Now in its Third Year, DID Debuts June 24 on the Architecture School’s Campus in Downtown Los Angeles SCI-Arc has received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support Design Immersion Days (DID), a summer program for high school students designed to educate the next... View full entry »
The SCI-Arc 40th Anniversary Benefit Dinner & After-Party hosted this Saturday by the Southern California Institute of Architecture on its campus in downtown Los Angeles raised $400,000 to support the school’s mission of educating the next generation of architects and designers. The... View full entry »
SCI-Arc today announced that the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) designated Hsinming Fung, SCI-Arc’s Director of Academic Affairs, as president-elect of the prestigious organization representing accredited architecture colleges nationwide. The appointment... View full entry »
SCI-Arc’s Alumni Council has selected Fractal Projections, a proposal by alumni Evelina Sausina (B.Arch ‘11) and Eugene Kosgoron (M.DesR ‘12) as the winning design in the 40/40 competition to create an anniversary installation of alumni work. The exhibition will first be on view... View full entry »
The Skinscape submission by SCI-Arc graduate students Jaegeun Lim (M.Arch 2 ‘14), Woongyeun Park (M.Arch 2 ‘14), Haejun Jung (ESTm ‘13) and Karam Kim (M.Arch 1 ‘15) received an Honorable Mention in the 2013 Skyscraper competition organized by eVolo magazine. Skinscape... View full entry »
Two dynamic post-graduate programs offered by the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles have been charged with examining core contemporary issues facing architecture today. Spanning topics from advanced manufacturing methodologies and new building systems, to... View full entry »
Gilmore’s Estate Will Support Faculty through Establishing SCI-Arc’s First Endowed Chair Los Angeles, CA (February 4, 2013)—The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) announced it has received a first-of-its-kind $1-million planned gift from visionary Los... View full entry »
Los Angeles, CA (January 15, 2013)—The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is pleased to present A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979, on view starting March 29 on the school’s campus in downtown Los Angeles. The SCI-Arc exhibition... View full entry »
Award-winning Architects, Designers, Artists Featured in Noteworthy Lectures and Exhibitions Admission to SCI-Arc events is always free (L to R): Tod Machover/MIT Media Lab, Marcelyn Gow/servo Los Angeles, Tom Gilmore/Old Bank District The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)... View full entry »
SCI-ARC GRADUATION PAVILION COMPETITION October 19 – December 2, 2012 SCI-Arc Library Gallery Exhibition Opening: Friday, October 19, 7pm Discussion: Friday, November 2, 7pm Exhibition discussion with Marcelo Spina, Elena Manferdini, Ramiro Diaz-Granados, Tom Wiscombe and SCI-Arc Director... View full entry »
More Than 3,000 Topics Covered in 1,000-plus Hours of Recordings, From 1974 to Present LOS ANGELES, CA—September 26, 2012 – The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) today announced the launch of its much-anticipated SCI-Arc Media Archive, an online showcase of... View full entry »
ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTSPLEATED SHELL STRUCTURES October 12 – December 2, 2012 SCI-Arc Gallery Exhibition Discussion & Reception: Friday, October 12, 7pm With Zaha Hadid Architects Partner Patrik Schumacher and SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss Los Angeles, CA (September 13, 2012)—The... View full entry »
SYMPOSIUM FOR “ADVANCES IN ARCHITECTURAL GEOMETRY 2012”Centre Pompidou, ParisSeptember 27-30, 2012Watch the SCI-Arc film LOS ANGELES (September 13, 2012) – The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is pleased to announce its participation in the Advances in... View full entry »
Gift Will Endow an Annual Prize to Recognize Outstanding SCI-Arc Graduate Thesis Projects SCI-Arc today announced it has received a transformative $100,000 gift from world-renowned architect and SCI-Arc trustee Frank Gehry, and his wife, Berta. The noteworthy contribution will go toward the... View full entry »
(L to R): Charles Correa, Zaha Hadid Architects, David Ruy SCI-Arc is pleased to announce its fall 2012 schedule of public lectures, discussions, and exhibitions. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, during the 2012/2013 academic year the school welcomes an international roster of award-winning... View full entry »
ALEXIS ROCHASSTEREO.BOT August 3 – September 23, 2012 SCI-Arc Library Gallery Exhibition Discussion: Friday, September 14, 7pmArchitect Alexis Rochas and SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss discuss the installationClosing Reception: Friday, September 21, 7-9pm SCI-Arc is pleased to present... View full entry »
The Architecture School Will Design and Build Two Arts Venues To Energize and Transform Its Downtown LA Arts District Home SCI-Arc has been awarded a $400,000 grant from ArtPlace that will go toward the planning, design and construction of two arts venues on its campus in downtown Los Angeles... View full entry »
BALL-NOGUES STUDIO YEVRUS 1, Negative Impression June 1 – July 8, 2012 SCI-Arc Gallery Friday, June 1, 7-9pm: Opening ReceptionMonday, June 25, 7pm: Exhibition Discussion with Benjamin Ball, Gaston Nogues and SCI-Arc Director of Academic Affairs Hsinming Fung Los Angeles, CA—The... View full entry »
PETER COOK/CRAB STUDIOTOWARDS COMFO-VEGApril 6 – May 13, 2012 SCI-Arc Gallery Friday, April 6, 7pm: Opening Reception & Exhibition Discussion with Peter Cook and SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss Los Angeles, CA (March 5, 2012)—The Southern California Institute of Architecture... View full entry »
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 1, 2012)—The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) today announced the hiring of Sarah Sullivan as the school’s new Chief Advancement Officer. “Great background. Great foreground. Great promise,” said SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen... View full entry »
The Prolific Academy Award-Winning Art Director Joins SCI-Arc’s Board of Trustees as the LA Architecture and Design School Prepares for its 40th Anniversary Celebration LOS ANGELES, CA (February 2, 2012)—The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) today announced it... View full entry »
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 27, 2012) – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced that the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have been selected to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013. A... View full entry »
The School Proposes Master Plan to Energize and Transform Its Downtown LA Arts District Home LOS ANGELES (January 26, 2012)—Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has been named a finalist for support from ArtPlace, a private-public collaboration of nine of the... View full entry »
Los Angeles Civic, Business, and Architecture and Engineering Thought-leaders Gather to Unveil and Celebrate CHIP—the Compact, Hyper-Insulated Prototype Solar House SCI-Arc, Caltech and Hanwha Solar Team Up to Spearhead Innovation in Energy-efficient Home Design Los Angeles, CA (January... View full entry »
SCI-ARC GALLERY EXHIBITIONRamiro Diaz-Granados Amorphis GO FIGURE On view January 13 – February 26, 2012 Friday, January 13, 7pm: Opening ReceptionFriday, February 10, 7-9pm: Exhibition Discussion with Ramiro Diaz-Granados and SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss Click HERE to watch a video of... View full entry »
Award-winning Architects, Designers, Artists Featured in Lectures and ExhibitionsAdmission to SCI-Arc events is always free Los Angeles, CA (November 28, 2011) – The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is pleased to announce its Spring 2012 schedule of public lectures... View full entry »
The recently published results of the 2012 Best Architecture and Design Schools Survey conducted by the Greenway Group and Design Intelligence rank SCI-Arc #1 in graduate and #2 among undergraduate architecture schools in Western U.S. General rankings place SCI-Arc at #7 in undergraduate and #... View full entry »
SCI-Arc Secured this Transformative Gift for the SCI-Arc/Caltech Solar Decathlon Project LOS ANGELES, CA (September 12, 2011)—The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) announced today that China-based Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Solar) made a $350,000 cash gift to... View full entry »
SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss, principal of Eric Owen Moss Architects, has been announced as the winner of the 2011 Jencks Award, which is given annually to an individual that has recently made a major contribution to the theory and practice of architecture internationally. Moss has, over... View full entry »
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is pleased to announce its Fall 2011 schedule of public lectures, discussions and exhibitions. The school welcomes award-winning architects, urban historians, writers, designers, and artists for programs that span from innovative theory... View full entry »
