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Art, architecture and travel in Los Angeles
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Los Angeles - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Los Angeles.

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Mapplethorpe unseen: archival works go on display at Getty Centre and LACMA
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Roll up: unravel these inventive toilet roll holder designs
At Marta gallery in LA, over 50 imaginative interpretations of the loo roll holder go on view from designers, artists and studios, addressing the environmental politics behind the domestic product
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Emerson College Los Angeles by Morphosis Architects
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Midcentury modernist Maxwell Starkman’s LA studio converted into an office by 1100 Architect
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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The graphic sensibility of Paul Smiths' new LA boutique
British ceramicist John Booth takes over the interiors of the new Los Angeles outpost
By Simon Mills Last updated
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Johnston Marklee's UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios completes
Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee completes the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios in Culver City, a constellation of artist studios that makes for a vibrant creative neighbourhood for the campus
By Carole Dixon Last updated
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A transborder glass collaboration forges at Zona Maco in Mexico City
By Benoit Loiseau Last updated
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Novel idea: an East Hollywood art venture inspired by writer Gertrude Stein
By JC Gabel Last updated
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Modernist-inspired residential gem Stradella completes in Bel Air
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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On the rise: Breadblok opens gluten-free bakery in Los Angeles
Inspired by traditional markets in Europe, Breadblok's first gluten-free bakery designed by Angelenos Commune Design is a rustic celebration of the company's French roots combined with its Californian location
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Hermès re-invents its Beverly Hills boutique
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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John Pawson reveals latest residential offering in Los Angeles
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The Row’s first store in Los Angeles enhabits a mid-century Californian home
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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Lavender and Truffles: plant-based ice cream with Asian-inspired flavours
Fashion industry veteran Alicia Liu launches an ice cream brand like no other, with passion and grit as the main ingredients
By Scott Mitchem Last updated
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Ian Collings’ sculptural debut
At Casa Perfect, LA, artist and designer Ian Collings unveils a new series of delicate stone sculptures which offer a window into our planet’s history
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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’Never Built: Los Angeles’ presents an alternative vision of the US city
By Carren Jao Last updated
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Supervinyl sets the record straight in Los Angeles
All signs might show that the digital age has taken over, but in Los Angeles, there is hope for traditionalists yet
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Anonymous Architects’ House in Trees brings a new slant to Echo Park
By JC Gabel Last updated
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Lloyd Wright’s reinvigorated Sowden House in Los Angeles
By Mayer Rus Last updated
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A former Los Angeles TV studio transforms into Equinox’s new wellness gym and spa
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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LA looks: Hollywood Proper Residences gets the Kelly Wearstler treatment
By Ann Binlot Last updated
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Crime, corruption, and sin: the dark underbelly of Los Angeles in the 1920s-1950s
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Omission control: Tavares Strachan is reinstating the invisible heroes of history
Fusing creativity and science, conceptual artist Tavares Strachan is reinserting disappeared people of colour into the historical narrative. This article will feature in the October 2020 issue of Wallpaper* (W*258), on newsstands from 17 September
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Kelly Wearstler designs California-style gingerbread house for Flamingo Estate
In collaboration with LA's Flamingo Estate, Kelly Wearstler designs a limited-edition gingerbread house in her signature California Modernist style
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Trousdale Estate modernism revamped in this Carla Ridge house
Surrounded by a rippling infinity pool, this art- and design-filled Beverly Hills villa by design studio Lucas is already making waves
By Tilly Macalister-Smith Last updated
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'Made in LA': Hammer Museum's 2016 biennial explores history and myth
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Sculpture series: Liz Glynn pays tribute to Rodin at LACMA
Ungentle is a fictional journey through 20th-century Britain, exploring the relationship between espionage and male homosexuality. A collaboration between Huw Lemmey and Onyeka Igwe, the film is on view at London’s Studio Voltaire in September
By Brook Mason Last updated