L.A's hospitality market enables designers to give the city's historic architecture a revival


L.A. has a reputation for being a progressive city architecturally, and a city that’s always transforming itself. We have an amazing amount of architecturally significant historic buildings. I think people have grown to appreciate what those have to offer.”



The city of Los Angeles is a city filled with several renovated buildings and historical structures that have been turned into must see L.A stops. Although they are not the first to revive unused historical buildings Los Angeles' ever evolving knack for finding "beauty in the reuse" has given many architects and designers the chance to "bridge time periods together." The L.A.-based studio Design, Bitches has built their practice on finding underutilized locations and transforming them into places that still capture old Los Angeles. 

The Pasadena-based consulting firm Historic Resources Group focuses on working with developers to revive "local architectural relics" through historic preservation. Although the movement to help preserve these historic buildings is exciting for some, many may worry this adaptive reuse trend is simply a novelty practice within the city of Los Angeles. The city's increase of new hotels and restaurants has increased over the years.  


Katherine Guimapang via Archinect - News http://bit.ly/2IIGCGI

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