Los Angeles - World Cities, Vol 2 Author:James Steele, James Steele The second book in the "World Cities" series, this text provides an insight into the city of Los Angeles. It is divided into four main categories beginning with "social and political background", where the history of the city is discussed along with proceedings from the symposium held at the Royal Academy of Arts on 23 October 1993. The other th... more »ree sections covers LA as it might have been, contemporary LA and future LA. Features include Frank Gehry's "Schnabel Residence", Moore Ruble Yudell's "Playa Vista Masterplan", Michael Rotondi's "Nicola Restaurant", Studio Asymptote's "Steel Cloud", Hodgetts and Fung's "Cookie", Maguire Thomas's "Wells Fargo Center" and Eric Owen Moss's "Ince Complex".« less