Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’
Case Study House No. 21
Pierre Koenig, architect, Los Angeles, 1958
On April 8th at 7:00 pm, the Austin Film Society will host a screening of Visual Acoustics: the Modernism of Julius Schulman at Alamo Drafthouse @ the Ritz. Directed by Erik Bricker and narrated by Dustin Hoffman, this award-winning documentary explores the uniquely individualistic life and architectural photography of 98-year old Schulman. The film includes interviews from architect Frank Gehry, designer Tom Ford and others, and achieves an authenticity true to Schulman’s own nuanced photographic aesthetic.
Tags: architecture, Austin Film Society, Case Study Houses, Dustin Hoffman, Erik Bricker, film, Frank Gehry, Julius Schulman, Los Angeles, modern, modernism, photography, Pierre Koenig, Tom Ford
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on April 1, 2009 in architectural history, architecture, images, photography | No Comments »
Case Study house #22, 1960
Pierre Koenig, architect
Julius Schulman, photographer
USC Professor of History and Political Science Philip Ethington has developed two websites confronting the issues that plague urban historical investigations of Los Angeles. Los Angeles: The Problem of Urban Historical Knowledge, completed 2000-2001, examines the city through images and essays, both historical and historiographical, to treat the subject comprehensively. Though somewhat technologically outmoded, the content is viable and includes images ranging from photographs, plans, models, maps, photomontages, and “reflexive index sets,” historic images grafted onto a photograph of the here and now to demonstrate the scope of site history.
The second site of interest, Ghost Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1954-2000, uses two forms of narrative to discuss the city’s history in terms of cultural, economic and political landscapes. Yet unfinished, the site presently includes three short essays focusing on the history of Hollywood, aeronautics and the oil industry in Los Angeles complemented by a photographic narrative featuring Klansmen and tire workers alongside those of Hollywood fame and photos of the city’s Case Study houses by Julius Schulman.
Tags: architecture, Case Study Houses, images, Julius Schulman, landscape, Los Angeles, maps, Philip Ethington, photographs, urban historiography, urban history, urbanism, visual studies
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on March 31, 2009 in architectural history, architecture, image presentation, images, landscape, photography | No Comments »
In the neighborhood surrounding Los Angeles’ iconic Watts Towers, artist Edgar Arceneaux is collaborating with students from UCLA, USC, Art Center College of Design, and California Institute of the Arts to establish the Watts House Project (WHP). WHP is fostering a grass roots campaign for community revitalization through the use of conceptual art that integrates Watts Towers into urban fabric without diminishing Simon Rodia’s homage to the collector and the absurd.
For more information read the L.A. Times article Watts House Project: Art meets Architecture near the Towers. Click here to view images of WHP’s launch event.
Tags: Art Center College of Design, California Institute of the Arts, Edgar Arceneaux, L. A. Times, Los Angeles, public art, redevelopment, Simon Rodia, UCLA, urban renewal, USC, Watts House Project, Watts Towers
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on March 30, 2009 in architecture, blog, landscape | No Comments »
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) hosts a series of free public lectures, broadcast live and online. Upcoming lectures include UC Santa Barbara professor Curtis Roads explication of his “microsound” compositions and the intersection of sound and space; architect and theorists Peter Macapia’s lecture “The Smell of Geometry” will investigate the meaning of geometry in a digital and automated age and Los Angeles architect Eric Owen Moss will discuss his recent work in Culver City. Some of the other rich and varied topics covered by SCI-Arc’s public programming include the interaction of graphic design and architecture, urban planning, and algorithmic design. Archived content can be viewed here.
Tags: Curtis Roads, Eric Owen Moss, lectures, Los Angeles, Peter Macapia, SCI-Arc
Posted by Joan Winter on January 27, 2009 in architecture | 2 Comments »
Carlos Theatre, San Carlos
The papers of S. Charles Lee, a prolific designer of Art Deco movie theaters on the west coast and in Mexico, is available online at the UCLA Digital Library. “Lee considered himself a modernist, and his career revealed both the Beaux Arts discipline and emphasis on planning and the modernist functionalism and freedom of form. He was also a pragmatist, designing his buildings to support and enhance the commercial ventures they housed.”(http://digital.library.ucla.edu/sclee/lee_bio.htm)
The online collection includes drawings and photographs of his designs, including images of drinking fountains, diners, marques, murals, and apartments.
Tags: Los Angeles, movie theaters, preservation, S. Charles Lee, UCLA
Posted by Joan Winter on January 13, 2009 in architectural history, images | 2 Comments »
Central Los Angeles Area High School #9
Viennese architect Wolf Prix talks about Coop Himmelb(l)au’s design for Central Los Angeles Area High School #9, ruminating on the cultural implications of architecture and the distinction between “anonymous boxes” and spaces that inspire collective ownership.
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Tags: architecture, educational architecture, Los Angeles, Wolf Prix
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on December 12, 2008 in architecture | No Comments »
Curating the City was created by The Los Angeles Conservancy, an agency dedicated to preserving and revitalizing LA. The project focuses on Wilshire Boulevard, a street home to many architectural styles and diverse communities. It crosses through downtown LA, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica. The website encompasses a tour of the Boulevard as well as a Living Memory Book, where users can contribute personal histories to the website.
Tags: historic preservation, Los Angeles
Posted by Joan Winter on November 14, 2008 in architectural history | No Comments »
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