What is re:code? Re:code LA is the first comprehensive update to the City of Los Angeles’ zoning code since 1946. The new, web-based code will make it easier for users to navigate and understand land use regulations. One of the first components to be unveiled is a suite of new R1 single-family zones.  What do […]

Well before 1940, Los Angeles architects (both native-born and immigrant) had developed a free-thinking, exploratory Modernism blended with commercial pragmatism that generated new forms, new architectures, and a new decentralized city. Bullocks Wilshire (John and Donald Parkinson, 1929). Photo from Conservancy archives Southern California had been nurturing a culture of architectural experimentation as early as 1900. […]

2526 18th StreetSanta Monica, CA 90405Tel: (310) 452-7505Fax: (310) 452-1494Contact: David Kaplandavid@kckarchitects.comkckarchitects.com Kaplan Chen Kaplan provides a full range of architecture and planning services, including site and facilities analysis, programming, master planning, community workshops, concept documents for planning approvals and fundraising, historic preservation consulting, architectural design and construction documents, as well as construction phase services. We view design as a collaborative process in which client and user are integral components. Our projects stress the importance of place by providing for natural light and connection to the surrounding environment. We rely on clarity of plan as well as interest in its complexity to encourage exploration and discovery. We are interested in communities and neighborhoods, including issues of environment and conservation of resources through sustainable design. Our work acknowledges history and tradition, while embracing contemporary requirements.  

What is now known as the Southwest Marine complex at Terminal Island played a key role in both World Wars, setting world records for quick production of ships for the war effort. It helped establish Los Angeles as a world port and was the site of progressive labor policies for the burgeoning African American population […]

In addition to taking an active role to preserve the historic places you love, being a Conservancy member comes with great benefits. See below for a summary of membership benefits, and contact us if you have any questions or need more information. You can also download a PDF of our membership benefits (better for mobile viewing). Please note […]

If you know of a historic Modern place that is threatened with demolition or excessive alteration, please notify us right away at info@laconservancy.org or call (213) 623-2489.

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A new Preservation Report Card will be issued! The most effective protections for historic places often lie in the hands of local government. Los Angeles County has eighty-nine of them: eighty-eight cities, plus the unincorporated County government. Each of these communities operates independently and has its own protections–or lack thereof–for historic places. This Preservation Report […]

The City of Beverly Hills’s amended historic preservation ordinance was fully implemented in November 2015, reversing much of the great progress that earned the City a grade of A+ on our 2014 Preservation Report Card.  The Conservancy has correspondingly revised the city’s grade to C- by reducing some point totals and introducing a new demerit […]

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