"Dingbat" apartments, which are ubiquitous in the LA area, became popular in the 1950s amid Los Angeles' housing boom.

These small housing units—typically built as stand-alone structures on empty space in a backyard to house an in-law or generate rental income—are now doing double duty as structural support.

Boxy, dingbat-style apartments dot the San Fernando Valley, the understated architectural design evoking the region’s 1950s post-war boom.But now the Valley’s stock of dingbats is get… ...

Los Angeles’ “dingbat” apartments are a kitschy piece of the past Shaped by the car culture, dingbats are going obsolete due to earthquake risk. But their names and style flourishes bring ...

Given the rising demand for student housing, coupled with the mid-20th century lack of concern about good design and neighborhood preservation, the Chico dingbat was inevitable.

In 49 states, a dingbat is an elementary school insult, but in California and especially LA, the term refers to a residential building with a very distinct style.

The book successfully leverages the Dingbat as a launchpad for surveying multi-family housing in Los Angeles, picking apart the prickly and multivalent nature of its creation myth and subsequent ...

Dingbat Theatre Project marks five years by opening a new home performance venue and seeking financial support for its productions.

By the 1980s dingbats were illegal to build, and much of Los Angeles, including Parkman Avenue, was zoned for lower density.

Valery Augustin has been an architect in Los Angeles for over 20 years; today on AD he lends his expertise in breaking down the most common housing structures in the City of Angels.