Technology played a huge role in virtually every example of Modern architecture in Los Angeles. Postwar L.A. was the right place and the right time for new technologies to usher in a wave of experimentation and innovation in terms of building design, construction, engineering, materials, and purpose. The war had brought a number of high-tech […]

Like the Conservancy itself, the Modern Committee began as a small group of passionate and concerned citizens and, over time, grew into a powerful voice for preservation in Los Angeles. The Modern Committee started life as the Fifties Task Force, a volunteer subcommittee of the Conservancy formed in 1984 in response to the rapid destruction […]

The National Trust for Historic Preservation's Where Women Made History initiative and the L.A. Conservancy are working to address the significant underrepresentation of women and their contributions to Los Angeles landmarks.

“If we don’t stand up and take care of our residential neighborhoods, we’re fiddling while Rome burns.” — Shelley Wagers A twenty-year resident of the historic Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles, Shelley Wagers worked for a decade with neighbors, the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association, and City Councilmember Paul Koretz to protect their community from […]