arcCA 06.2: L.A.


L.A.,” published to coincide with the 2006 AIA Convention, held in Los Angeles, assembles diverse perspectives on the city. It is the 2nd quarter 2006 issue of arcCA (Architecture California), which was, from 2000 to 2012, the quarterly print journal of the AIA California Council. 


Editor’s Comment
Tim Culvahouse, AIA

Rediscovering Reyner Banham’s Los Angeles
Michael Dear, PhD

Industrial Los Angeles
Greg Hise

Rootlessness: a DnA Conversation from KCRW 89.9 FM
Frances Anderton with Thom Mayne, Annie Kelly, Jeffrey Herr, Julie Taylor, Alan Hess, and Carla Mullio

Fourteen Ways of Looking at Los Angeles
David Thurman, Buzz Yudell, Doug Suisman, Deborah Weintraub, Richard W. Thompson, Liz Martin, D.J. Waldie, Erik Lerner, Rana Cho, Yareli Arizmendi, Scott Saul, Jay Mark Johnson, Shaunt Yemenjian, Anne Zimmerman

Panoramic L.A.
Jay Mark Johnson

Under the Radar: Hustler Casino, Gardena
Tom Marble, AIA

AIA Los Angeles: Civility and Public Space
William Fain, Jr., FAIA

Richard Neutra’s Los Angeles Hall of Records Building
Barbara Lamprecht

Continuation: Working Drawings for a Temporary Structure: The Palace of Fine Arts
Alexander Ortenberg

. . . and Counting
David Meckel, FAIA

Coda: For Richer, For Poorer . . .
Barton Phelps, FAIA


A PDF of the full issue is available here.


Author biographical information as of the date of original publication.