Overdrive : L.A. constructs the future, 1940-1990 / edited by Wim de Wit and Christopher James Alexander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wit, Wim de.

Alexander, Christopher James.

Getty Research Institute.

J. Paul Getty Museum.

Pacific Standard Time (Project)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modern movement (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Modern movement (Architecture).

Architecture--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Architecture.

City planning--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

City planning.

Physical Description:

xiii, 301 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 x 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute, c2013.

Contents:

Foreword. Studying Los Angeles's urbanism / Thomas W. Gaehtgens

Introduction. Provoking new perceptions of Los Angeles / Wim de Wit and Christopher James Alexander

Transformative landscapes. The deep historical morphology of the Los Angeles metropolis / Philip J. Ethington ; Dreams deferred : parks and open space / William Deverell ; All freeways lead to East Los Angeles : rethinking the L.A. freeway and its meanings / Eric Avila ; Los Angeles after dark : the incandescent city / Sandy Isenstadt

Engaging modernism. "The style of the future"? The vicissitudes of modernism in Los Angeles / Wim de Wit ; Professional and educational discourse : training the next generation of architects in Los Angeles / Ken Breisch ; Across the Pacific : Los Angeles as a catalyst for architectural change in East Asia / Jeffrey W. Cody ; Latin America and Los Angeles : architectural exchanges / Hugo Segawa and Fernando Atique ; Preserving modern architecture in Los Angeles / Susan Macdonald

Developing communities. Suburban landscapes of Los Angeles / Becky Nicolaides ; Domestic speculation : architects and builders in postwar Los Angeles / Dana Cuff ; Experimental jet set : aerospace and the modern house in Los Angeles / Dana Hutt

Engineered audacity. LAX : designing for the jet age / Vanessa R. Schwartz ; Architecture industry : the L.A. Ten / Stephen Phillips ; Everyday entertainment : post-postwar life in the San Gabriel valley / Chris Nichols.

Notes:

"This volume accompanies the exhibition Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990, held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, 9 April to 21 July 2013. Organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, this exhibition is part of the initiative Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A."--CIP t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Burt fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781606061282 ;