Featured image credit: Antoine Taveneaux The Roaring Twenties didn’t just get their name from the din of the jazz bands. Everything was louder: the personalities, the fashion, and even the architecture. A lot of that visual flair can be attributed to a style that had been gaining popularity in France since around 1910. Today, we know it as Art Deco. Seeking to marry contemporary t...

• calendar_month March 19, 2023
• category Architecture 101
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Featured image credit: Chalmers Butterfield Here in the post-internet world, it’s hard to recall just how dramatically the automobile changed the country. Few American cities felt the cultural impact quite like Los Angeles. The arrival of the family car in Southern California created fertile ground for a series of architectural movements with none more over-the-top than programmat...

• calendar_month October 9, 2024
• category Architecture 101, Restaurants
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