Nona Sue Friedman · July 25, 2024
Barnsdall Arts, which includes the adult arts center and the junior arts center and gallery, is a creative treasure trove situated high on Olive Hill. Its closure during COVID-19 was […]
Guest · September 1, 2022
The only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Los Angeles, Hollyhock House has reopened. The house has been closed since before the pandemic, during which time several renovations were made. The […]
Chronicle Staff · June 30, 2022
Barnsdall Art Park welcomed 40 new olive trees to Olive Hill on June 16 with the help of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation, Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, the Los Angeles Dept. […]
John Welborne · December 30, 2021
The architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a number of famous houses in Los Angeles. The first was Hollyhock House, built between 1919 and 1921 for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall on […]
Suzan Filipek · August 1, 2019
Hollyhock House, a 20th-century treasure designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is the only World Heritage site in Los Angeles, as well […]
Columnist · August 3, 2017
The first time I became aware of the stunning power of architecture, I was 17 and walked into the terra-cotta cocoon of Grady Gammage Auditorium in Tempe, AZ. The building sparked […]
