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On the Map Photos – Twin Houses and Step up on 5th
Photos from the On the Map: Habitation site visits to the Twin Houses in Pacific Palisades, designed by Predock_Frane, and Step up on 5th, designed by Pugh+Scarpa. The site visits were on August 18th & 25th. 09.05.2010 affordable housing|Habitation|housing|On the Map|Predock Frane Architects|Pugh+Scarpa |
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Photos from Opening Night of Wachsmann Exhibit
Photos from the opening night of the exhibit: Connection Points: Konrad Wachsmann Reconsidered – Analytical Drawings and Models by John Enright. |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 19, 2010
DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 19, 2010 UPCOMING/ONGOING |
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John Leighton Chase, 1953-2010
The Los Angeles Forum is saddened to hear the news that author and Urban Designer John Chase passed away on August 13th, 2010. John was a fixture in the Los Angeles design community for decades, and our organization is indebted … | + 08.14.2010 John Chase |
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On the Map – Photos of New Carver Apartments
Photos from the On the Map: Habitation -The New Carver Apartments, by Michael Maltzan. Supportive Housing for the Skid Row Housing Trust. 08.12.2010 affordable housing|Carver Apartments|Habitation|housing|Michael Maltzan|On the Map|Skid Row Housing Trust |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 9, 2010
DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 9, 2010 UPCOMING/ONGOING |
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On the Map: Bubeshko Apartments – Site Visit Photos
Photos from the LA Forum On the Map visit to the Bubeshko Apartment buiding, originally by R.M. Schindler, and recently rehabilitated by DSH Architects. 08.07.2010 Bubeshko Apartments|DSH|event photos|Habitation|housing|On the Map|Schindler |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 2, 2010
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: July 27, 2010
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On the Map: Harper Apartments – Site Visit Photos
Site Visit Photos from the LA Forum’s On the Map 2010: Habitation Series. 07.24.2010 event photos|Habitation|Harper West Hollywood|housing|On the Map|Ric Abramson |
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Pecha Kucha Femmes Fatales IV Photos
Photos from the Femmes Fatales IV Pecha-Kucha @ WUHO on July 14th. event photos|Femmes Fatales|Pecha Kucha |
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Dingbat 2.0 Panel Discussion Photos
In conjunction with the DINGBAT 2.0 COMPETITION & EXHIBITION, the LA Forum held two panel discussions to consider Dingbat apartment buildings from urban and iconographic points of view. The discussions covered a range of topics, including the submitted and winning … | + Dingbat 2.0|event photos|panel discussion |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar July 19, 2010
Weekly listings for LA Forum and Los Angeles architecture, urbanism, art & design events. 07.20.2010 Delirious LA Calender |
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Rome Prize Applications for 2011
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Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition – Opening Night
Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition – Opening Night |
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Neil Denari – the Artless Drawing
Neil Denari – the Artless Drawing 06.01.2010 architectural drawings|Neil Denari |
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Dingbat 2.0 Competition: Site Photos of Alleys
Site photos of alleys for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition. 05.13.2010 Dingbat 2.0 |
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Dingbat 2.0: Archinect Added as Media Sponsor
The LA Forum is pleased to announce the addition of ARCHINECT as Media Sponsor for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition. Archinect was initially developed in 1997 by LA Forum friend Paul Petrunia (Paul also developed the first LA Forum website … | + 05.08.2010 Archinect|Dingbat 2.0|Paul Petrunia |
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Dingbat 2.0: Jury adds John Chase
The LA Forum is pleased to announce the addition of author, Urban Designer, and noted Dingbat apartments authority John Chase to the jury for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition. Chase joins Barbara Bestor, Tedd Cruz, Dana Cuff, Neil Denari … | + 05.04.2010 competition jury|Dingbat 2.0|John Chase |
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Dingbat 2.0: Jury adds Joshua Prince-Ramus
The LA Forum is pleased to announce the addition of Joshua Prince-Ramus to the jury for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition. He joins Barbara Bestor, Tedd Cruz, Dana Cuff and Neil Denari on the jury. |
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Dingbat 2.0 – Site Plans Now Available
Site plans are now available for use in the Dingbat 2.0 competition. These are basic drawings showing lot sizes, building footprints, setbacks, public sidewalks, driveways and parking areas for the sites. Basic descriptions are provided for types of buildings in … | + 04.26.2010 Dingbat 2.0 |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: April 22, 2010
DELIRIOUS LA Calendar LA Forum on FACEBOOK THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Friday 4/23 – Sunday 4/25, 2010, Trajector Art Fair in collaboration with artBrussels, BROODWORK presents artists, architects and designers … | + 04.22.2010 Delirious LA Calender |
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pecha kucha #20 (!): Saturday, April 24 2010
PECHA KUCHA #20 (!): Saturday, April 24, 2010 |
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Los Angeles Pair Included as Rome Prize Winners
The winners of the 2010-2011 Rome Prize have been announced by the American Academy in Rome, and include Los Angeles’s Fritz Haeg and Joshua G. Stein, winners in the Landscape Architecture and Architecture categories, respectively. Haeg won for … | + 04.16.2010 Fritz Haeg|Joshua G. Stein|Rome Prize |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: April 15, 2010
DELIRIOUS LA Calendar Become a fan of the THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Thursday 4/15 THE VISUAL ECOLOGY OF ADVERTISING AND ARCHITECTURE outdoor media, art, architecture, and planning experts will focus on current architectural signage and surface … | + 04.15.2010 Delirious LA Calender |
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Trajector + BROODWORK
April 23-25, 2010, Trajector Art Fair in collaboration with artBrussels, (LA Forum friends) BROODWORK presents artists, architects and designers who further the discussion of creative practice and family life. |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – April 6, 2010
DELIRIOUS LA Calendar Become a fan of the THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Tuesday 4/6 USC URBAN GROWTH SEMINAR with Qingyun Ma, Dean, School of Architecture, University of Southern California | seminar 12:15pm at USC SPPD … | + 04.07.2010 Delirious LA Calender |
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DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – March 30, 2010
A weekly list of new and ongoing art, architecture and design events in the Los Angeles area. March 30, 2010. 03.31.2010 Delirious LA Calender |
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New LA Forum Website – Beta Launch
The current website was launched in March, 2010. |
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ARCHITIZER Website Launch Party
Please join the LA Forum for the launch of the website ARCHITIZER, an architecture/networking site. 03.07.2010 Architizer |
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Book Launch: Meet the Nelsons, Wes Jones
Please join the LA Forum for the launch of Wes Jones: Meet the Nelsons at SCI-Arc main space, 960 East 3rd, Los Angeles. 01.25.2010 book launch|Meet the Nelsons|SCI-Arc|Wes Jones |
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LA Forum interview in Abitare Blog
An interview of Ilaria Mazzoleni with Mohamed Sharif who steps down as director of the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. LINK: abitare.it 12.17.2009 Abitare|Mohamed Sharif |
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Log 17 Launch
Log 17, guest edited by Mark Foster Gage and Florencia Pita, features essays and conversations focusing on relationships between new media and materiality in architecture – with an emphasis on sensation and affect. 12.08.2009 book launch|LAXART|Log |
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Future Archeology Exhibit Featured in ABITARE Blog
The LA Forum’s current exhibition FUTURE ARCHEOLOGY (the work of SO-IL) is featured in ABITARE blog: www.abitare.it 10.01.2009 Abitare|blogs|SO-IL |
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UPDATE: Future Archeology exhibition (NEW conversation date)
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Pendulum Plane Publicity
Read recent articles about the LA Forum’s Liner Competition winner, Pendulum Plane. |
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2009 Membership Drive: complimentary LA Forum merchandise with membership
Membership helps sustain LA Forum website maintenance and archive development, exhibitions, lectures, symposia, competitions, publications and special events. Members support innovative architecture and design and receive free entry to LA Forum lectures, site visits and discounts on exhibition related merchandise. … | + 07.21.2009 Membership |
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Book Launch: Pendulum Plane, Oyler Wu Collaborative
The LA Forum is pleased to announce the publication of Pendulum Plane by Oyler Wu Collaborative. Please join Jenny Wu, Dwayne Oyler, and us for a LAUNCH PARTY and BOOK SIGNING at the LA Forum Gallery. 07.10.2009 book launch|competitions|Liner|Oyler Wu|Pendulum Plane|Todd Gannon |
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LOG Magazine
Observations on architecture and the contemporary city |
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Pendulum Plane by Oyler Wu Collaborative Recognized in Dezeen Magazine
Pendulum Plane, Oyler Wu Collaborative’s installation for LA Forum recognized in Dezeen magazine. 03.04.2009 competitions|Liner|Oyler Wu Collaborative|Pendulum Plane |
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ForumPortfolio2: RELEASE PARTY!
The LA Forum is pleased to announce the release of ForumPortfolio2. |
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December 10th – Sam Lubell Book Signing
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Opening for Liner competition winning entry: Friday, August 29th
Please join us for the opening of PENDULUM PLANE, the LA FORUM’s new gallery display system, designed by Oyler Wu Collaborative. PENDULUM PLANE was the winning entry in the LA FORUM’s Liner Competition in Spring 2008. |
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Liner Competition Deadline Extended
There has been an excellent response to the Liner competition. Thanks to everyone who has submitted their registration forms thus far. |
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LA FORUM Liner Competition: Download drawings and photos of the space
Click here to download drawings and photos of the space. |
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Liner Competition Shortlist
Thank you to each of the design teams who participated in the First Round of L.A. Forum’s Liner Competition. As Juror Quinyun Ma commented, the ideas presented open the way to a wide-ranging, free-wheeling discussion about small urban spaces on … | + 04.28.2008 assembledge|competitions|F-Lab|Kuth Ranieri Architects|Oyler Wu Collaborative|Pablo Maida|Qingyun Ma |
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Polar Inertia Book Launch
LA Forum is pleased to announce the release of the latest Pamphlet, Polar Inertia: Migrating Urban Systems. |
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Website Overhaul
Phase I of our website overhaul is complete. This version is a cleaner, more streamlined version of our previous site, and will act as an interim site while we begin our fundraising drive for Phase 2: a site that will … | + website |
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Round One Jury for Liner Competition Announced and Registration Form Available
The Round One Jury for the LA FORUM Liner Competition are: |
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Thom Mayne Book Signing/Morphosis Tour: Dec 9, 2006
The LA Forum invites you to a special office tour and book signing with Thom Mayne |
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Scott Johnson FAIA, Book signing event, January 18
The LA Forum and Hennessey & Ingalls invites you to a booksigning by Scott Johnson FAIA.. Hennessey & Ingalls |
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Domus Celebration: December 14, 2006, 7-9 pm
The LA Forum, Taschen, Diva, Kartell and Surface Magazine invite you to celebrate the publication of Domus 1928-1999 Vols. 1-12 |
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Celebration Of Innovation With Peter Cook : June 7, 2006
Join the Architect’s Newspaper, Buro Happold, Audi, and the Forum for a special cocktail party on June 7 at which Peter Cook will be our guest of honor. The event takes place at the Audi Design Center, 2772 Donald Douglas … | + 05.21.2006 Peter Cook |
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Possible Futures for Downtown @ Not the Cornfield, March 24
What possible futures exist for a sustainable downtown Los Angeles? For nearly half a century downtown Los Angeles was virtually abandoned as a place to both live and work. In recent years however, some urban renewal plans have come to … | + 03.19.2006 Downtown Los Angeles|Future Los Angeles|Not the Cornfield |
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Forum Holiday Party + launch of log 6 : december 4, 2005
Please join the Forum together with co-editors Cynthia Davidson and Denise Bratton in celebrating the holiday season and the Los Angeles launch of Log 6 at the Mountain Bar in Chinatown, Sunday evening, December 4, 2005, from 5 on. |
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Forum Holiday Party + Launch of Log 6 : December 4, 2005
Please join the Forum together with co-editors Cynthia Davidson and Denise Bratton in celebrating the holiday season and the Los Angeles launch of Log 6 at the Mountain Bar in Chinatown, Sunday evening, December 4, 2005, from 5 on. |
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Forum Film Night at the Mountain : September 27, 2005
The Forum Nights at the Mountain are a monthly event organized by the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design at the Mountain Bar located in Chinatown, Los Angeles. They provide an open public discussion and informal meeting around a … | + 09.18.2005 Architecture Stories|Forum Night |
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Forum Night at Gardenlab: September 11, 2004
The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design is sponsoring a reception at the GardenLAb Experiment located in the Art Center College of Design’s Wind Tunnel (designed by Daly/Genik) this Saturday from 8pm-10pm, 950 South Raymond, Pasadena, California. |
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I Fell to Her: May 26, 2004
The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design presents the West Coast Premiere of “I Fell to Her” 1995, 29 mins., dir. R. Malcolm Hunybee. |
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Global Warming Party: April 22, 2004
The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design invites you to a Global Warming Party, Thursday April 22, 2004 (Earth Day). Program: Climate modification, Disaster movies, Cool music, Slow Dancing and Hot Drinks. Please dress appropriate, high temperature/humidity on … | + 04.11.2004 climate|dancing|Global Warming Party |
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Communities Under Construction At A+D
CITYWORKSLOSANGELES, a volunteer based forum drawn from the architecture and design community, opens its inaugural exhibition, Communities Under Construction, designed to celebrate recently completed and ongoing community-based projects for nonprofit clients in Los Angeles. |
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Announcing New Forum Board of Directors
The Forum is pleased to welcome new members to our board of directors: Denise Bratton, David Erdman, Dan Herman, Liz Falletta, Therese Kelly, Francois Perrin, Steve Rowell, and Olivier Touraine. |
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2003 Forumemo Portfolio at LACE
Over the past year the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design has sponsored, curated, and distributed an astounding collaboration of eight pairings, called the Forumemo, between emerging local artists and architects who are all based in the Los … | + 12.24.2003 Forum Portfolio|Forumemo|Jorge Pardo |
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Building Paradise: Exile Architecture in Southern California
Architects from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, who found their way to the Pacific Ocean in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s as emigres or exiles, exercised a powerful influence on the development of a specifically Californian modernist architecture. The symposium “Building … | + 11.18.2003 Albert Frey|Building Paradise: Exile Architecture in Southern California|emigres|Frank Escher|Hans Hollein|Julius Shulman|Richard Neutra|Rudolph Schindler|symposium|Thomas Hines|USC School of Architecture|Villa Aurora |
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Dead Malls Competition – Online Press
http://retailtrafficmag.com/development/renovation/retail_visions_future/ |
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Dead Malls Results
The jury for the second phase of the Dead Malls competition met on Saturday, March 1. In conjunction with the announcement of the competition winners and the exhibition of the finalists’ work, a reception to celebrate the completion of the … | + 03.10.2003 Anne Rosenberg|Carmen Suero|Central Office of Architecture|competitions|Dead Malls|Elizabeth Meyer|Eric Kahn|Interboro|Jill Stoner|Pierre De Angelis|Ron Golan|Russell Thomsen|shopping mall|Stoner Meek|Susannah Meek|typology |
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Night of the Living Dead Mall
The jury for the first phase of the “Dead Malls” competition will meet this Saturday, December 7. Following the judging, a “Night of the Living Dead Mall” celebration featuring the music of DJ Dewey Ambrosino will take place at The … | + 12.03.2002 competitions|Dead Malls |
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Dead Malls Round One Results
The LA Forum would like to thank everyone who entered the competition. We received a wide range of proposals dealing with a variety of malls worldwide each of which explored a diverse array of strategies for the malls’ resuscitation. The … | + 11.24.2002 competitions|Dead Malls |