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Our L.A., Mapped
Lyra Kilston and Chris Alexander of the team behind Overdrive take Getty Voices to the streets of L.A. this week. We’re exploring what L.A. means to the people who inhabit it, and how our memories of a...
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Architecture Critic Paul Goldberger Advises “Don’t Squeeze Out All the Fresh...
Goldberger Talks Contemporary Buildings in Historic Settings, Design Controls, and His Favorite Contemporary Architecture Ahead of a May 21 Symposium at the Getty Paul Goldberger Writer Paul Goldberger...
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My L.A.: St. John’s Cathedral, Monument of Serenity
This week, we’re devoting Getty Voices to personal stories about L.A. architecture, whether a favorite neighborhood or a building full tasty memories. Here, Communications head Ron Hartwig shares his...
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My L.A.: The Once and Future Golden Gate Theater
In another episode of this week’s Getty Voices, Our L.A., East L.A. native and documentarian Steve Saldivar reflects on a building that seemed to represent everything bleak about our city—but was...
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Unearthing ‘70s Architecture in L.A.
Cesar Pelli’s iconic Pacific Design Center is one of many ’70s buildings that form the backdrop to L.A. life. Photo: Kent Kanouse on Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 What do you get when you cross a hippie with an...
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What’s in a Wood? How Science Helps to Reveal the Eames’ Vision
Eames House, the iconic landmark of mid-20th-century modern architecture built in 1949 by husband-and-wife design team Ray and Charles Eames. Photo: The Getty Conservation Institute Exciting things...
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Dynamic L.A.: Images from the Julius Shulman Photography Archive Now Available
Browse 6,500 images by the photographer who captured Los Angeles in the making. Co-published with Artstor. Kaufmann House by architect Richard Neutra, Palm Springs, CA, 1947. Julius Shulman photography...
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Architecture as Art in Culver City
The Beehive is perhaps one of the coolest office spaces to work in. From the outside, it seems like the whole building could spin. 19, Beehive, 1988, Eric Owen Moss. Can architecture be considered...
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Miniature Getty Center Opens in Philadelphia
Look slightly familiar? This landscape-in-progress riffs on the Getty Center’s architecture and gardens. It’s on view March 1 to 9 at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadephia Flower Show....
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10 Features of L.A.’s Union Station Not to Miss
Turning 75 on May 3, L.A.’s grand station is a living museum of modern design. Here’s what to see first. Co-published with Zócalo Public Square. As a native Angeleno with a father who is a...
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Treasures from the Vault: The Ada Louise Huxtable Archive
“Buildings have to stand up” said the critic, whose rich archive has now been catalogued by the Getty Research Institute Portrait of Ada Louise Huxtable, 1970s. Photograph by L. Garth Huxtable. The...
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Be a Part of “Fuzzy Grids II”
Architects turn the Getty Center into an all-ages, logic-defying playlab for a participatory installation known as “Fuzzy Grids II” Building “Fuzzy Grids II” at the Getty Center On July 19 the Getty...
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Ksours and Kasbahs
A historic complex of earthen buildings in Morocco is the subject of a collaborative conservation project Home to a rich tradition of buildings constructed in earth, Southern Morocco is an important...
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Getty Foundation Announces “Keeping It Modern”
New grant initiative focuses on conserving 20th-century architecture through model projects, focusing on 10 iconic buildings Back in 2006 I had the good fortune of seeing the Sydney Opera House in...
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Are We Living in a Barrier-Industrial Complex?
With 3% of the world’s borders now walled, we’d better wake up before we’re closed in ourselves Gilo #1, 2001, Miki Kratsman. Digital print. Courtesy of and © Miki Kratsman Border walls cause human...
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HistoricPlacesLA Catalogues Over 25,000 of L.A.’s Most Significant Buildings...
A vast and searchable inventory of L.A. places and their stories will help to preserve the city’s cultural heritage for the future North Broadway-Buena Vista Street Bridge. Photo: Stephen Schafer...
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Moving On Up
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Getty Conservation Institute, and we’re celebrating by looking back at some of the accomplishments, work, and events that have shaped us The original Getty...
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Getty Foundation Awards 14 New Grants for “Keeping It Modern”
New grants in the Foundation’s modern architecture initiative will help conserve important buildings around the globe The Solar Observatory Einstein Tower on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam. Photo: R....
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10 Frank Gehry Buildings to See in L.A.
Frank Gehry is one of the most prolific and accomplished architects of our time, and we’re lucky he calls Los Angeles home. Gehry is currently having a moment, with a retrospective at LACMA, a new...
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Women in Architecture Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Getty Research Institute
Join us on Thursday, October 15, to boost the presence of female architects on the world’s online encyclopedia The Getty Research Institute and East of Borneo are co-hosting the Los Angeles meet-up of...
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