KCRW's DnA: Design & Architecture
By Frances Anderton
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Description
Design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture, host Frances Anderton talks to designer, users and critics about the latest in products, fashion, architecture and more, in Los Angeles and beyond.
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Flamboyant Shoes, Dying Trees and LA?s Labyrinths | Turf: should it stay or go? Native plant advocate Charles Anderson adds his voice to the debate about landscaping during a drought. Plus, we explore the extreme shoe designs of Chris Francis, and Gideon Brower explores the labyrinths of LA. | 7/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DnA Goes to Berlin; Can California's Water Crisis Be a Game? | As DnA heads to Berlin, Cameron Silver sings songs of longing for the Weimar era; and we visit the Culver City bunker that will house the Wende Museum. Plus, Caroline Chamberlain "plays" the California Water Crisis. | 6/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Corita's Legacy; Does Ripping Out Lawns Mean Death to Trees? | The Petersen Automotive Museum is getting a new facade, and DnA explores Corita Kent?s artistic and spiritual legacy. Plus, should you rip out your lawn after all? | 6/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disneyland at 60 and the Decline of World?s Fairs, Solar Sun Flowers | Disneyland?s 60th birthday party attracts crowds while a huge world?s fair in Milan gets no love in the US. Why? Plus, filmmaker James Cameron creates solar Sun Flowers to power -- and educate -- a school. | 5/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Meets the Ancient in Water Use and Burial | Can small actions lead to big savings in water? DnA explores two apps that aim to help save and conserve water. Plus, does the traditional burial need to be redesigned? | 5/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon Doonan on 2016, Dior and I, LACMA Update | Simon Doonan says the 2016 presidential candidates should provide more ?fash-tainment;? and a documentary pulls back the veil on the House of Dior. Plus, Joseph Giovannini questions the LACMA design by Peter Zumthor. | 4/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Testing the Limits: The Panama Canal Expansion, Mega Ships and The Mile-High Tower | Is the sky the limit for supersized structures? DnA explores the Panama Canal Expansion, mega-ships and the advent of the mile-high building. | 4/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Should Parker Center Be Saved?; Remembering Michael Graves | -- | 3/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Googleplex Expands; A Local Designer Meets Reality TV | Google has jumped on the showpiece architecture bandwagon with a proposed new building in Mountain View. And a local designer gets a taste of cut-throat reality TV. | 3/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Has 'Zombie Urbanism' Gripped the Global City? | What happens when residential real estate is treated like a safe deposit box? DnA explores the urban impact of global investment in high end homes -- in London, New York and L.A. | 2/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Valentine to The Southland | A composer, a reporter and a preservationist give props to buildings in the Southland. Plus, Brad Dunning talks about the future of the desert backyard. | 2/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thom Mayne Shares Plans for Bradbury's Former Home; Suburban LA Gets a Retrofit | Preservationists are dismayed that Ray Bradbury?s home has been torn down. But what will take its place? DnA talks to Thom Mayne and Blythe Alison-Mayne about their plans for the site. Plus, a look at transformations in Highland Park and Pasadena as subu | 1/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2014 in Tech, Style and Architecture | DnA looks back at 2014 through the lens of tech, style and architecture. | 12/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Tis the Season for Buying Gifts that Do Good | Can you help the world as you shop? That?s the goal of social entrepreneurship. But how can you tell what companies are good from those that only sound good? DnA discusses ?living? Christmas trees, ?transparent? supply chains and gifts worth giving. | 12/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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L.A. Galleries Head to Art Basel; Pershing Square Redesign? | Thousands are descending on Miami Beach for Art Basel. LA art gallerists and critics talk about why the fair matters -- for good and bad. Plus, will Pershing Square get yet another redesign? | 12/2/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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High Fidelity with Henry Rollins; Ma Yansong Comes to L.A. | Millions listen to music as mp3s through little earbuds. Not Henry Rollins. He takes DnA on a wild sonic tour of his high fidelity sound systems. Can nature and huge buildings merge into a harmonious whole? Chinese architect Ma Yansong explains how they | 11/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Haunted Screens, Birdman Costumes, The Future of Auschwitz | -- | 11/4/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The "Real L.A." in the Artists' Imagination | A writer, a photographer and a street artist discuss how they capture the ?real LA? in their work. | 10/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Grand Central Market Becoming Too Grand?; Goodbye Flat Top Towers | The cuisine and the look of Grand Central Market are changing; End of an era? Or a mix of vendors and cultures that shows LA at its best? Plus, we take a look at how software is revolutionizing skyscrapers; and lawn wars in a California suburb. | 10/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The "Crisis" of the Big Blue Bus Stops; Is D.C. Too "Square" for Frank Gehry? | Frank Gehry?s proposal for an Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the new Big Blue Bus stops in Santa Monica cause controversy. What do we want in our public space? | 9/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Architects Vie To Design LGBT Campus; Los Angeles Plays Itself | Back in the mid-1990s, the Los Angeles LGBT Center scrambled to find an architect willing to design for them; but now, top architects are competing to build a brand new campus for the organization. Plus, director Thom Andersen discusses the depiction of | 9/2/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slide the City, or Not? Designing the Knick | A thousand-foot slip n slide has ignited drought shaming and has resulted in a petition. But how much water does it consume compared with other water-based leisure activities? Plus, the designers behind Soderbergh?s new series talk about designing turn-o | 8/19/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wearables and Drones ? Tech for Tech?s Sake? | From wearables to drones, technology continues to redefine our everyday lives ? for better, or weirder? | 7/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LACMA Redesigns Its Redesign, Builders Use Drones | Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, talks about Peter Zumthor?s design and why the blob now bridges Wilshire Boulevard; and comments on reports of a Frank Gehry-designed skyscraper. DnA also launches a series on drones, start | 7/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reclaiming Public Space-- at the Beach and at the River | Aside from water, the L.A. River and Malibu?s beaches at first glance don?t have much in common. But look closer, and you?ll find they are two of L.A.?s most underutilized public spaces. We explore both places and how Angelenos are reclaiming them via re | 7/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Excellent Content
I wish I could listen to the ones they have on the site too. But its wrapped in a RAM. Please post the mp3 link to Billy Haines and Hollywood Glam, What Can We Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright?, Is Prefab the Answer?, and well, actually the rest of the DNA recordings - *Please!*
Cool Vibe on LA design
As an LA expat I love the segment when people select and describe their favorite LA building. Interesting start to finish
Great Show...Wish It Appeared More Often
Always look forward to Frances' witty interviews with design and architecture luminaries, but the shows appear so infrequently they are like Easter Eggs when they suddenly pop up.
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