes come true.
Could the “Great Stone Mother” become home for the destitute? LA County is looking to transform some of the properties it owns into affordable and supportive housing. One possible site is the old General Hospital at LAC+USC Medical Center.
In this episode
3 storiesWeiss/Manfredi's 'Loops and Lenses' concept wins La Brea Tar Pits redesign commission
One of LA’s most beloved sites is the La Brea Tar Pits, consisting of a park, pools of asphalt in which are trapped fiberglass mammoths; and the 1977 George C. Page Museum, embedded in a raised mound, or berm, that children love to roll down.
Read the story11 minHow Cinderella Homes brought fantasy to the suburbs
So here is a fairytale for you: a house for a family with a large yard in Los Angeles for sale at around $12,000.
Read the story11 minCould an iconic abandoned hospital ease LA’s housing crisis?
The Los Angeles County General Hospital was considered a state-of-the-art institution when it opened in December 1933 amid the Great Depression.
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