The L.A. Conservancy launched its 'Sixties turn 50' campaign - the program's nine months of tours, discussions and online activities are designed to celebrate and preserve L.A.'s modern architecture, cementing the notion that the sites are, in fact, historic. In the 1960s the city became the epicenter of innovation, thanks not only to the tract houses built after the Case Study House program but also to cerebral works like the Los Angeles International Airport Theme Building, the Music Center by Welton Becket in Bunker Hill, the now endangered Century Plaza Hotel by Mioru Yamasaki and the space-pod Chemosphere House by John Lautner. I love the 60s and it's wonderful to celebrate the unique style and architecture of the decade. But sadly, I sometimes get the feeling that L.A. peaked 50 years ago...
laconcervancy.org/sixties
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We just participated in a book launch at this residence.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photograph.