Design and Architecture
Modernist homes, Hollywood veterans
DnA’s series This is Home in LA continues with a look at architect-designed homes and the continuing influence of midcentury modernism.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenDnA’s series This is Home in LA continues with a look at architect-designed homes and the continuing influence of midcentury modernism. We visit a dramatic, Case Study inspired house that's ruffling feathers in South Hancock Park; and we ask if design media have turned Modernism into a homogeneous style that's dampening creativity. Jenn Swann reports on American Legion Post 43's Art Deco home in Hollywood, now being turned into a movie theater in a bid to bring in a wider audience.
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2 storiesIs modernism the new LA house style?
A rendering of The Bridge House, designed by Dan Brunn Architecture.
Read the story21 minVeterans bring Hollywood sizzle to Legion Post
Hollywood Boulevard is famous for its historic movie theaters. There’s the Chinese Theatre, The Egyptian, and El Capitan.
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