Vanity Fair magazine recently conducted a survey of 52 architects and architecture critics and scholars, asking them to list the five most important structures (including buildings, bridge and monuments) built since 1980, and to name the most significant architectural work of the 21st century. All participants and their choices are listed here. A slideshow…
The Renzo Piano-designed pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will open to the public on October 2. Funded mainly from a $45 million gift from the philanthropists Stewart and Lynda Resnick, the 45,000 square foot space opens with three exhibitions: 1. Sculptures and vessels from Mesoamerican antiquity; 2. Two hundred years of…
After four years of collaboration and hard work, MEGA (Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities) will launch next month. It was designed to inventory archaeological sites so conservators and archaeologists can monitor and preserve them more easily. It was developed at the Getty Conservation Institute, with funding aid from the World Monuments Fund and in partnership…
In a sad sign of the times there are two FLW houses on the market in LA, and no takers. Ennis House was extensively renovated and listed last summer for $15 million. A year later the price has dropped to $7.5 million. La Miniatura in Pasadena was listed two years ago for $7.7 million and…
The MAK Center in Los Angeles has released more details about their upcoming Fall architectural tour scheduled for Sunday, 10 October. This year’s tour celebrates the 100th birthday of architectural photographer Julius Shulman. The buildings include Lovell Health House (1929), the Kun House (1936), the Gold House (1945), the Hillside House (1948), the Shulman House…