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Grand Park

L.A.'s pedestrian paradise: A park in downtown Los Angeles' Bunker Hill neighborhood transformed an overlooked swath of open space into a lush destination fit for its civic and cultural neighbors.
Marissa Gluck
August 16, 2013
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In 2004, before the real estate crash, the city of Los Angeles and developer Related Companies had plans for downtown's Grand Avenue that were, well, grand. 


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Ambitious Prefab Projects Underway on Both U.S. Coasts

Marissa Gluck
December 20, 2012
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While the promise of prefabricated housing has remained largely unfulfilled, there are currently ambitious, multi-unit projects sprouting on both coasts.


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Design for the Final Frontier

Marissa Gluck
August 27, 2012
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Two architects boldly take digital fabrication technology where it has never gone before. Visualization by Behnaz Farahi and Connor Wingfield A rendering of robotic construction underway on the moon's surface. Far-flung building sites usually present design challenges, but for their latest project, Los Angeles-based architects Anders Carlson and Neil Leach are working with conditions that include solar wind, radiation, and a literal lack of atmosphere. Along with fellow USC professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics), the duo recently won a highly competitive NASA research award to develop robotic construction technologies for inhospitable extraterrestrial environments, such as the Moon
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A Rock Star Takes the Stage in L.A.

Marissa Gluck
June 25, 2012
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With help from Buro Happold, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art unveils Michael Heizer’s 340-ton Levitated Mass. Michael Heizer, Levitated Mass, 2012 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Four decades after its conception, artist Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass is finally open to the public. A 21-foot boulder looming over a concrete trench, the installation allows visitors to walk beneath the massive, 340-ton rock. The boulder made a historic and much-chronicled trip through four counties over 11 days in March on its way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from a quarry 60 miles east of the
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In Los Angeles, Grimshaw and Gruen on Track to Win $4 Million Union Station Contract

Marissa Gluck
June 20, 2012
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Photo courtesy Metro The L.A. Metropolitan Transportation Authority staff has recommended a master plan by UK-based Grimshaw Architects and local firm Gruen Associates. Los Angeles’ major transit hub, the historic Union Station, is one step closer to a massive expansion. Image courtesy Metro Grimshaw Architects and Gruen Associates' vision plan for L.A.'s Union Station and the surrounding area. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) staff has recommended UK-based Grimshaw Architects and local firm Gruen Associates to develop a master plan for the project. In April 2011, Metro acquired the station and 40 surrounding acres from a private developer for $75 million.
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