John Chase’s West Hollywood: An Architectural Walking Tour
Saturday, May 21, 2011
10:00 a.m.: Tour departs from West Hollywood Gateway
7100 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood
Meet in front of the Starbucks in the courtyard
6:00 p.m.: Drinks at Barney’s Beanery
8447 Santa Monica Blvd, West … | +
The Los Angeles Forum is saddened to hear the news that author and Urban Designer John Chase passed away on August 13th, 2010. John was a fixture in the Los Angeles design community for decades, and our organization is indebted … | +
A panel discussion to consider the urban condition of the dingbat apartment building in Los Angeles – both existing conditions as well as proposals from the LA Forum’s recently completed Dingbat 2.0 Design Competition.
The LA Forum is pleased to announce the addition of author, Urban Designer, and noted Dingbat apartments authority John Chase to the jury for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition. Chase joins Barbara Bestor, Tedd Cruz, Dana Cuff, Neil Denari … | +
The Field Guide to Dingbats has several small articles and references regarding Dingbat apartment buildings, as well as a chapter from John Chase’s Book Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving, which covers the history and types of ’stucco box’ apartments that … | +
Barbara Bestor / Principal, Bestor Architecture, Los Angeles / Chair, Graduate School of Architecture at Woodbury University
John Chase / Author / Urban Designer, City of West Hollywood
Teddy Cruz / Principal, Estudio Teddy Cruz, San Diego / Associate Professor, UCSD, Visual … | +
1. In the hullabaloo surrounding proposed changes to the historic Huntington Hartford Gallery at Two Columbus Circle, Ada Louise Huxtable, longtime architectural critic for the New York Times, famously dismissed the Edward Durrell Stone landmark as possessing “dubious architectural … | +
The spring 2000 lecture series, Booktalk, brought together LA writers on architecture and urbanism to discuss recent publications. The participants included:
Mary Ann Ray and Robert Mangurian, Wrapper: 40 Possible Surfaces for the Museum of Jurassic Technology(William Stout Publishers, 2000)
Peter Zellner, … | +
by John Dutton
The highway is perhaps the most ambivalently celebrated feature of the post-war American landscape. On one hand, it is heralded as a symbol of progress and growth, and on the other criticized as a symbol of insensitive urban … | +
“Everyday Urbanism” is based on the daily experience of the city – trips to supermarkets, the commute to work, the journey along the strip passing by the mini-mall, the carwash, and the franchise food emporium.
LA Forum Spring 1997 Lecture Series
INSIDE OUT: Critical issues in the Relationship of Architecture and Interior Design
April 15 – ARCHITECTURE / INTERIOR DESIGN: THE DESIGN DIVORCE?
Panelists:
Barbara Barry, Interior Designer
Nancy Troy, Art Historian, USC
Judith Sheine, Architect and Author
Neil Denari, Architect
April 30 … | +
This book features the work of 22 architecture firms, including Michele Saee, AKS Runo, Josh Schweitzer, Guthrie + Buresh, Koning Eizenberg, and COA. The book is drawn from the work of participants in a series of lectures presented … | +