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American journalist and television director
Christopher Hawthorne
is an American journalist and television director who served as the architecture critic for the
Los Angeles Times
from 2004 to 2018.
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In 2018, Los Angeles Mayor
Eric Garcetti
appointed him as the city's first Chief Design Officer.
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In 2018, he directed the documentary
That Far Corner
for the
KCET
series
Artbound
about architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
's work in Los Angeles.
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He also directed another
Artbound
episode titled
Third Los Angeles
.
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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.
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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.
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