Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A.

Linked exhibitions and programs on Southern California architecture from 1940 to the present

Project Details

A man sits cross-legged in a corner surrounded by two walls made of interlocking wood boxes

Jef Raskin with Bloxes in San Diego, c. 1970's. 

Image courtesy Linda Blum

About

Goal

Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. was a collaborative celebration of one of Southern California's most lasting contributions to postwar cultural life: modern architecture. Similar to Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 but smaller in scale, this initiative presented a wide-ranging look at the region's modern architectural heritage and the significant contributions of L.A. architects to national and global developments in architecture.

Outcomes

  • Nine exhibitions and related public programs throughout Southern California supported by Getty funding

  • A related exhibition at the Getty Center, Overdrive: LA Constructs the Future, 1940-1990

  • Five publications containing new research on postwar architecture in the region

  • Creation of SCI-Arc Online Media Archive: over 1,000 hours of continually-updated videos of lectures, symposia, events related to the most significant voices in architecture from 1974 to the present

Background