Architecture & Design
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Inside a Modernist Beacon in Koreatown
A Getty grant is helping a historic church designed by “Hollywood’s architect” to better serve its community
Right Hand Man
How Frank Gehry’s sketching practice lent a musicality to his buildings
Three Major Los Angeles Art Institutions Celebrate Paul R. Williams
Getty, LACMA, and USC Fisher Museum of Art present a landmark, multi-site exhibition series honoring the life and work of groundbreaking architect Paul R. Williams.
Take a Paul R. Williams Tour of Palm Springs
You can still visit four of the pioneering architect’s buildings today
El arte postal se apodera del mundo
Cómo las latinas y los latinos lideraron una revolución por correo
Mail Art Takes On the World
How Latinx and Latin American women led a revolution by mail
Designing Getty for the 21st Century
As Getty’s campus architect, Naomi Neville modernizes Getty’s 1990s style
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