• Design and Architecture

  • By: KCRW
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Design and Architecture

By: KCRW
  • Summary

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

    KCRW 2024
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Episodes
  • LA architect rebuilds after Woolsey Fire and reflects on living in the wildland-urban interface
    Nov 6 2020

    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.

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    25 mins
  • Roman Mars turns ‘99% Invisible’ city into a 100% visible book
    Oct 8 2020

    Roman Mars has spent 10 years using his radio show “99% Invisible” to reveal the everyday quirks and delights of cities. Now he’s co-written a book called “The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design.” Mars talks with DnA about tales from LA, writing for print v. radio, and whether he secretly yearns to be a designer.

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    25 mins
  • In an age of loneliness, Treehouse offers community that’s carefully curated and designed
    Sep 23 2020

    Americans are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. A coliving project in Hollywood was designed to remedy it. Then came a pandemic.

    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.

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    32 mins

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