Frances Anderton

Frances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print, broadcast media and at public events. She is the author of the award-winning book Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles. Anderton was longtime host of DnA: Design and Architecture, aired on KCRW public radio station, and producer of the LA station’s current affairs shows Which Way, LA? and To The Point. She currently contributes on-air reports and writes a regular DnA newsletter for KCRW. She co-created The Angeleno Porch: Six Social Spaces Shaping L.A.’s Affordable Housing, an exhibit for the US Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, and she was a 2025 Santa Monica Artist Fellow. She teaches at USC School of Architecture. Honors include the Esther McCoy Award, from the USC Architectural Guild, for her work educating the public about architecture and urbanism.