Michael Maltzan

Michael Maltzan Architecture

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Founding principal of Michael Maltzan Architecture and designer of Inner City Arts, a nonprofit arts school serving LAUSD students in downtown Los Angeles; former project architect at Gehry Partners

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A rendering of The Bridge House, designed by Dan Brunn Architecture.

Is modernism the new LA house style?

A rendering of The Bridge House, designed by Dan Brunn Architecture.

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Eighty years ago this week, rain poured down on Los Angeles. Floods washed out roads, bridges and thousands of homes.

Bridges and Walls: LA River, part 1

Eighty years ago this week, rain poured down on Los Angeles. Floods washed out roads, bridges and thousands of homes.

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Does quality of design matter when you've got thousands of homeless people to rehouse?

Skid Row Housing Trust

Does quality of design matter when you've got thousands of homeless people to rehouse?

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