Christopher Hawthorne
Christopher Hawthorne is a senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture and a former longtime architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times. From 2018 to 2022, he served as chief design officer for the City of Los Angeles, where he helped organize the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office Civic Memory Working Group and edited its 2021 report and recommendations, Past Due.
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Hangar One: A Cathedral to the Future
Christopher Hawthorne explores the architecture and history of Hangar One.
Dec 16, 2024
This PST Art Show Surveils Surveillance
Remote Sensing, at the Center for Land Use Interpretation, charts the emergence of the top-down view.
Oct 25, 2024
Memorials Say As Much About the Living As the Dead
Recently completed memorials—and some in progress—offer more honest depictions of violence in the West. But even so, they’re not likely to tell the whole story of a tragedy.
Sep 23, 2024