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 launching an LA branch this week. To celebrate, they're hosting a party at Jai & Jai Gallery in Chinatown, followed by a "think-in" the next day at UCLA (with an all-star roster of participants). Both events are free and not to be missed!

The Kid Gets Out of the Picture | Open now until January 8, 2017, recommended by Justine Testado

Image via Materials and Applications.

Stop by Materials & Applications for their latest exhibition, The Kid Gets Out of the Picture, which is open now until January 8. Co-curated by Los Angeles Design Group with First Office, Laurel Broughton/Andrew Kovacs, and Hirsuta, the exhibition remixes the aesthetic principles of early 19th century English landscape architecture. 

MetaModern | Open now until February 27, 2016, recommended by Alexander Walter

Edgar Orlaineta, Narcissus, 2002, Two LCW chairs (Charles and Ray Eames, 1946, for Herman Miller, reproduction), steel cables Courtesy Sara Meltzer, New York, © Edgar Orlaineta

It's time to get out of the city, head for the desert, and flip modernism on its head: this newly opened exhibition at the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center features young artists reinterpreting iconic pieces of modernist art and design in surprising new configurations.

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