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The footbridge is part of the Calvin S. Hamilton Pedway:
"The Calvin S. Hamilton Pedway, as the system is formally known, is a network of elevated walkways that was first presented in the 1970 Concept Los Angeles: The Concept for the Los Angeles General Plan. Hamilton was the city planning director at the time, having taken the position in 1964. The plan, adopted by the city in 1974, promoted dense commercial developments connected to one another by a rapid transit system. The plan was abandoned in 1981 when federal funding for the project was eliminated. Hamilton stepped down from his position in 1985 after a criminal investigation."
www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/block-by-blo...
"The pedways fall within the Downtown Center Business Improvement District, but the organization's CEO says its strained resources can only cover maintenance crews on the pedways about once a week."
articles.latimes.com/2013/may/23/opinion/la-ed-pedways-20...
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The large triangular building is Beaudry Center.
Beaudry Center:
333 South Beaudry Avenue
LAUSD Headquarters
aka The Beaudry Building or LAUSD Beaudry Headquarters
Built ca. 1980ā84.
Purchased for LAUSD in 2002.
Original developer: C-D Investment Co.
Features an open atrium at the center.
"Winner of a 1983 'lemon' award by a local group of developers, realtors and architects as an 'economic and architectural failure.""
articles.latimes.com/1985-05-30/business/fi-5230_1_beaudr...
Includes the address for the LAUSD Office of the Superintendent, the Board of Education, Leasing & Space Utilization, and the Human Resources Division, among others.
www.teachinla.com/map_directions.html
articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/29/opinion/op-27858
www.flickr.com/photos/scpr/sets/72157626839568693/
www.emporis.com/building/beaudrycenter-losangeles-ca-usa
sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d88e6fe5cb3a4...
www.you-are-here.com/los_angeles/beaudry_center.html
articles.latimes.com/1985-05-30/business/fi-5230_1_beaudr...
ZIMAS:
Westlake Community Plan Area, Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses, General Plan Land Use = "Regional Center Commercial," Central City West Plan Area, w/in 500 feet of the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex, Los Angeles Renewal Community, Central City Revitalization Zone
Assessment:
Use Code: Not Available
Assessed Land Val.: $2,000,000
Assessed Improvement Val.: $0
Last Owner Change: 11/01/02
Last Sale Amount: $0
...
Year Built: 1984
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Beaudry Center II:
Is the smaller, white building across 3rd from Beaudry Center, connected by a skybridge.
Address is ca. 241 S Beaudry Ave.
Built 1985.
ZIMAS:
Westlake Community Plan Area, Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses, General Plan Land Use = "Regional Center Commercial," Central City West Plan Area, w/in 500 feet of the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex, Los Angeles Renewal Community, Central City Revitalization Zone
Assessment:
Use Code: Not Available
Assessed Land Val.: $2,530,862
Assessed Improvement Val.: $2,605,346
Last Owner Change: 12/29/95
Last Sale Amount: $7,100,071
...
Year Built: 1985
This building was used as the Pacific Stock Exchange from ca. 1986 to 2001. Operations moved here from the former Spring Street location in mid to late 1980s and the trading floor closed in 2001.
"By 2005, the Pacific Exchange was bought by the owner of the ArcaEx platform, Archipelago Holdings, which then merged with the New York Stock Exchange in 2006. The New York Stock Exchange conducts no business operations under the name Pacific Exchange, essentially ending its separate identity.[citation needed] Pacific Exchange equities and options trading now takes place exclusively through the NYSE Arca (formerly known as ArcaEx) platform, an Electronic communication network (ECN), as NYSE Arca Equities and NYSE Arca Options, respectively. . . . The building and real estate directly related to the Pacific Stock Exchange in Los Angeles were slated for redevelopment into high rise condos and retail stores in early to mid 2000 but nothing ever materialized, other than a couple of temporary nightclubs operating on the old Equities trading floor."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Exchange
articles.latimes.com/1986-01-14/business/fi-28040_1_new-f...
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In the foreground on the right:
Figueroa Courtyard:
261 South Figueroa Street
Built ca. 1978ā81.
Architect: Dan Dworsky
Renovated 1998.
Renovation Architects: Chelsea Design Group
Renovation Construction: L.E. Waters
"The complex was originally slated to be the new home of the Pacific Stock Exchange, and was dubbed Exchange Square. The Exchange dropped out as a tenant before construction began, but the development continued and was named 'The Park' for its garden qualities. A Times story from August of 1979 quotes leasing company senior V.P. Dan Matlow on the appeal of the complex. Matlow said the five buildings 'offer the downtown office space user with the choice of a garden office environment for the first time in the history of any central city financial district in the country.' The grounds of the complex were named after the project's councilman, Gilbert Lindsay . . . 'Gilbert W. Lindsay Mall.'"
blogdowntown.com/2008/01/3066-gardenlike-figueroa-courtya...
Formerly owned by California National Bank, which failed in 2009. The FDIC sold its assets to US Bank. Since 2008, much of the complex has been leased to UCLA Extension.
www.uclaextension.edu/pages/extn/figcourtyard.aspx
www.charlesdunn.com/case-studies/us-bank-figueroa-courtyard
www.you-are-here.com/los_angeles/the_park.html
www.le-waters.com/capital-renovation-projects
ZIMAS:
Central City Community Plan Area, Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Area, Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses, General Plan Land Use ="Regional Center Commercial," Downtown Adaptive Reuse Incentive Area, Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, w/in 500 feet of USC Hybrid High, Downtown Center Business Improvement District, Central City Revitalization Zone
Assessment:
Use Code: Not Available
Assessed Land Val.: $5,290,495
Assessed Improvement Val.: $15,540,841
Last Owner Change: 12/03/96
Last Sale Amount: $9
...
Year Built: 1981
Dan Dworsky:
digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/273/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dworsky
sma.sciarc.edu/subclip/takeyama-minourou-and-daniel-dwors...
Furniture designed using all recycled materials
G_Nee Lamp
180 Pieces / 180 Degrees of light coming from 180 Small spots, one spotlight at a time. You can hang it from any ceiling light bulb header, only the bulb must be an LED one. Working on it...
187 - - Amorphica Design Research Office
Furniture designed using all recycled materials
G_Nee Lamp
180 Pieces / 180 Degrees of light coming from 180 Small spots, one spotlight at a time. You can hang it from any ceiling light bulb header, only the bulb must be an LED one. Working on it...
187 - - Amorphica Design Research Office
Puente Calle Primera -
Ensenada, Baja California
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron GutiƩrrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
No information yet on who is responsible for the pedestrian footbridge.
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Bunker Hill Towers (aka Bunker Hill Apartments aka Bunker Hill Residential Towers):
Built ca. 1966ā68.
Architect: Robert Evans Alexander.
www.you-are-here.com/los_angeles/bunker_hill.html
www.essexapartmenthomes.com/apartment/bunker-hill-towers-...
www.yelp.com/biz/bunker-hill-towers-apartments-los-angeles
www.apartmentratings.com/rate/CA-Los-Angeles-Bunker-Hill-...
laforum.org/content/articles/downtown-again-by-peter-zellner
ZIMAS data:
Central City Community Plan Area, Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses, Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Area, Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, General Plan Land Use= "Regional Center Commercial", Downtown Adaptive Reuse Incentive Area, Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, w/in 500 feet of USC Hybrid High, Downtown Center Business Improvement District, Central City Revitalization Zone.
Assessment:
Assessed Land Val.: $15,262,053
Assessed Improvement Val.: $30,664,155
Last Owner Change: 04/01/98
Last Sale Amount: $18,080,180
...
Year Built: 1968
Robert Evans Alexander:
rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM03087.html
digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/180/
www.modernsandiego.com/RobertAlexander.html
archive.org/details/architectureplan01alex
archive.org/details/architectureplan02alex
articles.latimes.com/1992-12-02/news/mn-1120_1_r-e-alexander
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027871386;seq=3;v...
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Promenade Towers:
123 S Figueroa St
Built 1984ā85.
Opened 1986.
Architects: Kamnitzer Cotton + Vreeland (or Kamnitzer & Cotton-Abraham Shapiro & Associates Architects)
Original Developers: Goldrich & Kest Industries, Culver City, and Shapell Industries, Beverly Hills
General contractor: Tutor-Saliba Corp.
Landscape architects: Fong & Associates
"Developed under a partnership arrangement with the city Community Redevelopment Agency in which the land was sold to the developers, while the CRA received 15% of the annual net cash flow."
Currently part of the Central City Community Plan Area, the Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, the Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Area, the Downtown Adaptive Reuse Incentive Area, the CRA's Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, the Downtown Center Business Improvement District, and under a Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses. It is also within 500 feet of the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center.
The general plan land use designation is "regional center commercial."
Some of the assessment data in ZIMAS is hilariously out of date (well, hasn't been updated since these buildings went up):
Use Code: 2700 - Parking Lot (Patron or Employee)
Assessed Land Val.: $11
Assessed Improvement Val.: $11
Last Owner Change: 12/13/83
Last Sale Amount: $0
www.yelp.com/biz/promenade-towers-los-angeles
www.apartmentguide.com/apartments/California/Los-Angeles/...
www.apartments.com/California/Los-Angeles/Promenade-Tower...
www.emporis.com/building/promenadetowersapartmentsnorth-l...
www.you-are-here.com/los_angeles/promenade.html
articles.latimes.com/1986-06-15/realestate/re-11156_1_bun...
Peter Kamnitzer:
texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb1p30039g&doc.view=frames...
Tim Vreeland:
Emeritus faculty at UCLA, School of Architecture & Urban Design: www.aud.ucla.edu/faculty/emeriti.html
sma.sciarc.edu/lecturer/tim-vreeland/
Not sure yet who Cotton was.
I believe this is the south side of the West Promenade Plaza Apartments
880 1st Street
Built ca. 1978ā83.
Architects: Kamnitzer Cotton + Vreeland Architects
www.you-are-here.com/los_angeles/west.html
ZIMAS info on 880 W 1st Street:
Central City Community Plan Area, Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses, Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Area, Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, General Plan Land Use = "Regional Center Commercial", Downtown Adaptive Reuse Incentive Area, Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, Downtown Center Business Improvement District, Central City Revitalization Zone.
The assessment info is only for a single unit:
Use Code: 010C - Single Residence (Condominium)
Assessed Land Val.: $116,955
Assessed Improvement Val.: $206,401
Last Owner Change: 12/28/94
Last Sale Amount: $235,002
...
Year Built: 1982
Building Class: D10D
Number of Units: 1
Number of Bedrooms: 2
Number of Bathrooms: 3
Building Square Footage: 1,507.0 (sq ft)
Peter Kamnitzer:
texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb1p30039g&doc.view=frames...
Tim Vreeland:
Emeritus faculty at UCLA, School of Architecture & Urban Design: www.aud.ucla.edu/faculty/emeriti.html
sma.sciarc.edu/lecturer/tim-vreeland/
Not sure yet who Cotton was.
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Bunker Hill Towers (aka Bunker Hill Apartments aka Bunker Hill Residential Towers):
Built ca. 1966ā68.
Architect: Robert Evans Alexander.
www.you-are-here.com/los_angeles/bunker_hill.html
www.essexapartmenthomes.com/apartment/bunker-hill-towers-...
www.yelp.com/biz/bunker-hill-towers-apartments-los-angeles
www.apartmentratings.com/rate/CA-Los-Angeles-Bunker-Hill-...
laforum.org/content/articles/downtown-again-by-peter-zellner
ZIMAS data:
Central City Community Plan Area, Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses, Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Area, Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, General Plan Land Use= "Regional Center Commercial", Downtown Adaptive Reuse Incentive Area, Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, w/in 500 feet of USC Hybrid High, Downtown Center Business Improvement District, Central City Revitalization Zone.
Assessment:
Assessed Land Val.: $15,262,053
Assessed Improvement Val.: $30,664,155
Last Owner Change: 04/01/98
Last Sale Amount: $18,080,180
...
Year Built: 1968
Robert Evans Alexander:
rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM03087.html
digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/180/
www.modernsandiego.com/RobertAlexander.html
archive.org/details/architectureplan01alex
archive.org/details/architectureplan02alex
articles.latimes.com/1992-12-02/news/mn-1120_1_r-e-alexander
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027871386;seq=3;v...
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Bank of America Center (aka Bank of America Plaza, aka Security Pacific Plaza, ARCO Center, BP Plaza):
Built 1973ā75.
333 South Hope
Architects: Albert C. Martin & Associates, Peter Walker & Partners
"It was completed in 1974 with the headquarters of Security Pacific National Bank, Capital Group Companies and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as its main tenants. The tower is the fifth tallest building in Los Angeles, and the 83rd-tallest building in the United States. In 2009 it had the highest assessed value of any office building in Los Angeles County. From when it opened and until 1992, it bore the Security Pacific Bank logo. It was removed when Bank of America acquired Security Pacific."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Center_(Los_Angeles)
brookfieldofficeproperties.com/content/los_angeles/bank_o...
www.emporis.com/building/bankofamericaplaza-losangeles-ca...
skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=234
ZIMAS data:
Central City Community Plan Area, Freeway Adjacent Advisory Notice for Sensitive Uses, Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Area, Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, General Plan Land Use = "Regional Center Commercial", Downtown Adaptive Reuse Incentive Area, Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, w/in 500 feet of USC Hybrid High, Downtown Center Business Improvement District, Central City Revitalization Zone.
Assessment:
Assessed Land Val.: $59,839,899
Assessed Improvement Val.: $406,911,323
Last Owner Change: 10/05/06
Last Sale Amount: $9
...
Year Built: 1974
The Passion of the Christ,
Seen at a drive-in theater, 29 Palms, Ca
April 2004
Photographed while researching the differing communities throughout the Mojave Desert (Between hwy 395 and the Arizona Border)
The Core of Architecture's Discourse Now: A New Generation of Scholar-Critics Speaks Out
The GSD, Harvard University
Fall 2011
George P. Dodds, David Gissen, Simon Sadler, Meredith tenHoor.
Moderated by Timothy Hyde
Introduction by William S. Saunders
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2011
Amorphica Design Research Office
This is my final presentation board for my cemetery project located in the LA river, done in 3GA at sci-ARC.
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology's Solar Decathlon 2013 House Rendering. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon). Read more about the team here: www.solardecathlon.gov/team_sci_arc_caltech.html
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
Anderson House, 1922 (New house behind facade by Fin Kappe, 1995)
390 Vance Street
Anderson, whose first name seems to have disappeared, was supposed to have been a merchant who brought treasures from all over the world to this tiny house. Most of his travels seem, however, to have been in Mexico. This house, with its magnificent tile, art glass windows, and mosaic of Mexican dancers in front of a mission arcade is a real stunner.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 28.
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Lederer Residence, 1995
Fin Kappe (Kappe Studios)
390 Vance St
Before committing to the study of Architecture at Sci-Arc, Finn studied philosophy, astronomy, geology and fine art at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to Los Angeles to build the Borghei-Cookston Residence designed by, Ray Kappe FAIA, (featured in Abitare, Architecture und Vohen and AMC). He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Sci-Arc in 1982 and a Masters of Architecture in 1986. Throughout this period of academic training, he alternately worked in offices and managed construction projects.
In 1986, Finn became a Partner of Kappe Architects Planners. Between 1986 and 1990, he was the lead designer on 9 residences and project architect on 5 others. As well, he participated in the master planning of the Harris Company's Malibu Housing, Clubhouse and Restaurant.
In 1991, he opened his own office - Kappe Studio, and continued with several more residences.
Finn has been the project manager for over 15 million dollars of construction. He continues to enjoy the process of making buildings real and his experiences in the field of construction have informed his designs in every way.
Mr. Kappe has taught at the USC School of Architecture, is a frequent critic at Sci-Arc and has lectured at UCLA. His work has been published in GA Houses, Abitare, Architecture und Vohen, AMC, LA Times Magazine and Architecture. Awards include the LABC Award for new SFD and finalist for remodeled SFD. Exhibits include LA On the Move, 100:100, and New Blood 101.
Volume 5: www.volume5.com/html/finn_kappe_architect.html
Kappe Studios: www.kappestudio.com/projects/pacific_palisades/index.php?...
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
Exterior image of the house built by students from Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology to compete in Solar Decathlon 2013 in Irvine, Calif. at the Orange County Great Park. Credit: Jason Flakes/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
Furniture designed using all recycled materials
G_Nee Lamp
180 Pieces / 180 Degrees of light coming from 180 Small spots, one spotlight at a time. You can hang it from any ceiling light bulb header, only the bulb must be an LED one. Working on it...
187 - - Amorphica Design Research Office
A rainbow shines down on the Solar Decathlon entries from Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology, left, and The Ohio State University, center, at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 on the final day of public tours on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011 in Washington D.C. (Credit: Andrea Watson/U.S. Department of Energy)
This is the Sci_Arc 1A Field Project, represented at Southern California Institute of Architecture.
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Hasselblad 500C/M
Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 T*
Fujifilm Pro 800Z
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
Exterior image of the house built by students from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology to compete in Solar Decathlon 2013 in Irvine, Calif. at the Orange County Great Park. Credit: Jason Flakes/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
Interior image of the house built by students from Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology to compete in Solar Decathlon 2013 in Irvine, Calif. at the Orange County Great Park. Credit: Jason Flakes/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
Interior image of the house built by students from Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology to compete in Solar Decathlon 2013 in Irvine, Calif. at the Orange County Great Park. Credit: Jason Flakes/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
__________
Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
__________
The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
Furniture designed using all recycled materials
G_Nee Lamp
180 Pieces / 180 Degrees of light coming from 180 Small spots, one spotlight at a time. You can hang it from any ceiling light bulb header, only the bulb must be LED one.
187 - - Amorphica Design Research Office
Interior image of the house built by students from Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology to compete in Solar Decathlon 2013 in Irvine, Calif. at the Orange County Great Park. Credit: Jason Flakes/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
The Southern California Institute of Architecture had an opening of sorts. I don't really know who was doing what and why, but this was the underside of a huge organic laser-cut coffee table on display on the second floor. It was HUGE! A full circle that could fit 28 people. See previous image for above-table shot.
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron GutiƩrrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron GutiƩrrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
Anderson House, 1922 (New house behind facade by Fin Kappe, 1995)
390 Vance Street
Anderson, whose first name seems to have disappeared, was supposed to have been a merchant who brought treasures from all over the world to this tiny house. Most of his travels seem, however, to have been in Mexico. This house, with its magnificent tile, art glass windows, and mosaic of Mexican dancers in front of a mission arcade is a real stunner.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 28.
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Lederer Residence, 1995
Fin Kappe (Kappe Studios)
390 Vance St
Before committing to the study of Architecture at Sci-Arc, Finn studied philosophy, astronomy, geology and fine art at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to Los Angeles to build the Borghei-Cookston Residence designed by, Ray Kappe FAIA, (featured in Abitare, Architecture und Vohen and AMC). He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Sci-Arc in 1982 and a Masters of Architecture in 1986. Throughout this period of academic training, he alternately worked in offices and managed construction projects.
In 1986, Finn became a Partner of Kappe Architects Planners. Between 1986 and 1990, he was the lead designer on 9 residences and project architect on 5 others. As well, he participated in the master planning of the Harris Company's Malibu Housing, Clubhouse and Restaurant.
In 1991, he opened his own office - Kappe Studio, and continued with several more residences.
Finn has been the project manager for over 15 million dollars of construction. He continues to enjoy the process of making buildings real and his experiences in the field of construction have informed his designs in every way.
Mr. Kappe has taught at the USC School of Architecture, is a frequent critic at Sci-Arc and has lectured at UCLA. His work has been published in GA Houses, Abitare, Architecture und Vohen, AMC, LA Times Magazine and Architecture. Awards include the LABC Award for new SFD and finalist for remodeled SFD. Exhibits include LA On the Move, 100:100, and New Blood 101.
Volume 5: www.volume5.com/html/finn_kappe_architect.html
Kappe Studios: www.kappestudio.com/projects/pacific_palisades/index.php?...
"Field of Dreams"
Jeffrey Kipnis & Stephen Turk's "Figure Ground Game" - an Exhibition at SCI-ARC, January-March, 2014.
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
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Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
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The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)
The Sci-Arc/CalTech Hanwhua Solar House, CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype), 2011
Exposition park
700 Exposition Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
SciArc/CalTech for the US Department of Engergy Solar Decathalon, 2011
2011 Decathalon Winner
An "Exposition Park" needs to be about emerging technologies -- not just a museum of past discoveries. CHIP carries on this tradition, and should be a permanent fixture on the campus. Tucked away behind the California Science Museum, this temporary exhibit was a delightful find. Although it's small, It's very livable. Well done!
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Architecturally, the crown jewel of Exposition Park is the 1913 Natural History Museum (renamed the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), designed by the prominent team of Frank Hudson and William Munsell. The Natural History Museum is mostly Beaux Arts, capped by a large dome of stained glass, supported by marble pillars. The building accents are Romanesque and Spanish Plateresque.
The Sunken Garden (renamed the Rose Garden in the 1920's) is the park's other National Register site. There are more than 20,000 rose bushes, with more than 200 varieties. The Rose Garden, with the Natural History Museum in the background has been captured in numerous films and TV shows, most recently featured as the home of the "Jeffferson Institute" on the TV crime drama Bones. The park's past is checkered. Originally it was a vanue for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels."
Also lining the Rose Garden are other architectural treasures. The Beaux Arts/Classical Exposition Building (renamed the California Science Center) runs parallel to the garden, and opposite the Natural History Museum is the Beaux Arts/Egyptian Revival Armory Building (Now the Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. Next to the Armory Building is the 1984 Frank O Gehry and Associatiates California Aerospace Museum. Elsewhere in the park is The Museum of African-American History, designed in 1984 by Jack Haywood and Vincent J Proby. The Memorial Coliseum was designed by John and Donald Parkinson.
Exposition park holds the distinction of the only venue in the world to host two olympic summer games (X and XXIII) and two Superbowls (I and VII). During the 1990's the park's popularity decreased and it was possible to spend time in the Rose Garden and almost not see another person. Today the park has regained its popularity.
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The park is public space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. The 160-acre (0.65 km2) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910 (hence its original name Agricultural Park). Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms.
In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland. Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Wikipedia - Exposition Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Los_Angeles)