Maltzan launched his architecture career in Los Angeles with an enviable post — working with Frank Gehry on the Walt Disney Concert Hall. But Maltzan quickly distinguished himself with socially conscious buildings that departed from the hulking luxury structures of celebrity architects. His housing projects for the homeless — from the Rainbow complex on San Pedro Street to the forthcoming Star Apartments at Sixth and Maple — provide protection, beauty, and services for a community more accustomed to unadorned and blocky shelter.
His Inner City Arts building, which holds an after-school program, was designed inventively and built cost-effectively. And he transformed the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater and courtyard into an inviting and open space. Maltzan visits Zócalo to talk about his work, whether good design can be had for cheap, and how architecture shapes cities and lives.
IS GOOD ARCHITECTURE A LUXURY? is a Zócalo/City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Event and is made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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