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The landmarked home and studio in Pasadena was Smith’s principal residence throughout most of his career. This South Pasadena home was the primary residence of Case Study architect Whitney R. Smith for nearly all of his momentous career, from the 1930s until his retirement in the ’80s. Since then, it’s been thoroughly modernized, though the bones remain as a testament to Smith’s vision for living in harmony with the surroundings. This landmarked property in South Pasadena, California, was the home of architect Whitney R. Smith and his wife, Virginia, for nearly 50 years. A large livin...

Welcome to the first Essential Arts newsletter of the President Biden era. I’m Times arts writer Jessica Gelt, filling in for the indefatigable Carolina Miranda with a rundown of the week’s culture news — the Bernie memes edition. The Biden inauguration, with L.A. assists The inauguration proceedings were a little surreal, what with the National Mall largely empty and the ceremony at the Capitol filled with ex-presidents in face coverings reminding us that we might have a new administration, but we’re still in the same old pandemic times. Arts staffers here, like the rest of Twitter,...

This week, the Consumer Electronics Show, more commonly referred to as CES, swapped the potentially super-spreading convention halls of Las Vegas for its first all-virtual event. The format change did not appear to impede the huge-screen televisions, handheld devices, and drones that steadily flow from the world’s largest tech trade show. Soon enough, everyone will be talking about the transparent TVs, rollable smartphones, and personal air taxis that took years of research and development. Yet the 2021 edition of CES was simultaneously of-the-moment, as exhibitors unveiled a slew of high-t...

© Ekaterina Kondratova/Shutterstock.com California has been a hotbed of architectural changes and innovation. From the wacky to the sublime, this list shows the wide range of architectural experimentation and aesthetics in the Golden State. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. First Church of Christ Scientist Bernard Maybeck viewed the architectural canon as a style smorgasbord. Gothic, Romanesque, Asian, Arts and Crafts, Classicism—all w...