Dingbat (building) - Wikipedia
A dingbat is a type of apartment building that flourished in the Sun Belt region of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, a vernacular variation of shoebox style "stucco boxes". Dingbats are …
LA's famously bizarre apartments could never be built today
2024年11月12日 · These units are known as “dingbat”-style apartments — and that’s not a slight, that’s what they’re called apparently because of the midcentury-esque visual motifs on their …
How the Iconic Dingbat Took Over Los Angeles - Planetizen
2021年9月28日 · Describing the "aggressively economical" icon of mid- density apartment buildings known as dingbats that pepper Los Angeles from the Valley to the Eastside, Laura …
The Unique History of Los Angeles Dingbat Apartments
2023年9月7日 · Los Angeles dingbat apartments represent a specific microcosm of American history when the city, and southern California as a whole, experienced a dire housing shortage …
A Design History of L.A.'s Dingbat Apartment Buildings - Bloomberg
2021年9月24日 · From the San Fernando Valley to Culver City to La Cienega Heights, developers in the 1950s and ‘60s replaced thousands of older Los Angeles buildings with economical two- …
What Is a Dingbat? | Apartment Therapy
2022年1月22日 · By definition, a dingbat is a rectangular structure that sits above an open carport. Though the boxy silhouette is a bit polarizing to Angelenos, many dingbats are …
017. Introducing the Dingbat. – The Lower Modernisms
2011年5月30日 · The dingbat is a two-story wood-framed apartment building constructed between 1950 and 1970 on a single-wide lot of approximately 7500 square feet and comprising five to …
Getting to Know LA's Most Mundane/Iconic Architectural Type
2014年2月11日 · The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design is Kickstarting a book that will be titled Dingbat 2.0 and explore the past, present, and future of those ubiquitous...
dingbat2.0
Dingbat 2.0 is the first critical study of the most ubiquitous and mundane building type in Los Angeles: the dingbat apartment. Often dismissed as ugly and unremarkable, dingbat …
Exploring Dingbat Houses in Los Angeles: A Unique Architectural …
2024年9月14日 · Among the city's most intriguing architectural styles is the dingbat house, a distinctive and often overlooked aspect of LA's urban history. In this blog post, we delve into …