Overdrive
Subtitle: L.A. constructs the future, 1940-1990
By: edited by Wim de Wit and Christopher James Alexander
Contributors: Getty Research Institute; J. Paul Getty Museum; Pacific Standard Time (Exhibition)
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781606061282
Subjects: City planning; Modern movement (Architecture); Architecture; History
Notes: "This volume accompanies the exhibition Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990, held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, 9 April to 21 July 2013. Organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, this exhibition is part of the initiative Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A."--Colophon (p. [302]).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword. Studying Los Angeles's urbanism / Thomas W. Gaehtgens; title: Introduction. Provoking new perceptions of Los Angeles / Wim de Wit and Christopher James Alexander; title: Transformative landscapes. The deep historical morphology of the Los Angeles metropolis / Philip J. Ethington ; Dreams deferred : parks and open space / William Deverell ; All freeways lead to East Los Angeles : rethinking the L.A. freeway and its meanings / Eric Avila ; Los Angeles after dark : the incandescent city / Sandy Isenstadt; title: Engaging modernism. "The style of the future"? The vicissitudes of modernism in Los Angeles / Wim de Wit ; Professional and educational discourse : training the next generation of architects in Los Angeles / Ken Breisch ; Across the Pacific : Los Angeles as a catalyst for architectural change in East Asia / Jeffrey W. Cody ; Latin America and Los Angeles : architectural exchanges / Hugo Segawa and Fernando Atique ; Preserving modern architecture in Los Angeles / Susan Macdonald; title: Developing communities. Suburban landscapes of Los Angeles / Becky Nicolaides ; Domestic speculation : architects and builders in postwar Los Angeles / Dana Cuff ; Experimental jet set : aerospace and the modern house in Los Angeles / Dana Hutt; title: Engineered audacity. LAX : designing for the jet age / Vanessa R. Schwartz ; Architecture industry : the L.A. Ten / Stephen Phillips ; Everyday entertainment : post-postwar life in the San Gabriel valley / Chris Nichols.