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To some Los Angeles spells freeways and sprawl; to others it's a unique city whose climate, proximity to nature and liberating spirit have inspired the design of furniture, fashion, cars and architects from Greene and Greene to Frank Gehry. With the buzz Login to Add this to your PlaylistPrimary Format : Public Radio Language : English Also Listed as: City : Santa Monica State/Province : CA Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of KCRW's Design and Architecture Podcasts Methings.com listings of KCRW's Design and Architecture Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of KCRW's Design and Architecture Healing by Design You don't hear much about design in the healthcare reform debate, but the way a hospital is planned may affect the way you heal. We hear about the "hospital of the future," under construction in the Southland. Plus, advice on scarifying creations for Halloween fromWhere the Wild Things Areand from two Los Angeles window dressers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Welcoming Police Stations; A Sustainable Supersize House Can architecture change the perception, and practice, of policing? We learn about the fancy new precinct stations in LA. PlusKeenen Wayansand his 16,000 square feet "sustainable" house, and City CouncilmanKevin McKeownmakes the case for an Eli Broad art museum in Santa Monica. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Hummers to Hybrids: Design in the Oughts Revisited A decade of design and architecture is drawing to a close. How did we do? Hear fromDan Neilon the everyday object that trumps Twitter,Dakota Smithon how LA's ugliest structure made a Best Buildings list, Otis presidentSammy Hoion the state of LA's "creative economy" andAlissa Walkerwith some design and architecture books that capture the moment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will Design and Architecture Help Haiti Rise Again? Haiti's catastrophe has killed thousands and destroyed Port-au-Prince, once a jewel in the Caribbean. We look at the architecture past, present and -- possibly -- future in Haiti's heart. Is there a design solution to the desperate need for low-cost housing in overpopulated cities? Can good design trump political mayhem? We hear from experts here and from Haiti: historianPatrick Sylvain, Architecture for Humanity's founderCameron Sinclair, Global Green'sTed Bardacke,Alejandra Lillo, co-crea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Public Space Is the Happening Place in LA Design Some of the most interesting new design in LA is going on in public space. Frances Anderton speaks with architecture criticChris Hawthorne, landscape designerMia Lehrerand architectFrederick Fisherabout the public spaces and places to see this summer. Plus,Karen Ginsbergon a bright new future for Santa Monica's public conveniences, andBenny Chanon LA from 1000 feet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Goodbye, Julius Shulman Julius Shulman, architectural photographer whose seductive images soldCalifornia Midcentury Modern architecture and its lifestyle around theworld, died on July 15 at the age of 98. We celebrate his legacy withrecollections from some of the people who knew him --Dion Neutra,Craig Krull, Juergen Nogai, Eric Bricker, Ann Videriksen, Frank GehryandElizabeth Armstrong-- as well as pithy taped commentary from Shulmanhimself.In an online exclusive bonus, KCRW's very ownEric J. Lawrencetalks about ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When Architecture Met Pop Culture When the recession hits Los Angeles architectRichard Best,what sensible path does he follow? He joins a reality show. Hear hisamazing story. Plus,Scott Neustadtertalks about(500) Days of Summer's love affair with LA architecture; andJames Harrison the secret history of the 100-year-old Santa Monica Pier. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Does Creative Architecture Inspire Creativity? The LAUSD's new flagship arts high school opened last week. Will this icon for the underserved enable creativity? We hear about it from architectWolf Prix,Rex Patton, some students and others. Also, we hear about the real (M)ad Men, from filmmakerDoug Pray. Plus,Ken Bernsteintells us why the city is surveying every single building in LA. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Waste Not, Want Not The vacuum, the washing machine and, now, the hand-dryer...industrial designerSir James Dysontalks about his ongoing mission to keep ourselves and the rest of the world clean.Dennis Hathawayexplains the fight against LA's "visual pollution," and we hear from agroup of artists who are "upcycling" garbage into poetry.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is It Goodbye to Architectural Excess? The economic crash has brought a decade of lavish“icon”-building to a halt. Does this mean an architecture of “excess” will be replaced by one of “relevance?” Frances Anderton speaks withFrank Gehryand Architecture for Humanity’sCameron Sinclair.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surviving the Downturn, Creatively Los Angeles has long been a magnet for architects and designers butthe slump has hit them hard. Can they find creative solutions? We hear about the upsand downs of the downturn, and the lure of the virtual building site. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Design and the Elastic Mind; New Uses for Old Materials New technologies are changing our lives so fast it's dizzying. How can designers help? Find out when Frances Anderton talks withPaola AntonelliaboutDesign and the Elastic Mind. We also hear from "elastic" minded architectGreg Lynnabout hisBlobwall Pavilionand building materials of tomorrow. Plus, new uses for building materials of the past, as the ReUse People open in Pacoima. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website One-Seaters, Two-Wheelers and the Honda Fuel Cell Car With gas prices and congestion getting worse, is it time to trade inyour car for a two-wheeler? Plus, Charles and Ray Eames get the USPSstamp of approval. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Landmark Architecture of LA's Past and China's Present This week, we look at the architecture of big ideas, in LA past and China present. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website All LA's a Stage DnAlooks at the opening next month of the new Broad Stageand the remodeled Mark Taper Forum. Plus,Alex McDowellon how computers are changing the way films are designed, andLiz Farrellyon her favorite authentic inauthentic space. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Guerrilla' Designers Remake LA Public Space Angelenos are building benches for bus stops in South Los Angeles; clearing trash and landscaping neglected strips of land and covertly planting trees on sidewalks.Jay Griffith, Mr. Stamens, Roly Polyand others discuss the "guerrilla" design of public space in Los Angeles. Plus, a leading LA design company opens its doors to locals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Graphics of Political Protest Shepard Fairey and Robbie Conal, who have kicked up a storm with their political posters, discuss using design to send a message. Plus, the Gamble House turns 100, a conversation with director Ted Bosley about the Greene& Greene brothers' "new and native beauty."  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Metropolitan President and Architecture and Design Barack Obama will be the first president to hail from a major metropolis in a long time. What does this mean for architecture and design? Plus, James Bond and his relationship with Modern architecture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Back to the Handmade As mass-produced goods overwhelm us, people are returning to thehandmade. Frances Anderton speaks withJenny Ryan,Catherine Bailey,William StrangerandBrooke Hodgeabout Felt Club, Heath Ceramics and raw wood. Plus,Ron WoodsonandJaime Rummerfieldon low-cost high-style at a holiday party. AndAlissa Walker"raps" up the year inDnA. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Design, Architecture and Inauguration Day Today, the Obamas take Washington. What does this mean for design and architecture? Join DnA today to hear fromTodd Boyd,AKA The Notorious Ph’d, on the first couple’s “cool” style; Hello Beautiful’sEdward Lifsonon lessons learned from Chicago;Dan Neilon how to dress up a tank as a presidential limo; andDiana Dorrans Saekson new White House designer Michael Smith. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website