If there were a future where you never had to call me a female designer again because designers were just designers, I would be all for that,” says New York-based lighting designer Bec Brittain. Right now, however, she concedes that the label is far from redundant. “It’s really important to […]
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The Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, who at 38 was the youngest architect to design the Serpentine Pavilion in 2018, has been selected to design the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new $500 million Modern and contemporary art wing, the museum announced on Sunday. “It’s a very important commission,” said the museum’s […]
LOS ANGELES — On a clear December morning, Los Angeles’s greatest hits shine from the roof of the Audrey Irmas Pavilion: You can see the Hollywood sign, the Griffith Park Observatory, even a snowy Mount Baldy, all without squinting. The pavilion, a futuristic, three-story trapezoid with a wood-paneled event center, […]