Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.
Geoffrey von Oeyen completed a dream house for his brother, only to see it destroyed by the Woolsey Fire two... more
Roman Mars has spent 10 years using his radio show “99% Invisible” to reveal the everyday quirks and delights of... more
Americans are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. A coliving project in Hollywood was designed to remedy it. Then came a... more
Ventilation has become a life or death issue as as experts find that COVID-19 infections increase in poorly ventilated interiors.... more
California has around 21,000 licensed architects, and 300 of them are Black. SoCalNOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects) hopes to... more
The restaurants on Santa Monica’s Main Street took a huge hit from the COVID-19 shutdown. So the city government, restaurant... more
XPRIZE is offering $1 million to designers of a protective face mask that people will actually want to wear. Also,... more
Statues of slave traders and Confederate leaders are being toppled or defaced during protests following the killing of George Floyd.... more
Redlining, restrictive covenants, urban renewal, and building freeways through communities of color are all ways Los Angeles was shaped by... more
Big tech companies have remade the workplace in recent years with creative offices designed to stimulate disruption. Now Google and... more