Fresh Air and Outdoor Learning at Corona Avenue School
Exploring the modernist take on the open-air school
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Julius Shulman
Julius Shulman’s Journey to City Hall
Los Angeles at the mayor’s office.
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Where Is Yucatan? Julius Shulman at Chichen Itza
Julius Shulman photographs the Yucatan, mecca for the midcentury consumer.
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Planning for Utopia
The darker side of postwar suburban order.
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Dynamic L.A.: Images from the Julius Shulman Photography Archive Now Available
6,500 newly digitized images depict the development of Los Angeles architecture across decades.
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Finding Beauty in L.A.’s Visual Clutter
Hulking public works and messy storefronts are the essence of L.A. architecture. Here’s why you should love them.
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William Krisel, Southern California’s Architect
The William Krisel archive is the latest addition to the Getty Research Institute’s architecture collections.
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Pacific Standard Time Takes Berlin
Pacific Standard Time officially ended in Los Angeles on March 31, but it continues nearly 6,000 miles away in Berlin. Pacific Standard Time: Kunst... Read More
Treasures from the Vault: Ray Kappe, Green Architecture Pioneer and SCI-ARC Founder
Researchers interested in studying post-World War II architecture in Southern California will be excited to learn that a new archive is now fully catalogued... Read More
Happy 100th Birthday, John Lautner!
The Los Angeles City Council will vote Friday to declare July 16th “John Lautner Day.” This Saturday would have been the 100th birthday of... Read More
Explore New Features and Tools on the Getty Research Institute’s Website
Eighteen months ago we at the Getty Research Institute decided to give our website a complete overhaul. A small group formed and spent the... Read More