Berlin/LA

Essays complementing the exhibition Berlin/Los Angeles: Space for Music, on view at the Getty Research Institute April 25–July 30, 2017.

Building Divided Berlin

How do you design a divided city?

Emily Pugh | September 18, 2017

Spaces for music in Berlin and L.A., from basements to concert halls.

“I learned to analyze what’s most important in a concert hall.”

How Gehry came to design the iconic Disney Hall.

Music for sister cities.

Getty Media | May 17, 2017

Designing spaces to enhance human experiences.

Berlin and Los Angeles—capitals of modernity.