Why Downtown Los Angeles’s Architecture Is So Diverse | Walking Tour | Architectural Digest
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- čas přidán 23. 09. 2023
- Today AD welcomes back architect Valery Augustin for a walking tour of Downtown Los Angeles, exploring its diverse architectural design. From Spanish Colonial and 1930s art deco to postmodern deconstructivism, Downtown Los Angeles has become a playground for design, boasting a wide variety of architectural styles spanning centuries-discover the history of this diverse district through Valéry Augustin’s expert eye.
Director: Hiatt Woods
Director of Photography: Grant Bell
Editor: J.Y. Chun
Host: Valery Augustin
Producer: Skylar Economy
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon Fuhr; Josh Crowe
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Audio: Will Miller
Production Assistant: Kevin Balash; Ariel Labasan
Post Production Supervisor: Andrew Montague
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Colorist: Oliver Eid
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I was born and raised in LA, which is a really beautiful/soulful place despite what the entire world has to say about it.. 😅It's so lovely seeing the history of my hometown, thank you AD
I would love to live there.
@Michael Trower I really hope you get the chance to!
Los Angeles turns a blind eye to the suffering, drug addicted, and poor that’s why it gets a bad wrap.
LA is my favorite place to be I cry every time I have to leave🌏
More of Valery Augustin and Los Angeles architecture. One of the exciting things about LA is that you’re constantly discovering new and beautiful things about it. It’s a gradual unfolding. Grateful to live here.
This was a great video. As someone who has lived in LA my whole life, I’m familiar with all of these buildings but enjoyed learning a lot of their cool history!
This is a interesting and entertaining history of Los Angeles. I had always thought about the Spanish inspired architecture in the residential homes, never the downtown core. Los Angeles has some beautiful historic buildings. My favorite was the Eastern Building because color terracotta tile is something that you do not see everyday and one of my favorite colors. It's whimsical and fantasy inspired. Thanks Mr. Augustin for your presentation.
so facfts? ANS LOGISTICS
This is such a great piece, downtown LA's buildings are so unique and beautiful and don't really get the global credit they deserve.
That’s because it’s a jell hole of a town.
There are literally tens of thousands of places far more interesting with culture and art and history LA doesn’t have.
Why anyone would spend more time than a layover forces on then in that polluted , derivative, soulless waste of space defies logic.
@Jody Owenit’s awful…. To say it is a Mecca for architects is a disgrace…
That said
Thom Mayne, Wes Jones & Neil Denari are the LA architects that inspire me🙌🏾
I pass The Broad museum daily and always wondered what the function of the walls were. Amazing.
Thank you for this piece, Valery! You are Wonderful. Please do more. I live in DTLA and I am a History enthusiast and Architecture fanatic so I really enjoyed today's reel. Thanks again.❤❤❤
Agreed. You might think about joining the LA Conservancy. It's a great organization and they have wonderful tours around the city. I've taken a few including one of the historic Broadway theaters. They also have movie screenings in historic theaters. I attended one a few weeks ago at the Million Dollar Theater. They screened Vertigo by Hitchcock. It was great.
Love this.... I wish it were a lot longer than 12 minutes! Or, I wish it were the first episode of a series... I want 20 more 10-12 minute videos like this!
If AD can cover more facts and information about other buildings and skyline of DTLA, that would be great. Specifically about how each high rise represent maritime landscape and vessels. This is great!
Beautiful architecture - I wish the city would take care of the streets so people can freely enjoy it.
Thank you so much! I’ve never been on a building tour of LA, please do many more! And I love your name too!
The LA Conservancy non profit organization has some great walking tours. I think they might have video tours on their website too.
This is a great documentary walking tour! I would love to see another chapter presented by Valery Augustin, who is an excellent guide and presenter on the topic!
I would love to see more series exploring SF architecture as well in this manner! Great vid
Amazing video. Love the details and history of my city’s architecture. Thank you.
I was born at the general hospital and we would go downtown in the 80s to watch movies at the million dollar theater (I still remember watching ET when it first came out). I loved going downtown and looking at the beautiful buildings and always wished to live there in a historic building.
Thank you for this - these videos are always interesting, but LA isn't a city that tends to get this treatment for architectural coverage, so it was a special treat.
La has beautiful architecture not many places in the world have art deco, Spanish, and modern architecture all in one area.
Don't forget mid century modern architecture too. LA and SoCal has a long history of it especially in Palm Springs.
I was low-key anticipating this after the features on New York, Chicago and San Francisco. (And I am also actively waiting for MORE Chicago architectural tours)
Excellent presentation. I learned so much in this video. Keep these videos coming!
My top ten list of iconic Los Angeles buildings include:
- LAX Theme Building
- Randy’s Donuts
- Chinese Theater
- Crossroads of the World
- Capital Records
- Stahl Case Study House #22
- Griffith Observatory
- Westin Bonaventure
- Walt Disney Concert Hall
- LA City Hall
I realize this list is very subjective. I just tried to come up with buildings (mostly historic) that truly say “Los Angeles”
Beautiful. Thoroughly enjoyed touring these iconic landmarks.
Impressive!! Thanks for a fascinating video. I will share LA's architecture with others.
Interesting and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing your appreciation of these buildings.
I'm surprised that you didn't feature a single building by Paul Williams. I'd love a video on how he shaped the asthenic of LA.
This video was specifically on DTLA. Williams was very popular in his time with the Hollywood community, but I think he also did some buildings in historically Black neighborhoods too.
I had the same thought, you can’t talk about L.A. architecture without mentioning Mr. Paul Williams.
Love Valery and his commentary on the City of Angels. Can he please have his own PBS show? 😊
I was born and raised in Los Angeles. It is a beautiful city.
This is such an informative video. The backstory on these structures are very interesting. The only suggestion would be to include the name of the general contractors who built these amazing building. Recipes are great but without a chef, they're just ink on paper.
The broad’s architecture is structured pretty great with the angled panels🧐
Our guide is easy on the eyes, as are all of the buildings presented. 👍🏼
I noticed Union Station for the first time in a movie. Its really amazing to have such a beautiful train station!
Indeed. And it has continued to operate as a train station since it's opening. It's more popular than ever especially now that it's also the main station for LA Metro, Metrolink and Amtrak.
Its awaiting the San Francisco/ LA Bullet Train.
@Antonia Hamilton Very true. I wonder when LA Metro will start the renovations and expansion of Union Station. I have a feeling they won't start untill after the 2028 Olympics.
I would love to see the lost Victorian houses of Bunker Hill.
I would highly recommend doing of the various walking tours of downtown LA put on by the LA Conservancy.
This was such a beautiful video to honor the architect of the city!
Would love to see a video on Pasadena’s (CA) gorgeous buildings.
WHAT A GREAT TOUR!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS ARCHITECT as well! I'll be in LA in November & will MOST definitely follow this!!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!
Very cool! Would have loved to see the Bradbury building on this list!
The DWP building in downtown is my favorite - it's an absolutely perfect mid-century modern building.
Agree. I wish they would turn on the orange lit fountains again.
Great walking tour of Downtown LA! I love it!
Downtown LA isnt something id come up when asked about interesting architecture but this gave me a whole new perspektive
And that's only the very tip of the iceberg.
you should mention the Richfield Building, an Art Deco masterpiece. Demolished in the 60s. A tragedy! Also didn't mention Downtown library.
This is a great video! Thank you. Is the Musee de Confluence in Lyon, France not in Paris as cited in the section where they show the architect that designed the arts school? My son and I were just in Lyon and went to this museum. I could be wrong but I did not remember one in Paris?? 😊
Also, he references the Guggenheim in NY when he talks about the Walt Disney Concert Hall. That's incorrect. It's the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain.
Great. Now we have an Architect for Los Angeles who knows his mettle. Please keep him and have him to bring us the goodies.
mr. augustin was fantastic and this was a joy. thank you so much.
Super interesting 👀 thanks for sharing!
Nothing on the Bradbury Building? Inconceivable!
Everyone bad talks downtown LA some for legit reasons, but honestly it has so much potential
I hope we get more LA content
I agree it is very mixed ....I walked downtown and it's seems mysterious. The vibe is different but still a great city.
One point to clarify this, the wealthy do save up enough to buy their next assets. They do not save as a means of building wealth or as a retirement strategy
Very soon People will be kicking themselves if they miss the opportunity to buy and invest in Real estate and bitcoin
I also needed her info too I’ll reach out to her thanks
I also needed her info too I’ll reach out to her thanks
This Mrs Georgette sounds great, I'll like to give it a try with $ 2000
Thank you for this. Will definitely reach out to her now.
Please do a video like this for Charleston, South Carolina!
Nice tour and history lesson! Love DTLA
I'd like to have a few words with the officials that cleared 232 MILLION dollars for a HIGH SCHOOL. It's a gorgeous building but an absolutely shameful use of public funds and abuse of their position (speaking as someone who works for a city). Especially using an international architecture firm when a local firm could have done it brilliantly for a fifth of the cost. If this was for city hall that's one thing, but this is for a single public high school - 232 million can provide thousands of children with programs and equipment that give them incredible opportunities for their future for YEARS.
My only complaint, I wish Mr. Augustin didn't speed run through each building.
Do the beautiful architecture of Tent City, LA next!
Brilliant, thank you 🙏 ❤
I been in LA for almost 30 yrs and love it !
great video, excellent commentary I did not know how much Calif rich in Architecture
L.A. is a gem.
I apologize to the narrator and the audience. I reacted immediately to the statement I quoted and did not continue to view the video in which the existence and culture of the indigenous peoples who were in the area prior to the Spanish were acknowledged. Again, my apologies to all.
Do one for San Francisco!!!
The Train station, very romantic 🥰 traveling experience. Always
Wow! That's so interesting! Thanks 😊
That Eastern Columbia building… 😍😍😍
Buildings in Downtown LA also have to be built or retrofitted to withstand Earthquakes.
Many of the structures built by the homeless on the sidewalks in LA also follow the Deconstructivist Style.
My beautiful hometown 😢
Downtown LA architecture doesn't get the same love as NYC just because it doesn't has tall futuristic skyscrapers.
Excellent/informative. Thx you!
Very impressive.
Stunning post. Thank you!
I hate when people's complain that LA is too pricey to live in and in general while yeah in some parts of LA thats true, but LA has a lot of neat architecture especially in west LA
so glad they brought valery back
LA is definitely the pentacle of architecture
This was great.
I've yet to see an art deco building I didn't like!
Thank You
What a great tour of L A
Thank you,
That’s really great!
great video!!!
would be more diverse if them tents start to fill up the side walk . agree anyone ?
I was confused why the Eastern Columbia building sounded so familiar... the flipping Depp Heard trial!!
I'm sweating just looking at him
Wow nice voice 👏👏👏
i wanna be this guys friend so bad :’)
What about all of the tent architecture I’ve seen?
Make a part 2
It's interesting that he did not include the Cathedral of Ouf Lady of Angels. I think it's hideous, and when I drive past it I often think of what could've been.
Sounds like he’s reading off cards. I like the other architects’ casualness better. That’s just me.
So when are you going to do this in Mexico City?
To the comments below, not all of which I have read, I add the following: "The history of Los Angeles begins with the arrival of the Spanish in the 1700's..." Really? What is now known as the "L.A. Basin" was devoid of humans and contained only flora and fauna"? For an educated African-American professional to make such an ignorant, cultural-denying statement is sad and appalling. True Native Californians (i.e., the indigenous peoples who had been present and lived in the area for hundreds if not thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish) are deserving of acknowledgement and an apology immediately.
Reminds me of 500 days of summer.
With the exception of Union Station and La Placita, every building mentioned in this video is out of place with the aesthetic of Los Angeles. The Manhattanization of LA is one of the most repugnant chapters in American architectural history.
What are you talking about?
Hahaha...you know very little, if anything, about architecture in general let alone architecture in LA.
Is this LA or London?
the weather was horrendous for LA that day.
Mansion are big and has lots of space and large rooms
hilarious that the one day they film outside in LA it's raining
1,000 a sq foot!!! No wonder LASD is broke
And tasteful, but too few high rises.
I love LA
Nice!
Oh dear, the high school #9 is a hideous structure.
beautiful way😄