Pretty much every location in the Arts District has some obvious history etched into fading signs, rusty pipes and crumbling brick. The details are a whiff of a different, grimier era — anywhere ...

Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne gets an early look at the design for a high-rise in L.A.'s arts district from Herzog & de Meuron, the firm behind Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium.

“My dream arts district has museums, galleries, libraries, and performance spaces,” Lopez told Hyperallergic.. “Artists can live there, opportunities exist for emerging and established ...