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Walker Evans’s Havana, through an Architect’s Lens
Julio César Pérez Hernández, architect and author of Inside Cuba, visits the Getty Center this Thursday to talk about Cuban architecture in conjunction with the exhibition A Revolutionary Project: Cuba...
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Treasures from the Vault: William Krisel, Southern California’s Architect
William Krisel and Dan Palmer in 1958. Julius Shulman photography archive. The Getty Research Institute, 2004.R.10 The Getty Research Institute is pleased to announce the opening of a new archive...
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Long Live Tiki, the Whimsical Soul of Midcentury Modern
What do shellacked blowfish and tiny umbrellas have to do with Neutra and Eames? Architect and author Alan Hess reveals the yin-yang of Tiki and High Modern in this piece published in partnership with...
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Finding Beauty in L.A.’s Visual Clutter
We need to rethink our definition of architecture to properly appreciate L.A.’s vibrant chaos, says Greg Goldin, critic and curator at Pacific Standard Time Presents partner A+D. Goldin moderates a...
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Getty Voices: Our L.A.
What special places tell the story of your L.A.? This week on Getty Voices, Lyra Kilston and Chris Alexander of the Overdrive curatorial team explore the personal stories that knit the buildings and...
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My L.A.: Learning to Love Baskin-Robbins
Continuing this week’s Getty Voices theme of Our L.A., Getty Research Institute editor Liz McDermott explores what makes a hot-pink-and-blue box on Victory Boulevard such a community draw. It’s...
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My L.A.: St. John’s Cathedral, Monument of Serenity
This week, we’re devoting Getty Voices to personal stories about L.A. architecture, whether a favorite neighborhood or a building full tasty memories. Here, Communications head Ron Hartwig shares his...
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My L.A.: The Once and Future Golden Gate Theater
In another episode of this week’s Getty Voices, Our L.A., East L.A. native and documentarian Steve Saldivar reflects on a building that seemed to represent everything bleak about our city—but was...
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Conserving Architectural Models: Behind the Scenes in the Research Institute...
Though intended primarily to benefit conservators in the field, this technical paper may also be of interest to you if you’ve ever wondered how architectural models—often fragile, and rarely made to...
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The Fiery Career of Architecture Critic Ada Louis Huxtable
The woman who “made architecture matter” shaped the urban scene of New York for decades—all with a fearless flair Ada Louise Huxtable with Richard Meier in 1996. Getty Center Site Planning and...
View ArticleWalker Evans’s Havana, through an Architect’s Lens
Julio César Pérez Hernández, architect and author of Inside Cuba, visits the Getty Center this Thursday to talk about Cuban architecture in conjunction with the exhibition A Revolutionary Project: Cuba...
View ArticleLong Live Tiki, the Whimsical Soul of Midcentury Modern
The recent closing of Bahooka, a Tiki-themed restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley city of Rosemead, was an occasion for mourning. Bahooka was one of the great delights of Southern California Tiki, with...
View ArticleFinding Beauty in L.A.’s Visual Clutter
Hulking public works and messy storefronts are the essence of L.A. architecture. Here's why you should love them.
View ArticleGetty Voices: Our L.A.
In the three years leading up to the opening of Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, the curatorial team spent a lot of time thinking about Los Angeles. We considered the many well-worn stories and...
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The Eccentric, Democratic Architecture of Hans Scharoun
Across the course of his long career, the German architect Hans Scharoun (1893–1972) remained dedicated to experimentation. The most important of the architects linked to Expressionism and then the...
View ArticleHitting the High Notes: Three Buildings by Two Architects
There are surprising parallels between the sister cities of Berlin and Los Angeles, as is convincingly shown in the exhibition Berlin/Los Angeles: Space for Music—kinships not only in urban...
View ArticleModern Architecture and the Olympic Spirit
Los Angeles is locked in a battle with Paris to host the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. Paris is a tough competitor, but Los Angeles has been doing plenty to woo the International Olympic Committee...
View ArticleA Key to Preserving Our Architectural Past
Think “architectural conservation.” What comes to mind might be a craftsperson standing on a ladder, tool in hand, working to repair a deteriorating wall. That image does represent an important part of...
View ArticleConserving Moscow’s Melnikov House
Over the past four years the Getty Foundation has supported research and planning grants for 45 modern buildings as part of its Keeping It Modern initiative. These projects include eight architects’...
View ArticleBuilding Divided Berlin
Berlin was a partitioned city from the end of World War II and a city divided by a wall for about 28 years. A foreboding, fortified border down the middle of a city would seem a considerable obstacle...
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