Robert Venturi

L.A. artists, architects' effect on each other at MAK Center exhibit

2013-05-16 06:00:00

"Everything Loose Will Land" has landed. And its timing could hardly be better. The exhibition at the MAK Center in West Hollywood, curated by UCLA architectural historian and critic Sylvia Lavin, is a wry study of the ways Los Angeles artists and...

Review: '10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour

2013-05-11 07:00:00

The new PBS program "10 Buildings That Changed America" is nothing if not efficient. In a single breezy hour, it moves from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Gehry, racing in a chronological blur past Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi and a handful of other...

TV Picks: 'Family Tree,' 'Nashville,' '10 Buildings,' 'The Middle'

2013-05-09 14:50:00

"Family Tree" (HBO, premieres Sunday). Christopher Guest has made you a TV series. Thank him. The director of "A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show" and one of the forces behind and in "This Is Spinal Tap" -- in which he was Nigel Tufnel, whose amplifier went...

Review: 'Confederacy of Heretics' a delicate task

2013-04-08 05:00:00

It's difficult to imagine a more delicate curatorial task than the one Todd Gannon, Ewan Branda and Andrew Zago faced in putting together "A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979." The exhibition, running through July 7 at...

Ada Louise Huxtable dies at 91; renowned architecture critic

2013-01-08 14:40:00

Ada Louise Huxtable, the architecture critic who in two decades of writing for the New York Times became a powerful force in shaping New York City and was better known than many of the architects she was covering and certainly more feared, has died. She...

Barry Berkus dies at 77; architect of mass-market housing

2012-12-09 00:00:00

Barry Alan Berkus, a California architect who left a deep imprint on mass-market housing, spurring trends toward homes with grand entrances, high ceilings, master suites, natural light and open spaces, has died. He was 77. Berkus, who had leukemia, died...

Ground Level: New meaning for Venice's landmark binoculars

2011-12-07 16:32:58

What's new in London since the last big royal wedding

2011-04-03 00:00:00

So you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why. Here's one reason: They defy time. Start with just the...

The Barnes Foundation's alarming architectural plans

2010-10-21 16:32:48

Barnes Foundation seeks dismissal of court petition

2011-03-28 16:33:11

Exhibition review: 'Las Vegas Studio: Images From the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown'

2010-03-30 16:40:49

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Digital video runs a screen on the cityscape

2010-01-24 00:00:00

Apple is expected to unveil its much-anticipated touch-screen tablet on Wednesday morning. A few journalists see the device as a possible savior for the newspaper business. Me? I'm wondering how it'll affect the skyline. Don't laugh. Whatever shape it...

This was a very good year for layred, clich�-free looks back at the architecture that critiqued and ultimately put an end to the dominance of the International Style.

2010-12-15 17:24:09