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ARCADIA, CA - NOVEMBER 01: Ceramist Linda Hsiao of Knotwork LA does not work on a wheel, but hand builds everything. She is almost machine-like and it's fascinating to watch her work. Her ceramics are sweet and quirky - tiki cups, Japanese Daruma wishing dolls, tiny creatures and owl pitchers and creamers. Robert Hanashiro / For the Times

This L.A. ceramist’s vessels offer joy in uncertain times. Thank her ‘weird imagination’

L.A. ceramist Linda Hsiao’s hand-built vessels — owls, birds and mythological creatures — exhibit a playful style that is thoroughly her own.

Glendale, CA, Monday, September 23, 2024 - Mason Stucker, 19, plays the guitar in the 533-square foot ADU behind his family's home in Glendale. Emily Mohr and Jonathan Rieke of MR Studio Architecture recently completed a beautiful and budget-friendly ADU in Glendale for lighting designer Kille Knobel who has worked for Pearl Jam and other bands. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
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She couldn’t afford a bigger house in L.A. So she built a stylish ADU for $230,000

WESTWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 - Isabel Janken, 96, sits in the living room of her new ADU in Westwood on September 10, 2024. Janken used to live in the duplex and now lives in an assisted living facility. The ADU is in the rear of an existing rented duplex where architect Melissa Shin demolished the garage, then built the new ADU atop a new 3-car garage and a private rooftop with panoramic views. The ADU has one bedroom, a full kitchen, a living room with a built-in entertainment center, a large bedroom with room for a desk and a rooftop terrace. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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At 96, she’s ‘thinking about the future of L.A. housing’ and built an ADU to prove it

Exposition Park makeover - Aerial View from South East (Proposed)

Inside the $351.5-million makeover coming to L.A.’s Exposition Park

Los Angeles, CA - September 18: New media artist Refik Anadol has revealed plans to open his new AI museum, DATALAND.ART, in the Grand L.A. The choice of venue is a welcomed by the massive Ghery-designed development across from Walt Disney Concert Hall, which has struggled to gain footing in a swiftly changing downtown. Photo taken at The Grand LA in Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dataland, the world’s first AI arts museum, will anchor the Grand complex in downtown L.A.

In Long Beach and beyond, micro-galleries turn neighborhoods into mini-art districts

LACMA opening pushed to 2026; staff memo reveals plans for sneak peek inside empty new building

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After a decade of working out of coffee shops, two L.A. filmmakers add an ADU — twice

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In L.A.’s tough housing market, cramped family adds ADU rather than move

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L.A.’s new Intuit Dome just might be one of the best arena designs in America. But there’s one missing link

Intuit Dome is a sleek, joyous piece of modern architecture with much to love, just like its neighbor, SoFi Stadium. But around its edges, the picture gets a little fuzzier.

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