Design and Architecture

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Design and Architecture episodes

August 27, 2013 Petersen Museum Sells Classic Cars
The Petersen Automotive Museum changes gear amidst reports of secretive sales of classic cars. Santa Monica’s anti-nuclear Chain Reaction needs funds to avoid a meltdown.
19 min
August 20, 2013 Should Architects Design for Solitary Confinement?
Raphael Sperry calls on architects to ban the design of cells for solitary confinement? Terry Karges explains why the Petersen Automotive Museum is changing gear.
30 min
August 13, 2013 William Pereira: Who Was He?
William Pereirabuilt much of Los Angeles. Carolina Miranda talks about growing up in Pereira’s mind. Alan Hess talks about why he matters to the LACMA site.
15 min
August 07, 2013 A New Twist on Tie Dye; Never Built
Alissa Walker talks to Jennifer Parry Dodge about tie-dyeing. Matt Holzman reports on another LA project that was Never Built: Elysian Park housing by Richard Neutra.
27 min
August 06, 2013 A New Twist on Tie Dye; Never Built
Alissa Walker talks to Jennifer Parry Dodge about tie-dyeing. Matt Holzman reports on another LA project that was Never Built: Elysian Park housing by Richard Neutra.
26 min
July 30, 2013 Art and Architecture in 60s New York and 70s LA
Counterculture LA and New York: A new detective novel inhabits the Soho art scene in the late 60s; Sylvia Lavin talks about “Loose” artists and architects in 1970s LA.
31 min
July 23, 2013 Detroit No More; Neverbuilt Los Angeles
Detroit shaped America and is now on its knees. Andrew Zago considers what comes next. Matt Holzman reports on the neverbuilt visions of Frank Lloyd Wright and son Lloyd.
36 min
July 16, 2013 Google Glass: Our Cyborgian Future or Pointless Gizmo?
Betsy Moyer and Bianca Bosker try out Google Glass and share the experience. Is Glass a window into our Cyborgian future? Or a gizmo in search of a reason to exist?
30 min
July 09, 2013 Architecture of Air, and Aluminum
On today’s DnA, Neil Denari talks about his futuristic architecture and the music that inspires it, and David Weinberg revisits Wallace Neff’s bubble house dream.
28 min
July 02, 2013 Photography That Lasts in the Age of Instagram
On today’s DnA, photography that’s meant to last in the age of Instagram and Snapchat. Plus, gay marriage and the restyling of an institution.
27 min