“Great” construction projects in America? Starchitects say: look elsewhere – archpaper.com
From Resourceful to Illegal – The racialized history of garage housing in Los Angeles – Boom California
Former Orange Julius Stand Cleared for Googie-Inspired Apartments – Urbanize.la
MOCA will close its satellite location at the Pacific Design Center – LA Times
California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Hollywood Target, Allowing Construction to Resume – UrbanizeLA
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles City Council reapproved the empty Sunset Gordon tower, clearing the way for the 22-story apartment building to reopen three years after a lawsuit forced its tenants to vacate. Now, the so-called Target Husk, another symbol of the contentious battles waged over planning and development in Hollywood, appears to finally have a path forward.
L.A. panel votes to abandon bid to make Silver Lake gas station a monument – Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-silver-lake-texaco-20181106-story.html
A Los Angeles City Council committee voted Tuesday to abandon a disputed bid to enshrine a former gas station on Silver Lake Boulevard as a historic monument after the building owner pledged to relocate the aging structure.
New renderings dropped for Arquitectonica’s pool-topped Jenga tower in L.A. – Archpaper.com
Arquitectonica and JMF Development Co. are moving forward with their plans to building a 53-story tower adjacent to Pershing Square in Downtown L.A.
New Renderings Emerge for the LAX Metro Station – Urbanize LA
Later this week, the Metro Board of Directors’ Construction Committee will review updated renderings of the proposed 96th Street Transit Station – the long-awaited rail link to Los Angeles International Airport.
Renderings unveiled for 1,200-unit development slated for L.A.’s Westside – archpaper.com
Solomon Cordwell Buenz, TCA Architects, and developers Carmel Partners have unveiled renderings for the 1,210-unit Cumulus development, a new mixed-use project slated for the former KLOS and KABC radio broadcast facilities in Los Angeles.