Never built Los Angeles / Greg Goldin, Sam Lubell ; foreword by Thom Mayne.

Main entry:

Goldin, Greg, author.

Title & Author:

Never built Los Angeles / Greg Goldin, Sam Lubell ; foreword by Thom Mayne.

Publication:

New York, NY : Metropolis Books, [2013]
©2013

Description:

375 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-375).
Missed opportunities: Los Angeles -- City of illusions -- Master plans -- Buildings -- Follies & amusements -- Parks & plazas -- Transit plans.

Summary:

Never Built Los Angeles explores the "what if" Los Angeles, investigating the values and untapped potential of a city still in search of itself. A treasure trove of buildings, master plans, parks, follies and mass-transit proposals that only saw the drawing board, the book asks: why is Los Angeles a mecca for great architects, yet so lacking in urban innovation? Featured are more than 100 visionary works that could have transformed both the physical reality and the collective perception of the metropolis, from Olmsted Brothers and Bartholomew's groundbreaking 1930 Plan for the Los Angeles Region, which would have increased the amount of green space in the notoriously park-poor city fivefold; to John Lautner's Alto Capistrano, a series of spaceship-like apartments hovering above a mixed-use development; to Jean Nouvel's 2008 Green Blade, a condominium tower clad entirely in cascading plants. Through text and more than 400 color and black-and-white illustrations drawn from archives around the U.S., authors Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin explore the visceral (and sometimes misleading) power of architectural ideas conveyed through sketches, renderings, blueprints, models and the now waning art of hand drawing. Many of these schemes--promoting a denser, more vibrant city--are still relevant today and could inspire future designs. Never Built Los Angeles will set the stage for a renewed interest in visionary projects in this, one of the world's great cities.

ISBN:

9781935202967 (hardback)
1935202960 (hardback)

Subject:

Unbuilt architectural projects California Los Angeles.
Projets d'architecture non réalisés Californie Los Angeles.
Buildings.
Unbuilt architectural projects.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
California Los Angeles.

Added entries:

Lubell, Sam, author.
Mayne, Thom, writer of added commentary.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 283564
Call No.: BIB 221890
Status: Available

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