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This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-06-12T15:25:00-04:00

It's the start of another week in Los Angeles. If you're curious about where design-inclined folks are gathering around town, Archinect and Bustler have compiled a snappy list of local architecture and design events that are worth checking out. Check back regularly so you don't miss our latest recommendations.

Our latest LA event picks put a spotlight on designers and artists re-examining the notion of domestic space and “home” — from midcentury Latino and Latino American artists to present-day landscape architects. Read on for more.

Lush | Opening on June 17

Photo via MAK Center for Art and Architecture/Facebook.

“In partnership with Mia Lehrer & Associates, the MAK Center selected a group of landscape architects, designers, and collectives to propose interrogations into the history of SoCal domestic design and crucial experimentations toward the sustainability of its future.”

Moholy-Nagy: Future Present | Closing on June 18

'UNTITLED' by László Moholy-Nagy, 1923, watercolor, ink & penci...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-06-05T14:35:00-04:00

Kicking off this Thursday night, the 2017 Los Angeles Design Festival has a range of events in store that are happening throughout the city, from tours, studio visits, workshops, exhibits and more. And with summer just around the corner, schools are already finishing up another academic year with student shows. Read on for more of Archinect's latest event recommendations.

LA Design Festival | June 8-11

Photo credit: Chalk, via Los Angeles Design Festival/Facebook.

Putting LA's diverse design culture in the spotlight, the Los Angeles Design Festival will host a variety of events related to architecture, urban design, crafting, graphic design, and everything in between. Kick off the...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-05-30T14:34:00-04:00

It's the start of another (shorter) week in Los Angeles. If you're curious about where design-inclined folks are gathering around town, Archinect and Bustler have compiled a snappy list of local architecture and design events that are worth checking out. Check back regularly so you don't miss our latest recommendations.

The MAK Center will host a book launch and discussion panel about the lasting influence of Frederick Kiesler, while the Hammer Museum will debut the first U.S. survey of notable artist Marisa Merz, the only woman accepted in Turin's Arte Povera movement. Over in Newport Beach, the Orange County Museum of Art is currently exhibiting works by Pacific Rim-region artists in the 2017 California-Pacific Triennial.

Elastic Architecture: Book Launch MAK Center for Art and Architecture | June 3

Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture (MIT Press)

Join a discussion about the interdisciplinary approaches and the lasting influe...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-05-15T14:00:00-04:00

It's barely Monday, but it's not too soon to start planning for next weekend! Coming up this week, L.A.'s One Night Stand for Art and Architecture is back for another one-night affair with “Last Call”, guest curated by Jennifer Bonner, Kyle Miller, and Volkan Alkanoglu. The intriguing “Björk Digital” VR exhibition will make its West Coast debut at the LA Phil, and the Museums of the Arroyo Seco across L.A. and Pasadena will have a free admission day. Have a look at our latest L.A. event recommendations.

Björk Digital | Opening on May 19

Image via laphil.com.

The immersive Björk Digital VR exhibition will be making its West Coast debut at the LA Phil. The exhibition comprise...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-05-01T20:32:00-04:00

This week in L.A., don't miss the opening reception of “Empire of Space”, featuring the work of JSI Photography Excellence Award recipient Todd Eberle. Or catch a free lecture by emerging practice West of West at Helms Bakery District. The Neutra VDL House will host an immersive performance art showcase, and SCI-Arc is currently exhibiting a series of remnants salvaged from 20th-century canonic buildings in “The Duck and The Document”.

Julius Shulman Institute presents Todd Eberle: Empire of Space | Opening on May 4

“Woodbury University’s Julius Shulman Institute will hono...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-04-24T13:15:00-04:00

This week's LA recommendations start off with a Hitoshi Abe lecture at the UCLA A.UD and a new survey on artist Peter Shire's design work at the MOCA Pacific Design Center. The Getty Center's upcoming exhibition “Berlin / Los Angeles: Space for Music” spotlights Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hans Scharoun's Berlin Philharmonic, while The Broad will debut its four-month “Oracle” installation — which visualizes the effects of globalization in contemporary society.

A.UD Lecture Series: Hitoshi Abe | April 24

Photo via Flickr.

Start off this week with a lecture from architect Hitoshi Abe, as part of UCLA A.UD's Spring '17 lecture series. Don't miss out!

Peter Shire...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-04-10T18:23:00-04:00

This week's LA picks include a Michael Maltzan lecture at Woodbury, the 2017 Great Los Angeles River CleanUp, and AGENCY Architecture “BREACH” exhibition.

Michael Maltzan: Elastic | April 11, recommended by Justine Testado

As part of Woodbury Architecture's Spring '17 event series, Michael Maltzan will deliver his “Elastic” lecture at the Woodbury Burbank campus tomorrow evening. If you've been meaning to catch one of Maltzan's talks, this is your chance!

ICYMI: Bridging Downtown: Michael Maltzan on Archinect Sessions One-to-One #15

28th Annual Great Los Angeles River CleanUp | April 15-29, recommended by Alexander Walter

Earth Day is coming up soon, and with so much growing...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-04-03T15:47:00-04:00

This week's LA picks include Woodbury Interior Architecture's inaugural Unmentionables Symposium, a book talk and signing with LTL Architects' Paul Lewis for “Manual of Section”; and the one-night exhibition “YES, I'VE HAD A FACELIFT, BUT WHO HASN'T?”.

Unmentionables Symposium | April 7-8, recommended by Alexander Walter

Woodbury's Department of Interior Architecture hosts its inaugural Unmentionables Symposium and hopes to create a platform for discourse in the field off the beaten paths, aiming to "serve as a provocation for marginalia, taboos, illicit ideas, and undertheorized issues such as critical interiority and physical and virtual constructed environments." ...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-03-27T18:54:00-04:00

This week's picks include the immersive 14th Factory warehouse exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein works at the Leslie Sacks Gallery, and a LACMA exhibit spotlighting the iconic but little-known Dwan Gallery.

Roy Lichtenstein at the Leslie Sacks Gallery | Open now until April 15, recommended by Alexander Walter

Image via Leslie Sacks Gallery on Facebook.

If you happen to be a die-hard Lichtenstein fan and completely missed the Skirball's "Pop for the People: Roy Lichtenstein in L.A." show that closed earlier this month, then better mark your calendar: Leslie Sacks Gallery in Santa Monica currently presents graphic works by the artist from 1965-1996. The exhibition still runs...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-03-20T18:53:00-04:00

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Drawings' Conclusions | Open now until March 25, recommended by Justine Testado

Image via SCI-Arc.

Curated by Jeffrey Kipnis, the exhibition brings together a group of architects — including Elena Manferdini, Nanako Umemoto, Jesse Reiser, Stan Allen, Preston Scott Cohen, Greg Lynn, Michael Young, and more — who were united by “a precocious and deeply vested interest in hand-drawing” at a time when architecture was transitioning to computational drawing tools. The exhibition focuses on how these architects' work commonly evokes a “continuing reflection on the question: What are drawing's conclusions?" Stop by SCI-Arc now or at the closing...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-03-13T18:45:00-04:00

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Cal Poly LA Metro Program Lecture: Tom Wiscombe | March 14, recommended by Justine Testado

The Main Museum of Los Angeles Art (unbuilt) by Tom Wiscombe Architecture. Rendering: Kilograph.

Spend tomorrow evening at the Helms Design Center in Culver City for a free public lecture, discussion, and reception with architect Tom Wiscombe. Presented by the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design, the evening will be introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips (professor and director of the program and principal of SPARCHS). RSVP now if you haven't.

The Chapel of the Mosquitoes: José Oubrerie architecture and paintings | Open ...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-03-06T16:14:00-05:00

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USC Architecture Generation Next Pecha Kucha | March 8, recommended by Alexander Walter

Everybody loves a good Pecha Kucha, and USC's School of Architecture hosts one this week that showcases the work of recent alumni as part of the school's annual Architecture Career Week. The selection of the twenty presenters was curated by former Trojans Mark Lee (JohnstonMarklee) and Jackilin Hah Bloom (Pita&Bloom) in collaboration with USC Architecture faculty.

SCI-Arc Lecture: Peter Cook | March 8, recommended by Justine Testado

As part of SCI-Arc's Spring '17 lecture events, the one and only Peter Cook will be speaking at K.M. Keck Hall Wednesday ...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-02-27T19:45:00-05:00

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Duel + Duet: Slavoj Žižek and Graham Harman | March 1, recommended by Alexander Walter

Slavoj Žižek and Graham Harmon. Image via sciarc.edu.

If your mind lusts for a weeknight philosophy throwdown, then SCI-Arc has just the right thing for you this Wednesday: Graham Harman, the school's professor of philosophy, climbs in the ring with heavyweight champion Slavoj Žižek to debate the legitimacy of Object-Oriented Ontology. — Can't attend in person? The event will be live-broadcast on SCI-Arc's Facebook page.

Next Up: Floating Worlds | March 4, recommended by Nicholas Korody

The fourth iteration of Archinect's live podcasting series Next Up l...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-02-13T17:41:00-05:00

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Modernism Week | February 16-26, recommended by Alexander Walter

Image via @modernism_week on Instagram.

It's that time of the year again: grab your sunglasses, head out of the city for a few days, and dive right into the annual celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture, art, fashion and culture at Modernism Week in Palm Springs. A packed roster of more than 250 events, ranging from home tours, lectures, films, and the trademark double-decker architectural bus tours (bring a sun hat!), leave no design enthusiast ungiddy. Oh, and of course there are cocktail parties, too.

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-02-06T18:14:00-05:00

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500 Years of Utopia | Open now until February 9, recommended by Nicholas Korody

Utopian thinking orients much of the most radical thinking in architecture. But what exactly does it mean to strive for a "non-place"? Head over to USC to check out an exhibit that examines the history of "Utopia" and utopian thought—before it ends this week!

Moholy-Nagy: Future Present | Opening on February 12, recommended by Justine Testado

A II (Construction A II) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1924. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

LACMA will debut a can't-miss retrospective of Hungarian artist/painter/influential Bauhaus teacher László Moholy-Nagy this Sunday. As the ...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-01-30T17:20:00-05:00

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Womanhouse and WomEnhouse: A Panel Discussion | February 3, recommended by Nicholas Korody

Womanhouse was one of the most significant art projects in Los Angeles in the '70s. Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro organized a feminist art installation and performance space in an abandoned building that served as the site for bold experimentation and discourse production. Revisit the work and its impact at this panel discussion.

cityLAb, times 10 | Opening on February 3, recommended by Alexander Walter

The A+D Museum hosts a new exhibition in celebration of cityLAB-UCLA's tenth anniversary. Incorporating six original projects by emerging archite...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2017-01-23T13:02:00-05:00

It's the start of another week in (currently rainy) Los Angeles. If you're curious about where design-inclined folks are gathering around town, Archinect and Bustler have compiled a snappy list of local architecture and design events that are worth checking out.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out on our latest event recommendations. Here are this week's LA picks.

Lecture: Jennifer Steinkamp | January 23, recommended by Alexander Walter

Botanic, Midnight Moment, Times Square Arts, New York, May 1-31, 2016. Photo: Ka-Man Tse for @TSqArts.

As part of its 2016-17 lecture series, UCLA A.UD presents faculty member and Design Media Arts professor Jennifer Steinkamp. Constantly pushing the 'new media' envelope, Steinkamp creates projection installations in search for "ideas about architectural space and phenomenological perception."

Lecture: Didier Fiuza Faustino | January 25, recommended by Nicholas Korody

Didier Faustino has a wide-ranging, diverse oeuvre that's equal parts tantalizing ...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-12-12T17:46:00-05:00

Take a breather amidst the holiday frenzy. For anyone curious about what local happenings to fit into your weekly schedules, Archinect and Bustler have compiled a snappy list of events in Los Angeles that are worth checking out.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out on our latest event recommendations. Here are this week's LA picks.

SoCal Storylines: Innovating for our communities | December 14, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

California's economy is the 8th biggest in the world – how can Southern California hold up the legacy of innovation that fuels the state's development? This discussion with members of KPCC and the Urban Land Institute will look at how LA in particular contributes to the So-Cal region's unique culture, and what that means for future development.

Rick Owens: Furniture | Opening on December 17, recommended by Justine Testado

Designer Rick Owens. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Get up close to a collection of recent furniture and sculpture pieces by renowned fas...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-12-05T15:15:00-05:00

Take a breather at an art exhibition as the holiday frenzy begins. LA is abuzz with creative folks expanding the possibilities of how architectural design and practice can be reinterpreted, bringing attention to what in the urban environment is constantly overlooked. Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of noteworthy happenings around town that are worth checking out.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out on our latest event recommendations. Here are this week's LA picks.

Fast Forward: Future of Play | December 8, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

In the rapidly expanding markets of VR and robotics, interactions based on play and, well, fun are increasingly scrutinized for marketable potentials. Hear representatives from Disney and Mattel discuss the future of play in our Internet-of-Everything world, and its implications for early childhood development.

The Human Beast: Art of Maxine Kim Stussy & Jan Stussy | Opening on December 10, recommended by Alexander Walter

Stuss...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-11-28T17:11:00-05:00

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Live Filming: Rad, Bad, and Sad (Talk Show) | December 4, recommended by Nicholas Korody

Materials & Applications is something of an LA-architecture institution. Right now, they have an interesting exhibit up in their courtyard space: "a contemporary update on the aesthetic principles of early 19th century English landscape architecture". Head over on Sunday night for some "bantering" on past exhibitions held at the space with Joseph Adam Dunn and Ben Warwas.

Enchanted: Forest of Light | Open now until Jan...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-11-21T19:06:00-05:00

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Michael Sorkin Studio and Terreform: Metrophysics | Open now until December 4, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

In 2005, Michael Sorkin Studio underwent "mitosis" through the founding of Terreform, a practice focused on "non-commercial—even utopian—projects and ambitions," such that the Studio could focus entirely on "ordinary" building while both firms profited from the other's research experience. This exhibit at SCI-Arc is testament to that relationship, looking to "projects with meanings rooted i...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-11-14T20:40:00-05:00

Los Angeles is abuzz with creative folks expanding the possibilities of how architectural design and practice can be reinterpreted, bringing attention to what in the urban environment is constantly overlooked. Wondering where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater L.A. area? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of noteworthy happenings around town that are worth checking out.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out on our latest event recommendations. Here are this week's L.A. picks.

SoCal Storylines: Housing L.A.’s future | November 16, recommended by Alexander Walter

Photo: John Williams PHD/Flickr, image via scpr.org

The Milken Institute in Santa Monica hosts the third installment of KPCC's SoCal Storylines: Conversations with movers and shakers series. This time the focus is on the topic of housing, and panelists will discuss affordable housing in Los Angeles, housing for the homeless, as well as budgetary concerns and infrastructure needs.

The Algorithm ...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-11-07T14:37:00-05:00

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Fast Forward: Considered Consumerism | November 10, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

Depending on how the election turns out, come Thursday you may either be selling all your possessions to buy that ticket to Canada, or embarking on a celebratory shopping spree. Either way, it's a good time to consider how the role of consumerism, particularly in local marketplaces, shapes California culture. This event, hosted by Take Two's Alex Cohen, will take a look at Californian cons...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-10-31T15:21:00-04:00

We could've sworn on Frank Lloyd Wright's ghost that October barely started, and yet Halloween is here. Wondering where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater L.A. area? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of noteworthy happenings around town that are worth checking out.

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Mia Lehrer: "Recalibrating The Los Angeles River" | October 31, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

As a key figure in the River's 2007 master plan, Mia Lehrer was working on revitalization efforts long before Frank Gehry became involved. Her perspective on the River and its impact on LA's landscape urbanism is invaluable, making her talk at USC a must-do for anyone interested in the river.

Lecture: Amale Andraos | November 2, recommended by Nicholas Korody

Photo by Raymond Adams.

Amale Andraos, dean of Columbia GSAPP and founder of WorkAC, will be lecturing at USC this Tuesday. Her...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-10-24T15:56:00-04:00

We could've sworn on Frank Lloyd Wright's ghost that October barely started, and yet Halloween festivities are upon us. As always, the city is abuzz with creative folks expanding the possibilities of how architectural design and practice can be reinterpreted, bringing attention to what in the urban environment is constantly overlooked. Wondering where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater L.A. area? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of noteworthy happenings around town that are worth checking out.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out on our latest event recommendations. Here are this week's L.A. picks.

Between East and West: Day One and Two | October 25-26, recommended by Alexander Walter

Yokosuka Museum of Art, Japan, designed by Riken Yamamoto, 2007. Image via Wikipedia.

Don't miss this two-day lecture series at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design's Perloff Hall: organized by Hitoshi Abe, the event presents the globe-spanning work of Japanese archite...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-10-17T14:00:00-04:00

It's back to the grind with a new season of architecture and design events. Wondering where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater L.A. area? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of noteworthy happenings around town that are worth checking out.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out on our latest event recommendations. Here are this week's L.A. picks.

Preston Scott Cohen and Hernan Diaz Alonso: Duel + Duet | October 17, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

Don't miss this conversation with Scott Cohen, chair of architecture at Harvard University, as he and host Diaz Alonso, the director at SCI-Arc, discuss the issues affecting contemporary architecture education coast to coast.

Architecture Lobby Los Angeles Launch Party + Think In | October 21, recommended by Nicholas Korody

The Architecture Lobby, "an organization of architectural workers advocating for the value of architecture in the general public and for architectural work within the discipline", is l...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-10-10T15:20:00-04:00

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The Idea of Architecture | October 13, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

From L to R: Sharon Johnston, photo by Eric Staudenmaier; Francois Perrin, photo by Kevin Scanlon; Michael Maltzan, photo by Ron Eschel.

Come see Sharon Johnston, Michael Maltzan, and François Perrin discuss architecture and its relationship to MOCA's concurrent exhibition, Doug Aitken: Electric Earth. Their varied niches in the world of architecture will no doubt strike thought-provoking tangential notes to Aitken's work, and enrich the exhibition's experience overall.

“Where Architects Live” a film by Francesca Molteni | October 13, ...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-10-03T16:03:00-04:00

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Transit Oriented LA | October 4, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

Come hear big names in LA transportation and urban planning discuss the future of getting around in the region. Moderated by Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic for the LA Times, the event has a special reduced ticket price for students.

SCI-Arc Lecture: Amale Andraos | October 5, recommended by Nicholas Korody

While the architecture monograph was once "thought to be dead", according to Amale Andraos, Dean of GSAPP at Columbia, its recent resurgence proves its continuing relevance. Andraos will lecture on WORKac, vis a vis the making of...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-09-26T15:17:00-04:00

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Sianne Ngai: Theory of the Gimmick | September 26, recommended by Justine Testado

Sianne Ngai. Photo via SCI-Arc.

Join Stanford University Professor of English Sianne Ngai in this SCI-Arc lecture tonight that will delve into the “Theory of the Gimmick”. Ngai's current project explores the “uneasy mix of attraction and repulsion produced by the gimmick across a range of forms specific to western capitalism”.

Core77 Conference 2016 DESIGNING HERE/NOW | September 29-30, recommended by Alexander Walter

Here's another mustn't-miss event: DESIGNING HERE/NOW brings together designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, scientists...

This week's picks for LA architecture and design events

2016-09-19T17:42:00-04:00

The summer holidays are over and it's back to the grind with a new season full of architecture and design events! Wondering where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater L.A. area? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of noteworthy events around town that are not to be missed.

Check back regularly so you don't miss out on our latest event recommendations. Here are this week's L.A. picks.

VRLA School: S//A Presents – Architecting Experiences for VR + AR | September 24, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

VR/AR stands to change the architecture profession forever – and no doubt draw architects away from a traditional practice, into focusing entirely on virtual spaces. This panel will pick the brains of a variety of professionals to frame how architects and designers can ultimately benefit from adopting VR/AR tools.

Fast Forward: The Architecture of William F. Cody | Open now until September 25, recommended by Justine Testado

It's the final week for the William F....