KCRW's DnA: Design & Architecture show

KCRW's DnA: Design & Architecture

Summary: From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture host Frances Anderton talks to design world leaders about the latest in products fashion graphics architecture and more in Los Angeles and beyond.

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 Electric Cars, Black Panthers and Road Trips | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Faraday Future, an electric car startup, looks to compete with Tesla. A graphic designer pays tribute to the Black Panthers. And a film about American road trips asks whether mobility is still a path to self-discovery.

 Farewell to a Bridge, Pershing Square, "Ghoulish" LED Lights | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Thousands bid farewell to the Sixth Street Bridge, a Pershing Square redesign competition moves ahead, aesthetics versus cost and energy savings with "ghoulish" LED streetlights, and inside the Art Deco hotel of American Horror Story.

 Is Recycling Rubbish? Is Mars Habitable? Great Bus Stops? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A science writer says recycling is a form of "atonement" that makes no economic or environmental sense. DnA explores the business and emotion of waste. The City of LA is rolling out wired bus benches. Do they make streets "great?" What kind of city would Mark Watney live in if he stayed on Mars? Designers of Mars City share their thoughts.

 Beyond The Broad, Clifton's Returns, Goldberger on Goldberg | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Broad is not the only new art museum. Why is there a global boom? Also, critics have extreme reactions to another LA building with a showy skin. Plus, Clifton's reopens, Whole Foods goes budget, and Paul Goldberger explains Frank Gehry.

 Spotlight on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad; Opulent Mobility; Berlin Palace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The spotlight is on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad this month with the openings of LACMA?s Gehry retrospective and The Broad museum. Plus, a strange preservation story and an exhibition that aims to add flair to ?assisted mobility.?

 Spotlight on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad; Opulent Mobility; Berlin Palace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The spotlight is on Frank Gehry and Eli Broad this month with the openings of LACMA’s Gehry retrospective and The Broad museum. Plus, a strange preservation story and an exhibition that aims to add flair to “assisted mobility.”

 Dismaland, Shelter and Another LA Olympics? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

DnA explores Banksy?s dystopian theme park and a new exhibit at A D Museum examines the future of housing in LA. Plus, could an Olympic bid jumpstart ambitious plans for LA and its river?

 Does Frank Gehry Have the Answers for the LA River? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Frank Gehry is masterplanning the LA River. Why? DnA explores the reaction at the selection as well the political, design and water reclamation stakes with Frank Gehry and others.

 Is Berlin's Cohousing a Model for LA? A German Board Game Pits East and West | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How can Angelenos break into the housing market -- and live alongside their peers? DnA explores a cohousing model in Berlin called ?Baugruppen? and asks whether they could work in L.A. Plus, a Cold War-themed board game pits East Germany vs. West Germany.

 Flamboyant Shoes, Dying Trees and LA?s Labyrinths | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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.

 DnA Goes to Berlin; Can California's Water Crisis Be a Game? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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.

 Corita's Legacy; Does Ripping Out Lawns Mean Death to Trees? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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?

 Disneyland at 60 and the Decline of World?s Fairs, Solar Sun Flowers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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.

 New Meets the Ancient in Water Use and Burial | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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?

 Simon Doonan on 2016, Dior and I, LACMA Update | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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.

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