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Challenge #7: Green Collision Crash Course
There are inherent challenges when we talk about Modern architecture in the context of sustainability. The thought that we might want to preserve some “sprawly” suburbs and energy inefficient places clashes with all things associated with being green, smart growth, and sustainable. Preservationists struggle with these mixed messages and how to communicate our conflicting positions […] -
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Gagosian Art Gallery and Apartments
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Challenge #11: Thank You for Your Years of Service; Now, Goodbye
There is a perception that many Modernist and recent past places are obsolete and were not intended to last for generations, in terms of materials and in meeting the current needs of people. Size is a good example. Most mid-century homes are considered very small by today’s standards. The American house has increased 138 percent […] -
Shelley Wagers on: Fighting Mansionization
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Kappe House
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6672-6674 Vista Del Mar Duplex
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Wells Fargo Center
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Garden Apartments in the U.S.
In the early twentieth century, architects and renowned urban planners Clarence S. Stein and Henry Wright brought a new, modern form of housing to the United States. They introduced the Garden City Movement, based on urban planning principles of British urban planner Ebenezer Howard. What followed from Stein and Wright were a group of visionaries […] -
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General Panel Residence
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Living the High Life at Home
Greater Los Angeles has an unparalleled collection of residential Modern architecture. Visionary architects, open-minded clients, an atmosphere of reinvention, and the region’s climate and geography fostered extraordinary homes for Modern living. During the 1950s and ’60s, much of the open space of the city’s valleys was filling in, while good views and available land led […] -
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Balboa Highlands
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Getty Villa