Architecture & Design
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Honoring India’s Modern Heritage
How modernist architecture in India is being preserved for posterity
An Albert Frey Tour of Palm Springs
Experience the International Style, interpreted for the desert
Bold Lines and Nude Sunbaths
When European modernism met a California health nut
Hidden in Plain Sight
How two Getty interns are helping to honor and preserve Los Angeles’s Black heritage
A Forgotten Modernist Reclaimed: Leopold Fischer’s California Legacy
Discover the work of this little-known architect, whose oeuvre includes Weimar-era social housing and quietly influential domestic architecture in Los Angeles
Landmark Status Granted to Six Buildings Representing Black Heritage in Los Angeles
Designations are the culmination of African American Historic Places Los Angeles, a major milestone to honor and preserve the city’s Black heritage
Modernism in the Hills: Richard Neutra’s Visionary Lovell Health House
A landmark of 20th-century architecture, the Lovell Health House embodied Neutra’s radical fusion of steel, sunlight, and well-being
Designing for Humanity in a Car-Centric City
Architect Ana Lasala shares what has worked (and almost worked) in six LA urban design projects
New Volume Advances Granite Conservation for Historic Structures Worldwide
Uniting research and fieldwork, Getty book provides practical tools for conserving granite in built heritage
The Colorful Geometry of Franklin D. Israel’s LA
In the 1980s and ’90s, a small group of architects, including Franklin D. Israel, left a vibrant, playful mark on Los Angeles