(Wayne Thom / Monacelli Press) If you made a list of things disdained by a certain breed of cultural snob, Los Angeles and late modern architecture would both rank up there near the top.

Lina Bo Bardi, the late Italian-born Brazilian architect, writer, illustrator, scenographer, and industrial designer ... memoriam at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.

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