Design and Architecture
Design and Architecture

Design and Architecture

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Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.

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LA architect rebuilds after Woolsey Fire and reflects on living in the wildland-urban interface
NOV 6, 2020
LA architect rebuilds after Woolsey Fire and reflects on living in the wildland-urban interface
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Geoffrey von Oeyen completed a dream house for his brother, only to see it destroyed by the Woolsey Fire two years ago. As he nears completion on the rebuild, he reflects on living in the wildland-urban interface. Also, Janna Ireland is on a mission to tell stories about Black people and their creativity. She talks about her new photo book of buildings by the architect Paul Revere Williams. </span></p>
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24 MIN
Roman Mars turns ‘99% Invisible’ city into a 100% visible book
OCT 8, 2020
Roman Mars turns ‘99% Invisible’ city into a 100% visible book
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roman Mars has spent 10 years using his radio show “</span><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">99% Invisible</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” to reveal the everyday quirks and delights of cities. Now he’s co-written a book called “</span><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/book/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” Mars talks with DnA about tales from LA, writing for print v. radio, and whether he secretly yearns to be a designer.</span></p>
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25 MIN
In an age of loneliness, Treehouse offers community that’s carefully curated and designed
SEP 23, 2020
In an age of loneliness, Treehouse offers community that’s carefully curated and designed
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Americans are experiencing an </span><a href="https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/wildfires-census-loneliness-tv/dear-loneliness-project"><span style="font-weight: 400;">epidemic of loneliness</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. A coliving project in Hollywood was designed to remedy it. Then came a pandemic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ten months after its opening, DnA explores the design of Treehouse with creative director Sean Knibb, architect Jeff Soler, and reporter Adriana Cargill. Some residents also share how the project just might be what the doctor ordered at a time of extreme isolation.</span></p>
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31 MIN
Air conditioning becomes a weapon against infection, D.J. Waldie finds the soul in Los Angeles
AUG 28, 2020
Air conditioning becomes a weapon against infection, D.J. Waldie finds the soul in Los Angeles
<p>Ventilation has become a life or death issue as as experts find that COVID-19 infections increase in poorly ventilated interiors. DnA looks into the extreme measures being taken to improve air conditioning and asks whether outside air is cheaper and healthier. D.J. Waldie has a writerly gift for divining the “sacred ordinariness” in the fabric of Los Angeles. In his new book “Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place,” Waldie reckons with himself and the region in a post-George Floyd world, while illuminating details of LA life, from telecopters to the tiles at Union Station.</p>
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29 MIN
How Bill English helped create the computer mouse, and the effort to change the face of architecture
AUG 12, 2020
How Bill English helped create the computer mouse, and the effort to change the face of architecture
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">California has around 21,000 licensed architects, and 300 of them are Black. SoCalNOMA (</span><a href="https://socalnoma.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">National Organization of Minority Architects</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) hopes to change that through its </span><a href="https://socalnoma.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SoCal-NOMA-DEI-Challenge_2020-Final-for-Release-1.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenge</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. SoCalNOMA President Lance Collins also talks about decolonizing architecture education and finding an African American architectural language. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Computer engineer William English made the mouse a reality. His son John reflects on his father’s work, how William English felt about Apple’s version of the mouse, and how the mouse got its name.</span></p>
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29 MIN