L. A. Now : A Case for Downtown Living Five Proposals

L.A. NOW: VOLUME THREE AND VOLUME FOUR (UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, 2006)Los Angeles ? where 845 acres of total beach surface equals approximately the area of Central Park in New York City ?has become a posturban landscape to which 780 people move daily. Population growth, inadequate infrastructure, environmental concerns, densification, lack of public space, and lack of housing for urban poor and the middle class are all issues facing the growing Los Angeles metropolis. This massive research and design study ? winner of the Progressive Architecture Award ? was led by UCLA professor and 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his students in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design. The project engages civic and business leaders in the process, presenting a compelling and realistic vision of a future Los Angeles through impressive graphics that translate abstract statistical data into accessible graphics, helping readers understand the current situation. The third and fourth volumes in the L.A. Now series introduces several proposals through findings and solutions for housing 35,000 ? 100,000 residents on a neglected 228-acre site in the last cornerstone of downtown Los Angeles.UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design is the author of 'L. A. Now : A Case for Downtown Living Five Proposals', published 2006 under ISBN 9780977194513 and ISBN 0977194515.