Ric Abramson tapped to lead West Hollywood's new Urban Design and Architecture Studio

2019-11-15T13:17:00-05:00

Los Angeles area architect Ric Abramson has been selected to head a new Urban Design and Architecture Studio housed within the City of West Hollywood's Community Services Department.

Abramson, whose practice, WorkPlays studio*architecture, is based in West Hollywood, has been active in the city's project review and design commission boards for many years. According to a report in Wehoville, the architect will oversee the city's sometimes-contentious Design Review process while also applying his expertise toward the redesign of West Hollywood's streets and public spaces. Abramson will also be tasked, according to the report, with implementing a series of new urban design strategies for the city as the West Hollywood negotiates for a potential transit line extension through the city in advance of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The focus of these efforts will include improving the city's "architecture, infrastructure, and the relationship of private developments to public spac...

Seoul’s official architect Seung H-Sang on his capital vision

2014-09-08T13:37:00-04:00

“The first thing is to find the identity of Seoul,” he says. “Seoul was created very differently from western cities, with special theories of feng shui and Confucianism, and we kept that for 600 years. We didn’t change anything – even under Japanese colonialism, that was kept. But since the 1960s, under American influence, it has changed very much.” If Seung has his way, the days of skyscrapers springing up in central Seoul would come to an end.

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Ric Abramson tapped to lead West Hollywood's new Urban Design and Architecture Studio

Seoul’s official architect Seung H-Sang on his capital vision