Design and Architecture
Ten Buildings that Shaped the World?
Dan Protess and Geoffrey Baer tell us how they chose ten buildings that changed America? Brendan Ravenhill talks to Alissa Walker about keeping things made in LA.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenWhy did a shopping center and a factory make the cut of a top ten list of game-changing American buildings? How come San Francisco's Ghiradelli Square almost bumped the Walt Disney Concert Hall? Dan Protess and Geoffrey Baer tell us about ten buildings that changed America. In our coverage of Los Angeles designers in LA, Brendan Ravenhill talks to Alissa Walker about working with veteran manufacturers to make new products. Lynell George narrates another iconic Wilshire Boulevard story in which glittering storefronts deliver less than they promise.
Banner image: Ford manufacturing plant in Highland Park, California
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3 stories10 Buildings that Changed America
Why did Southdale shopping center and the relatively obscure Vanna Venturi House in Philadelphia make the cut of a top ten list of game-changing American buildings? How come San Francisco's Ghiradelli Square almost bumped the Walt Disney Concert Hall? And where was Louis Kahn's Salk Institute?
Read the story12 minLA Designer: Brendan Ravenhill
In our ongoing coverage of LA designers DJ – design journalist – Alissa Walker went to visit Brendan Ravenhill in his Schindler House come studio in Echo Park, where he is getting ready to head to New York for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
Read the story8 minLynell George on Wilshire Boulevard
In the fourth "Iconic Wilshire Boulevard" story for cicLAvia and Pacific Time Standard Presents: Modern Architecture in LA, Lynell George talks to producer Edward Lifson about the dreams and disillusionment embodied in Wilshire Boulevard.
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