ARCHITECTURE
Architecture exhibitions this fall promise to visit familiar subjects from new perspectives, bouncing from the California desert to Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro in the process. A sampling of what’s on view in the season ahead: THROUGH JAN. 7 ‘Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture’ This Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition centers on two Modernists who never actually met. Frey (1903-98) may be well known here for his desert architecture, but Bo Bardi (1914-92) will be a revelation to many. An Italian-born architect who moved to Brazil in 1946, Bo Bardi proves to be something of a Sâo Paulo counterpart to Southern Californian Frey, turning out buildings that connect people to their surrounding natural world. Presented as part of the Getty-led Pacific Standard Time: L.A./L.A. Palm Springs Art Museum’s Architecture and Design Center, 300 S. Palm Canyon Drive. (760) 4235260, www.psmuseum.org. SUNDAY-JAN. 28 ‘Condemned to Be Modern’ With Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House as a backdrop, this exhibition on “the role of government and public policy on the built environment” unfolds appropriately enough in the city of Los Angeles’ art gallery. Guest curator Clara Kim from the Tate Modern in London assembles work by more than 20 contemporary artists from Latin America who use photography, film and other media to comment on issues such as preservation and development. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., L.A. (323) 644-6269, www.lamag.org. SATURDAY-JAN. 7 ‘The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930’ Flying under the radar, eclipsed by some splashier Pacific Standard Time exhibitions, is this Getty Research Institute show on the evolving architecture of six industrializing cities: Mexico City; Havana; Rio de Janeiro; Buenos Aires; Lima, Peru; and Santiago, Chile. Getty Center, North Sepulveda Boulevard and Getty Center Drive, L.A. (310) 440-7300, www.getty.edu. SEPT. 17-APRIL 1 ‘Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985’ What’s billed as the first show on “the full range of design and architecture dialogues between California and Mexico” will encompass furniture, clothing, ceramics, sculpture, graphic design and more. Among the parallels that this Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition will explore: the visual language between the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 and the L.A. Games of 1984. The show also promises to show how local materials and traditions have shaped broader distinctions in design sensibilities between north and south. LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. (323) 857-6010, www.lacma.org. VARIOUS DATES Lawrence Halprin The late Bay Area landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, whose work includes the master plan for the Sonoma County community the Sea Ranch, is at the center of several events this fall — a continuation of his centennial celebration last year. The Cultural Landscape Foundation and the A+D Architecture and Design Museum are presenting a symposium Nov. 4 that will emphasize Halprin’s legacy in downtown L.A.; the museum will present the foundation’s traveling photography exhibition of Halprin’s work this fall; and the Edward Cella Art & Architecture gallery will have little-seen Halprin drawings on view through Oct. 28. Los Angeles Conservancy walking tours and a Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre performance also are scheduled. A+D, 900 E. 4th St., L.A., (213) 346-9734, www.aplusd.org. Edward Cella, 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd., L.A., (323) 525-0053, www.edwardcella.com.