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LAX’s elevated rail moves forward with funding for three stations

Wanted: Architectural historians to vet homes designed by famous architects

Sharif, Lynch: Architecture transforms a California bungalow into a multigenerational home

Los Angeles hillside home orients itself towards the outdoors

FreelandBuck throws the cubicle wildly off-grid for this L.A. office

Lawrence Halprin’s only atrium project undergoes surprise renovation
Halprin’s original design for the atrium called for a network of fountains, each featuring their own sculpture, that fed constantly running waterways arranged in geometric patterns, which generated a pleasant background noise. As a passerby noted on Twitter yesterday, the contemporary statues by sculptors Robert Graham, Joan Miro, and Jean Dubuffet have been removed, and the runnels have been drained. After asking around, the original Twitter poster discovered that the area was being remodeled. The atrium sits within the Wells Fargo Center, an office building designed by SOM and completed in 1983. The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) notes that although this space was often underutilized by the public, Wells Fargo Center staff had up until this point kept the atrium well maintained. TCLF has been a vocal proponent of cataloguing and preserving Halprin’s work, and have organized and curated the The Landscape Architecture of Lawrence Halprin exhibition currently running at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles until the end of the year. AN will update this story once we have more information on whether Halprin’s design, or the nude sculptures, have been removed permanently.Public art & landscape preservation alert! Immediate threat to Lawrence Halprin’s Wells Fargo Atrium on Bunker Hill. Robert Graham’s nudes are already gone. https://t.co/lm1Ul1Q2Td@TCLFdotORG @LAConservancy @AplusD_LA #DTLA #thisplacematters pic.twitter.com/jLRuQOXV8E
— Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles (@esotouric) December 21, 2017

L.A. chooses Handel Architects and Olin for Angels Landing development

L.A. Conservancy fights to landmark CBS’s Television City

2017 Best of Design Awards for Facade
The new United States Courthouse, a LEED Platinum structure, meets its energy target of 35kBTU/GSF annual consumption through a variety of sustainable design features. The most visible is the facade—a solution that gracefully responds to the solar orientation of the site. A key challenge was to manage intense sun exposure from the east and west while maintaining the building’s alignment with the street grid. The pleated facade design incorporates shaded panels in east- and west-facing pleats to minimize solar thermal gain, and transparent glass panels in north- and south-facing pleats to maximize natural daylight inside the courthouse. This reduces annual solar radiation load and central plant load while lending visual dimension to the facade.
"At a time when much design effort is confined to the envelope, this project stands out for its intelligence in aligning environmental performance with architectural goals across various scales." —Eric Bunge, principal, nARCHITECTS (juror) Owner: General Services Administration General Contractor: Clark Construction Group Facade Contractor: Benson Industries Blast Engineering: Applied Research Associates Inc. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: Syska Hennessy Group Inc. Honorable Mention Project: University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Kate Tiedemann College of Business Architect: ikon .5 architects, Harvard Jolly Architects Location: St. Petersburg, Florida Inspired by the indigenous coral stone of Tampa Bay, the 68,000-square-foot Tiedemann College of Business is conceived as a porous container. The most unique feature of the building is its glass facade: The composition consists of a ceramic fritted first pane that is double-run with two tones of a circular pattern and a mirrored second pane that allows views out while reflecting the first pane’s patterned coating.
L.A. mayor to announce 28 transit projects for completion before 2028 Olympics
