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.

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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.

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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?

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