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    Design and Architecture

    Writing Design

    From the beauty of dead leaves in Japan to Brave New Houses in Los Angeles, design is in the eye of the beholder. Host Frances Anderton speaks with design writer Michael Webb.

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    By Frances Anderton • Sep 23, 2003 • 30m Listen

    Michael Webb is the author of Brave New Houses: Adventures in Southern California Living

    Websites discussed in today's program include:

    Frank Gehry: Work in Progress at the Museum of Contemporary Art

    Los Angeles Conservancy

    Pasadena Heritage

    Pasadena Museum of History

    Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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