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August 13 – The first building in England of post-war design to be Listed is Bracken House in the City of London, designed by Sir Albert Richardson as the Financial Times headquarters (1955–59). [1] Construction of Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, designed by Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers, begins; it will not be completed for ...
The Middle Ages began with the end of the Roman era and many Roman building techniques were lost. But some Roman techniques, including the use of iron ring-beams, appear to have been used in the Palatine Chapel at Aachen, c. 800 AD, where it is believed builders from the Lombard Kingdom in northern Italy contributed to the work. [25]
Los Angeles Times Magazine was started in 1985. [4] [5] As with West, the magazine was a weekly supplemental to the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times newspaper. In 2006, the Los Angeles Times announced it was resurrecting West magazine, edited by Rick Wartzman, with writer Amy Tan as the literary editor. West replaced the Los Angeles ...
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1100 Wilshire is a 37-story, 151.18 m (496.0 ft) residential and commercial skyscraper completed in 1987 in the Central City West neighborhood of Los Angeles. It is the 37th tallest building in the city. The 35,262 m 2 (379,560 sq ft) tower was designed by AC Martin Partners. The bottom 16 floors are primarily parking, with commercial space on ...
Building Image Location First built Use Notes Plaza de Los Ángeles: Los Angeles: 1781 Plaza: Oldest plaza in California. [1] Serra Chapel: San Juan Capistrano: 1782 Church: Part of Mission San Juan Capistrano. Oldest extant building in California. [2] El Cuartel: Santa Barbara: 1782 Barracks: Part of the Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara. Second ...
The 'Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History' project seeks to illustrate major Los Angeles-area Indigenous settlements. Tribal leaders and researchers have mapped the ancient 'lost suburbs' of Los ...
A 2017 article in Los Angeles Magazine outlined how the homeowners within the Casa Mobile Home Park will not increase their own monthly payments in order for the landmark to undergo the maintenance it so desperately needs. Homeowners reportedly do not care about the history, nor do they want the site again open to the public due to fear of ...