Design and Architecture

<p>Apple's public feud with the FBI over cyber encryption offers a lesson in surveillance -- and branding. MOMA's Paola Antonelli takes us to the violent side of design, and artist Laurie Lipton captures the humor and horror in our dependence on technology.</p>

<p>Clinton campaign logo designer Michael Bierut discusses the power of logos. FIDM curator Kevin Jones looks at the Academy Award nominees for best costume designer, and double-nominee Sandy Powell shares the ideas behind her costumes for Carol and Cinderella. And we go inside LACMA’s new gift, the Sheats-Goldstein Residence.</p>

<p>Will the new NFL stadium in Inglewood be a “monolithic hulk” or an “aesthetic anchor” for a popular entertainment district? Designers, critics and the mayor of Inglewood discuss the design and its urban impact. Plus, a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Brentwood goes on the auction block.</p>

<p><em>DnA</em> meets the man who rode a commuter Citi Bike across the country, gets the lowdown on the Pritzker Prize winner and the Presidential Library finalists, and looks at the exotic new breed of cat magazines.</p>

<p><em>DnA</em> goes to CES, meets Girl Scouts and tours the Internet of Things. The shock of the new, a century ago, is on show in LACMA's <em>New Objectivity</em>. David Bowie's death leaves a massive legacy for music, fashion and "the fluidity" of today's world.</p>

<p><em>DnA</em> reflects on what mattered in design and architecture in Los Angeles this year; the Chicago Biennial shows that big change can happen at a small scale; Gideon Brower finds that maintaining a city is a challenge, even when it's a model.</p>

<p>Recent shootings in Paris, Colorado and San Bernardino have added to growing jitters about public gathering. Will this impact the design of civic space? El Niño is coming but will we save the rain? Maybe not this year. But cities and water agencies across the region are looking at ways to become water self-sufficient in future.</p>

<p>High Speed Rail works when it connects people and businesses. Joe Mathews and Sam Lubell ask, will California’s bullet trains do that? What makes a house a home? A look at how designers create "homes" for absentee owners, and how the home-less create a sense of home.</p>

<p>Faraday Future, an electric car startup, looks to compete with Tesla. A graphic designer pays tribute to the Black Panthers. And a film about American road trips asks whether mobility is still a path to self-discovery.</p>

<p>Thousands bid farewell to the Sixth Street Bridge, a Pershing Square redesign competition moves ahead, aesthetics versus cost and energy savings with "ghoulish" LED streetlights, and inside the Art Deco hotel of American Horror Story.</p>

<p>A science writer says recycling is a form of "atonement" that makes no economic or environmental sense. <em>DnA</em> explores the business and emotion of waste. The City of LA is rolling out wired bus benches. Do they make streets "great?" What kind of city would Mark Watney live in if he stayed on Mars? Designers of Mars City share their thoughts.</p>

<p>The Broad is not the only new art museum. Why is there a global boom? Also, critics have extreme reactions to another LA building with a showy skin. Plus, Clifton's reopens, Whole Foods goes budget, and Paul Goldberger explains Frank Gehry.</p>

<p>The spotlight is on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad this month with the openings of LACMA’s Gehry retrospective and The Broad museum. Plus, a strange preservation story and an exhibition that aims to add flair to “assisted mobility.”</p>

<p dir="ltr"><span>DnA explores Banksy’s dystopian theme park and a new exhibit at A+D Museum examines the future of housing in LA. Plus, could an Olympic bid jumpstart ambitious plans for LA and its river?</span></p> <div><span><br /></span></div>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-28f5031a-1e70-cb97-3cd5-6cdc64ff4490"><span>Frank Gehry is masterplanning the LA River. Why? DnA explores the reaction at the selection as well the political, design and water reclamation stakes with Frank Gehry and others.</span></span></p>

<p>How can Angelenos break into the housing market -- and live alongside their peers? DnA explores a cohousing model in Berlin called “Baugruppen” and asks whether they could work in L.A. Plus, a Cold War-themed board game pits East Germany vs. West Germany.</p> <div><span><br /></span></div>

<p dir="ltr"><span>Turf: should it stay or go? Native plant advocate Charles Anderson adds his voice to the debate about landscaping during a drought. Plus, we explore the extreme shoe designs of Chris Francis, and Gideon Brower explores the labyrinths of LA.</span></p>

<p>As<em> DnA</em> heads to Berlin, Cameron Silver sings songs of longing for the Weimar era; and we visit the Culver City bunker that will house the Wende Museum. Plus, Caroline Chamberlain "plays" the California Water Crisis.</p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1d8faa76-d9f6-cafc-e2b9-c3ec6af5c7c2"><span> </span><span>The Petersen Automotive Museum is getting a new facade, and DnA explores Corita Kent’s artistic and spiritual legacy. Plus, should you rip out your lawn after all? </span></span></p>

<p>Disneyland’s 60th birthday party attracts crowds while a huge world’s fair in Milan gets no love in the US. Why? Plus, filmmaker James Cameron creates solar Sun Flowers to power -- and educate -- a school.</p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-79e723e3-49aa-7145-c373-743953bc43af"><span>Can small actions lead to big savings in water?</span><span> </span><span>DnA explores two apps that aim to help save and conserve water. Plus, does the traditional burial need to be redesigned? </span></span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-39dd373e-dd7e-2dd4-84b5-58529083bec9"><span>Simon Doonan says the 2016 presidential candidates should provide more “fash-tainment;” and a documentary pulls back the veil on the House of Dior. Plus, Joseph Giovannini questions the LACMA design by Peter Zumthor. </span></span></p>

<p>Is the sky the limit for supersized structures? <em>DnA</em> explores the Panama Canal Expansion, mega-ships and the advent of the mile-high building.</p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-adc0603a-4d7f-b89d-21e7-df1d83d5c944"><span>Should Parker Center be preserved? We weigh the pros and cons. Plus, a look back at Michael Graves, prolific architect and designer whose late-life paralysis reshaped his work.</span></span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-f8f64b0c-0568-5ebc-8321-356b095a0d75"><span>Google has jumped on the showpiece architecture bandwagon with a proposed new building in Mountain View. And a local designer gets a taste of cut-throat reality TV.</span></span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-294c3054-bd7e-f8c5-1639-0e7c3f27652a"><span>What happens when residential real estate is treated like a safe deposit box? DnA explores the urban impact of global investment in high end homes -- in London, New York and L.A. </span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span>A composer, a reporter and a preservationist give props to buildings in the Southland. Plus, Brad Dunning talks about the future of the desert backyard.</span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-179ac063-08e8-8b51-4428-d24b698e6bf8"><span> </span><span>Preservationists are dismayed that Ray Bradbury’s home has been torn down. But what will take its place? DnA talks to Thom Mayne and Blythe Alison-Mayne about their plans for the site. Plus, a look at transformations in Highland Park and Pasadena as suburban LA gets a retrofit.</span></span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e0e9607c-7891-7350-a6c7-6a4bf841eba5"><span> </span><span>DnA looks back at 2014 through the lens of tech, style and architecture. </span><span><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span>Can you help the world as you shop? That’s the goal of social entrepreneurship. But how can you tell what companies are good from those that only sound good? DnA discusses “living” Christmas trees, “transparent” supply chains and gifts worth giving.</span></p> <div><span><br /></span></div>

<p dir="ltr"><span>Thousands are descending on Miami Beach for Art Basel. LA art gallerists and critics talk about why the fair matters -- for good and bad. Plus, will Pershing Square get yet another redesign?</span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-448a8ea8-c4da-91ac-de90-1a72a6e14068"><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-448a8ea8-c4e5-f801-5d17-9346e4517a5a"><span>Millions listen to music as mp3s through little earbuds. Not Henry Rollins. He takes DnA on a wild sonic tour of his high fidelity sound systems. Can nature and huge buildings merge into a harmonious whole? Chinese architect Ma Yansong explains how they can. </span><span><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span>Michael Maltzan and Amy Murphy take on anxiety in the city in their installation design for LACMA’s Haunted Screens. Birdman’s costume designer discusses an outfit choice for maximum embarrassment. Plus, Avishay Artsy explores a provocative plan for the future of Auschwitz II.</span></p> <div><span><br /></span></div>

<p dir="ltr"><span>A writer, a photographer and a street artist discuss how they capture the “real LA” in their work. </span></p> <div><span><br /></span></div>

<p dir="ltr"><span> </span><span>The cuisine and the look of Grand Central Market are changing; End of an era? Or a mix of vendors and cultures that shows LA at its best? Plus, we take a look at how software is revolutionizing skyscrapers and lawn wars in a California suburb.</span></p> <div><span><br /></span></div>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-3033935e-7fa4-76e0-19bc-1d13aa5060b6"><span>Frank Gehry’s proposal for an Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the new Big Blue Bus stops in Santa Monica cause controversy. What do we want in our public space? </span></span></p>

<p>Back in the mid-1990s, the Los Angeles LGBT Center scrambled to find an architect willing to design for them; but now, top architects are competing to build a brand new campus for the organization. Plus, director Thom Andersen discusses the depiction of Los Angeles and its architecture in his film, <em>Los Angeles Plays Itself</em>.</p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5b060d3-ef19-234a-190c-a8016af65c28"><span>A thousand-foot slip n slide has ignited a deluge of drought shaming. But how much water does it consume compared with other water-based leisure activities? Plus, the designers behind Soderbergh’s new series talk about designing turn-of-the century medicine. </span></span></p>

<p>From wearables to drones, technology continues to redefine our everyday lives – for better, or weirder?</p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a3d3f8-3b55-a161-b0d1-c75303bcbfbf"><span>Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, talks about Peter Zumthor’s design and why the blob now bridges Wilshire Boulevard; and comments on reports of a Frank Gehry-designed skyscraper. DnA also launches a series on drones, starting with a look at how architects are using them. </span></span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-28fc2b44-f312-c9ba-3cd9-605e75a69570"><span>Aside from water, the L.A. River and Malibu’s beaches at first glance don’t have much in common. But look closer, and you’ll find they are two of L.A.’s most underutilized public spaces. We explore both places and how Angelenos are reclaiming them via recreation.</span></span></p>

<p class="p1">Apple has bought Beats for three billion dollars. What did they buy exactly? A lot of style for starters. We'll hear from the designers behind the image.</p>

LA is looking for new ways to keep moving; Marlyn Musicant talks about Union Station and Avishay Artsy explores the centennial of a socialist utopia in So-Cal.

DnA explores the art of ritual in a season of festivals from Coachella, Passover and an abandoned Schindler church in South L.A.

Tech titans in suburban Silicon Valley are trading in their regular office buildings for starchitect-designed campuses.

Design in – and At – the movies. Simon Doonan on dreary Oscar gowns; Geoff McFetridge on Her dreamy subway map; Kyle Bergman screens films about design and architecture.

Jerry Anderson talks about working with Russians on the design of Sochi Olympic Park. K.K. Barrett and Andy Nicholson discuss their production work, on Her and Gravity.

<p class="p1">Can the Southland grow if drought is the new normal? <strong>Hadley Arnold</strong> says yes, with architecture that acts as a sponge. Plus, Dave Hickey, Maura Lucking and Gideon Brower.</p>

Angelenos fight to save an ice rink, and Planet Granite responds. LA natives and urban critics debate the emerging LA of Her.

A parking structure pedestrians can love; Ace Hotel opens in L.A.