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Los Angeles

There's a kernel of truth to the reputation of Los Angeles as a one-industry town fuelled by plastic surgery, smarmy agents and intellectual vacuity. But look past that and you'll see an increasingly sophisticated centre…

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Back to the future

20 September 2018

There’s more to the City of Angels than dive joints and cocktail clubs. The 1933 Group is safeguarding the future of Los Angeles’ bar scene by preserving its past, all while calling attention to the city’s forgotten arch…

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Counter culture

20 September 2018

LA’s diners serve a healthy dollop of nostalgia but their architecture has modern relevance.

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Walk of fame

22 June 2017

LA’s renaissance mayor and Democrat rising star is taking on homelessness, transport and Trump.

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Paris Photo Los Angeles

19 March 2016

Robert Bound pays a visit to Paramount Studios to see the world’s most celebrated photographic-art fair as it decamps from Paris to Los Angeles.

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Bank on it

22 February 2018

Sydell Group’s loving renovation of this former Bank of Italy building has brought elegant European poise to the cheeky hubbub of LA.

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Little wonder

14 May 2015

Even amid LA’s bright lights and big ideas, the compact concept and pared-down simplicity of the compact home is proving popular.

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In the family way

15 March 2012

Richard Neutra had a major impact on modernist architecture in southern California and his Reunion House in Silver Lake, occupied by his elder son and his family, remains one of the best, most authentic examples of his work…

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Image makers

18 October 2018

As celebrities become their own paparazzi, what is on the cards for these streetwise snappers?

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Seeking harmony

19 April 2018

Kamasi Washington used to be called a lot of things but now he’s called the saviour of jazz. We meet the saxophonist, bandleader and producer at the vanguard of a brave new musical world.

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Dark stars

22 June 2017

Perma-sunny Los Angeles is the perfect city to launch a sunglasses brand. We find six designers putting others in the shade.

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My last meal: Kurt Andersen

17 March 2009

Kurt Andersen is a novelist, columnist, broadcaster and founder of the satirical Spy magazine. After a career of ironic experimentation, it is fitting that his last meal is at José Andrés’ playful food temple, The Bazaar…

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In the Pink

17 May 2007

Pinkberry yoghurt is one of those American franchise ideas – think soup, coffee and juice bars – that seem so obvious, you want to kick yourself for not having bought in at the beginning. The growth of the franchise has…

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Monocle on Design - Modernist Los Angeles

21 July 2015

We take a tour of iconic modernist complex Neutra VDL Studio and Residences in Los Angeles, designed by Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra. We also hear from Madrid, where an exhibition charts the history of coming…

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The fine print

9 September 2015

What can the art world learn from a Hollywood agent? Monocle inspects the chances of a team pairing brands and blue-chip artists.

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The Cinema Show - A guided tour of Los Angeles

4 November 2016

We explore the great city of Los Angeles old and new with Tom Ford’s production designer of ‘Nocturnal Animals’, Shane Valentino. Plus: a walking tour past the houses of Hollywood Hills and revisiting a classic Hollywood…

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