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Archinect, A+D Museum, and KCRW's DnA present: SHORTLISTED! symposium highlighting the current state of architectural commissions in Los Angeles.

2019-11-11T15:45:00-05:00

The Architecture and Design Museum (A+D), Archinect, and KCRW's DnA: Design and Architecture are coming together for SHORTLISTED!, a day-long symposium focused on highlighting the current state of earning, awarding, and judging architectural commissions in Los Angeles.

The event, drafted in conjunction with The Los Angeles Schools exhibition at A+D, will include headline talks by Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga, head of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, and Christopher Hawthorne, LA’s Chief Design Officer and former architecture critic for The Los Angeles Times.

Crafted amid a period of upheaval surrounding Los Angeles's premier cultural institutions—including the demolition and reconstruction of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) complex, proposals to expand the La Brea Tar Pits, and plans for a new wing of the Natural History Museum, among several high-profile expansions and reorientations taking shape—the event will bring together architects, cultural leaders...

A closer look at the state of LA's student-led architecture school publications

2019-10-09T12:33:00-04:00

Please join us for a panel discussion on the role of student publications in architecture school.

What is the role of student-led publications?

In an era when digital rules, what’s the value of continuing the tradition of print?

How do student-led publications function, from concept, to editorial-production, to distribution?

We hope to answer these questions, and more, with a panel of representatives from UCLA, SCI-Arc, USC, and Cal Poly Metro...

UCLA: Rayne Laborde & David Vasquez (POOL)

SCI-Arc: Marcelyn Gow (Offramp); Richard Mapes, Corie Yaguchi, Irvin Shaifa (Underscore)

USC: Alvin Huang (Supertall)

Cal Poly L.A. Metro Program: Stephen Phillips (L.A. [TEN])

The panel will be moderated by Archinect’s Paul Petrunia and will take place at the A+D Museum on Saturday, October 19th, at 5pm. The event is part of Archinect’s event programming during The Los Angeles Schools exhibition, running at the A+D until November 24th.

A deeper look at the institutions behind The Los Angeles Schools exhibition

2019-09-21T11:00:00-04:00

Los Angeles has long been a cradle for innovative architectural thinking. As a result, the Los Angeles area is not only filled with many architecturally significant sites, but is also home to some of the world's leading architectural institutions. This weekend, four of the region's schools of architecture will be participating in the Architecture and Design (A+D) museum's The Los Angeles Schools exhibition, a showcase of institutional pedagogies and the student work those ideas generate.

The exhibition aims to showcase Los Angeles's position as a pivotal node for architectural research, production, and exploration both in United States and internationally, as well.

Archinect has compiled statistics on the four participating schools and their respective academic programs to highlight the important role each plays in bolstering the region's reputation as a design-forward metropolis.

(Editors note: A range of regional schools of architecture were asked to participate in the exhibiti...

L.A.'s architecture schools are the focus in a forthcoming exhibition at A+D Museum

2019-09-11T09:00:00-04:00

The Architecture and Design (A+D) museum in Los Angeles has announced The Los Angeles Schools, a forthcoming exhibition that highlights the student work and pedagogical approaches of some of Los Angeles’s leading architecture programs.

The exhibition surveys some of the cutting-edge architectural thinking taking place at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), University of Southern California, Cal Poly LA Metro, and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, and seeks to position Los Angeles as “a center for architectural production, investigation, and research charged with producing tomorrow’s leaders in the world of architecture and design,” according to a press release.

SCI-Arc's Graduation Pavilion "League of Shadows" by P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S

In a press release announcing the exhibition, A+D Museum executive director and chief curator, Anthony Morey said, “Discovering, experimenting and facilitating the ability of the public to explore what makes Los Angeles a center for A...