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Moby Los Angeles Architecture Blog
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moby’s photo blog of strange and beautiful architecture in los angeles.
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ok, today is an odd maayan art deco bunker that i know nothing...

ok, today is an odd maayan art deco bunker that i know nothing about.or, to keep my grandmother happy and employ good syntax, about which i know nothing.i was walking down a little side street in hol...

1 day ago

i just got back from nyc and montreal and el paso.unfortunatel y...

i just got back from nyc and montreal and el paso.unfortunately i wasn’t in montreal long enough to take any pictures, but i did have a good 36 hours in el paso to wander around and take pictures of ...

2 days ago

right before leaving for montreal i took a couple of simple...

right before leaving for montreal i took a couple of simple ‘i’m looking south and now i’m looking north’ pictures from my fire escape. ‘fire escape’ is such a literal term. what if spoons were calle...

24 may 12 1 person likes this

i’m in new york and montreal and el paso this week, so...

i’m in new york and montreal and el paso this week, so unfortunately this will be my last architectural update until next monday. but in the meantime here are some pictures of what is arguably one of...

22 may 12

Moby talks LA Architecture with 1883 Magazine here.

Moby talks LA Architecture with 1883 Magazine here.

21 may 12 1 person likes this

i’m including this house simply because it was big and...

i’m including this house simply because it was big and impressive and intimidating. and, given that it’s in a city in the desert in the american southwest, amazingly incongruous. but back to big and ...

17 may 12

i was heading home from real food daily yesterday and out of the...

i was heading home from real food daily yesterday and out of the corner of my eye i saw this perfect little mid-century (or earlier) house. so, of course, i stopped and took pictures: and, of course,...

14 may 12

ok, i might overuse the word ‘favorite’. but i have...

ok, i might overuse the word ‘favorite’. but i have a lot of favorites. like, for example, this house/building/structure. it’s, all things considered, my favorite place in l.a. architecturally it’s p...

12 may 12

it’s late, so i’m not going to write much.but here....

it’s late, so i’m not going to write much. but here. are. randomly: 4 pictures of 1-a perfect, beautiful moorish jungle house looming above a jungly hillside. it’s just about my favorite house in my ...

08 may 12

Moby interviewed on Arch Daily

Moby interviewed on Arch Daily: here’s conversation i had with guy horton for archdaily about l.a and buildings and things

03 may 12

there’s an odd area on the border of hollywood and...

there’s an odd area on the border of hollywood and silverlake, where beverly sort of turns into silverlake blvd, mainly populated by single story strip malls. and then in the middle of this odd unnam...

01 may 12

so, last week i was driving to our nbc tonight show rehearsal...

so, last week i was driving to our nbc tonight show rehearsal and i drove by what looked like the scene of a brutal alien attack on our planet-wide defense and communication systems. i’m assuming tha...

28 apr 12

so, sunday i was driving home and i happened to pass by a castle...

so, sunday i was driving home and i happened to pass by a castle for sale.what made this especially great: it was a block away from the soul-sucking sunset strip. it had a hand drawn ‘for sale by own...

25 apr 12

ok, 2 pictures of a house and 1 not-so-good picture of a parking...

ok, 2 pictures of a house and 1 not-so-good picture of a parking lot. first, the house. i assume that this house is quasi-abandoned, which would explain why it looks like a mini version of norma desm...

23 apr 12

so, every now and then i like to back away from the strangeness...

so, every now and then i like to back away from the strangeness of l.a and take pictures of houses and things that are just simple and nice. like this house. i drive by it almost every day, and it al...

20 apr 12

in the sort of almost middle of hollywood is the magic castle.it...

in the sort of almost middle of hollywood is the magic castle.it is, as the name sort of suggests, a little castle. where they perform magic.‘they’ being, in this case, magicians.i, in this case, am ...

18 apr 12

today i’m including just one picture of one house. a very...

today i’m including just one picture of one house. a very pretty center hall colonial with stately pine trees and a nice little yard. or lawn. lawn yard. ‘why?’ you might ask, ‘include a picture of a...

16 apr 12

it would be odd to have a fully functioning public pool in the...

it would be odd to have a fully functioning public pool in the middle of a big city. it would be nice, but it would be odd. and then i guess it would be even odder to have a fully un-functioning pool...

11 apr 12

spread throughout l.a are countless little craftsmen (or arts...

spread throughout l.a are countless little craftsmen (or arts & crafts) houses. the operative word being: little. most of the craftsmen houses i’ve seen are cute little 2 bedroom houses, sort of like...

10 apr 12

one of the absolute best things about hollywood is the ubiquity...

one of the absolute best things about hollywood is the ubiquity of run-down old motels and hotels. well, from my perspective, that is. maybe some people think that the old run down motels and hotels ...

08 apr 12

as an issue-laden and self-involved new yorker now living in l.a...

as an issue-laden and self-involved new yorker now living in l.a i of course go to therapy.the other day while en route to therapy i passed this remarkable church in studio city (which is, technicall...

04 apr 12

ok, i promised some updates featuring buildings with honest to...

ok, i promised some updates featuring buildings with honest to goodness architectural significance, so: here’s a building with honest to goodness architectural significance. it’s: a rare oscar neimey...

01 apr 12

yesterday i was running like a crazyperson to meet a friend for...

yesterday i was running like a crazyperson to meet a friend for dinner and i was on a random side street in hollywood and i passed this oddball ‘alexander: ruler of the world’ apartment house and i h...

30 mar 12

ok, i was in costa rica for the weekend playing the imperial...

ok, i was in costa rica for the weekend playing the imperial festival with bjork and tv on the radio and thievery corp and flaming lips and lots of others. to be clear: i’m not sure if i’m name dropp...

28 mar 12

today’s house is a simple little jewel box of a mid...

today’s house is a simple little jewel box of a mid century house.not the most dramatic, not the most architecturally significant, but just a perfect little solid mid century house.perfectly proporti...

26 mar 12

KCRW: DNA interviews Moby on LA architecture

KCRW: DNA interviews Moby on LA architecture: Moby has been interviewed by KCRW… Chances are, you know Moby best for his electronic dance music. But it turns out the eclectic-minded musician has anot...

23 mar 12

more grimy hollywood. or: grimy hollywood adjacent. i know, i go...

more grimy hollywood. or: grimy hollywood adjacent. i know, i go on and on about the ‘hidden in plain sight’ aspect of dirty l.a. to wit: that you can be walking down the grimiest street in los angel...

23 mar 12

ok, a few apologies. or a couple of apologies. i was in nyc, so...

ok, a few apologies. or a couple of apologies. i was in nyc, so i couldn’t send in new oddball pictures of l.a architecture. or new pictures of oddball l.a architecture. second apology: these picture...

21 mar 12

ok, i’m cheating.i have my architecture blog, which is...

ok, i’m cheating.i have my architecture blog, which is supposed to be exclusively about l.a architecture.but i just took a walk around my neighborhood in nyc at 3a.m (with my old friend insomnia) and...

16 mar 12

for some reason i’ve always loved utilitarian public...

for some reason i’ve always loved utilitarian public architecture from the 20’s and 30’s. i (probably mistakenly) call it w.p.a architecture, even if a lot of it was built before the wpa period. oh, ...

12 mar 12

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