Design and Architecture
Rethinking the box, Jonathan Gold
How do you take a generic housing type and create a very personal home? DnA visits a new apartment building in Koreatown to find out how multi-family living can be the new LA dream.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenMariposa 1038, an apartment building in Koreatown designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects. Photo credit: Paul Vu.
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2 stories"5 over 2": Rethinking the box
In the boom years of the last century, Los Angeles developed homes that were specific to the region, the culture and the economy. These include revival-style homes, bungalow courts, garden apartments and dingbats.
Read the story20 minJonathan Gold, LA storyteller
L.A. lost a beloved food critic over the weekend. Jonathan Gold was 57 years old. He died of pancreatic cancer at St. Vincent Medical Center on Saturday evening.
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