Christopher Hawthorne is an American journalist and television director who served as the architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times from 2004 to 2018.[1][2] In 2018, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed him as the city's first Chief Design Officer.[3]
In 2018, he directed the documentary That Far Corner for the KCET series Artbound about architect Frank Lloyd Wright's work in Los Angeles.[4] He also directed another Artbound episode titled Third Los Angeles.[5][6] In 2020, in his role as Chief Design Officer he launched the Low-Rise design challenge, aiming to promote housing affordability, new paths to homeownership, and innovative models of sustainable residential architecture.[7][8] In 2021, his office announced the creation of standard Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) plans to help address the housing shortage facing the City of Los Angeles.[9]
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- ^ Walker, Alissa (March 13, 2018). "Critic Christopher Hawthorne explains why he's taking a job with the city". Curbed LA.
- ^ "Why the City of Los Angeles Hired a "Chief Design Officer"". Hyperallergic. March 27, 2018.
- ^ Nukaya-Petralia, Pablo (February 20, 2019). "As LA's first Chief Design Officer, professor Christopher Hawthorne is the man behind the future of the city".
- ^ "What Do These Frank Lloyd Wright Houses Have to Do With a 1914 Murder?". Architectural Digest.
- ^ Barragan, Bianca (June 14, 2016). "Take a Tour of the Third Los Angeles". Curbed LA.
- ^ "Christopher Hawthorne". IMDb.
- ^ "Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles". lowrise.la. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Christopher Hawthorne on Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles". ArchDaily. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Los Angeles launches bold new ADU program to combat housing shortage". The Architect’s Newspaper. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
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