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      Delirious LA Calendar – January 16th, 2012

Delirious LA Calendar
January 16th, 2012
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LA Forum Events
Leah Beeferman- Online Gallery
- Subtle structures
- Non-measurable objects
- Interchangeable sequences
- Events over time
- Uncertain spaces (indeterminate)
- Interference and accumulations
- Invented collisions (and their results)
- Invented events
- Transparent events
- Invisible architecture
MORE»
Upcoming … | +

 01.25.2012 



      New LA Forum Board Members – 2012

As the LA Forum gears up for it’s 25th year in 2012, we welcome new members to the Board of Directors – James Black, Russel Fortmeyer, Matthew Gillis, Eric Olsen, Bianca Siegl, Michael Sweeney, Linda Taalman and Mimi Zeiger.  The … | +

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      Subterranea: Drawings by Rick Gooding @ WEDGE Gallery

SUBTERRANEA: DRAWINGS BY RICK GOODING
January 10–28, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, January 13th, 6:30pm

For Subterranea, architect Rick Gooding created more than 30 meticulous pencil drawings, each depicting an imaginary underground realm. Winding tunnels and labyrinthine passageways are rendered by hand, resolving … | +

 01.09.2012 ||



      Delirious LA – January 9th, 2012

Delirious LA
January 9th, 2012
Upcoming Los Angeles Area Events
Eames Words onScreen with Eames
A+D Museum presents EAMES onSCREEN with Eames Demetrios, grandson of Charles & Ray. Eames will present a special and surprising selection of Eames films as well as premiere his … | +

 01.08.2012 



      Delirious LA – January 4th, 2012

Delirious LA
January 4th, 2012
Leah Beeferman- Online Gallery
- Subtle structures
- Non-measurable objects
- Interchangeable sequences
- Events over time
- Uncertain spaces (indeterminate)
- Interference and accumulations
- Invented collisions (and their results)
- Invented events
- Transparent events
- Invisible architecture
MORE»
Upcoming Los Angeles Area Events
Exhibition by Ramiro Diaz-Granados, Amorphis, SCI-Arc
Go … | +

 01.04.2012 



      25th Anniversary Membership Drive

Letter from the President
Dear Friend of the LA Forum,
As we come to the end of another active and successful year, I want to take a few moments to recap 2011 and look toward next year. Our successes in 2011 would … | +

 12.20.2011 



      “URBAN INTERVENTION”: Design Ideas Competition

“URBAN INTERVENTION”: DESIGN IDEAS COMPETITION LAUNCHED
FOR THE GREEN LID AT THE HEART OF SEATTLE CENTER

Competition invites ideas for the next generation of public space
Urban Intervention: The Howard S. Wright Design Ideas Competition for Public Space invites designers to conceive a fresh … | +

 12.12.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar December 5th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
December 5th, 2011

LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Leah Beeferman- Online Gallery
- Subtle structures
- Non-measurable objects
- Interchangeable sequences
- Events over time
- Uncertain spaces (indeterminate)
- Interference and accumulations
- Invented collisions (and their results)
- Invented events
- Transparent events
- Invisible architecture
MORE»
UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Lecture … | +

 12.05.2011 



      LA Forum Dead Malls Competition Re-Exhibited in Italy

In the 2003, The LA Forum held an ideas competition and exhibition, Dead Malls, to envision the future of the mall. Some of these innovated works will be exhibited at the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Italy!
RE – CYCLE.
Strategies … | +

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      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar November 28th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
November 28th, 2011
UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Lecture by John Southern, Sci-ARC
Seeding Production, Explorations and Conjecture in Contemporary Culture
John Southern (M.Arch ‘02), a SCI-Arc alumnus, is principal of the Los Angeles architecture firm Urban Operations. His office specializes in … | +

 11.28.2011 



      EVENT: En Plein Air in El Segundo

EVENT: En Plein Air in El Segundo
An Incendiary Traces event organized by artist Hillary Mushkin
The first phase of Incendiary Traces is a project for the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design online gallery, here.

Co-organized with Robby Herbst in conjunction with … | +

 11.27.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – November 21th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
November 21th, 2011
UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Lecture by John Southern, Sci-ARC
Seeding Production, Explorations and Conjecture in Contemporary Culture
John Southern (M.Arch ‘02), a SCI-Arc alumnus, is principal of the Los Angeles architecture firm Urban Operations. His office specializes in … | +

 11.21.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – November 14th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
November 14th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
Film screening co-sponsored by Woodbury School of Architecture and the LA Forum
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio is … | +

 11.15.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – November 7th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
November 7th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
Film screening co-sponsored by Woodbury School of Architecture and the LA Forum
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio is … | +

 11.07.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – October 31st, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
October 31st, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Out There Doing It 2011: AfterImage
A provocation to cross-disciplinary conversation through expansion of the synergies between architecture and related design practices. Architects today co-conspire with a host of key figures in a fluid exchange … | +

 10.31.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – October 24th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
October 24th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Out There Doing It 2011: AfterImage
A provocation to cross-disciplinary conversation through expansion of the synergies between architecture and related design practices. Architects today co-conspire with a host of key figures in a fluid exchange … | +

 10.24.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: October 17, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
October 17th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Out There Doing It 2011: AfterImage
A provocation to cross-disciplinary conversation through expansion of the synergies between architecture and related design practices. Architects today co-conspire with a host of key figures in a fluid exchange … | +

 10.17.2011 



      Eames House Fundraiser

Escher GuneWardena is proud to be working with the Eames Foundation on the restoration of the Charles and Ray Eames house. With the living room temporarily on display at LACMA, a conservation project that began decades ago has moved into … | +

 10.11.2011 ||



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: October 10, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
October 10th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Out There Doing It 2011: AfterImage
A provocation to cross-disciplinary conversation through expansion of the synergies between architecture and related design practices. Architects today co-conspire with a host of key figures in a fluid exchange of … | +

 10.10.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: October 3, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
October 3rd, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Out There Doing It 2011: AfterImage
A provocation to cross-disciplinary conversation through expansion of the synergies between architecture and related design practices. Architects today co-conspire with a host of key figures in a fluid exchange … | +

 10.03.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar September 26th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
September 26th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Out There Doing It 2011: AfterImage
A provocation to cross-disciplinary conversation through expansion of the synergies between architecture and related design practices. Architects today co-conspire with a host of key figures in a fluid exchange … | +

 09.26.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar September 19th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
September 19th, 2011

LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:

Out There Doing It 2011: AfterImage
A provocation to cross-disciplinary conversation through expansion of the synergies between architecture and related design practices. Architects today co-conspire with a host of key figures in a fluid … | +

 09.19.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar September 12th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
September 12th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:

Tm Gratkowski – Online Gallery on laforum.org
Beyond Merzbau, ready-mades, combines, deconstruction, and mash-ups lies a tangle of fragmented vignettes, patterns, and colors where one encounters thought-provoking words, images, and stories and the … | +

 09.12.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar September 5th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
September 5th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:

Tm Gratkowski – Online Gallery on laforum.org
Beyond Merzbau, ready-mades, combines, deconstruction, and mash-ups lies a tangle of fragmented vignettes, patterns, and colors where one encounters thought-provoking words, images, and stories and the … | +

 09.06.2011 



      OTM 2011 – CUC Photographs

Photos from On the Map 2011, Varying Degrees tour of the New Claremont University Consortium Administrative Center by Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects on August 25th, 2011.  The tour was lead by Paul Lewis of LTL Architects.

Photos by Christopher van Leeuwen and Carmen … | +

 09.02.2011 |||



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 29th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
August 29th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:

Tm Gratkowski – Online Gallery on laforum.org
Beyond Merzbau, ready-mades, combines, deconstruction, and mash-ups lies a tangle of fragmented vignettes, patterns, and colors where one encounters thought-provoking words, images, and stories and the … | +

 08.29.2011 



      Photos from Pecha Kucha – Femmes Fatales V

Photos from our Pecha Kucha event on August 17, 2011.

All photos by Christopher van Leeuwen.

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      LTL Exhibit Photos – 4 Projects: 4 Scales

Photos from the LA Forum’s Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis exhibit, 4 Projects: 4 Scales, currently on display at the WUHO gallery.
All photos by Luke Gibson Photography.

 08.24.2011 |



      On the Map: Varying Degrees – Morphosis Cahill Center Photos

Photos from the August 11th trip to visit the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech by Morphosis Architects, part of the s On the Map 2011 – Varying Degrees series.
All photos by Christopher van Leeuwen.

 08.17.2011 |||



      LA Forum’s LTL Exhibit mentioned in NY Times Design Blog

The LA Forum exhibit 4 Projects: 4 Scales, currently on display at the WUHO gallery in Hollywood through August 27th is mentioned in today’s New York Times Design Blog.
For a link to the article click here.

 08.04.2011 |



      Photos from Opening Night of LTL Exhibit

Photos from the opening night of the Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis exhibit 4 Projects: 4 Scales on Thursday, July 21st – LA Forum Events @ WUHO Gallery.
All photos by Luke Gibson Photography.

 07.27.2011 |



      OTM 2011- GALCIT Photographs

Photos from On the Map 2011, Varying Degrees trip to the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories California Institute of Technology by John Friedmann Alice Kimm Architects
June 30th, 2011.

 07.12.2011 |||



      Delirious LA – July 4th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
July 4th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
ON THE MAP 2011 – Varying Degrees:
Recent Projects in Higher Education
Higher education plays a major role in this country’s development and economic recovery.  Around Los Angeles, academic institutions such a Caltech, UCLA, USC, … | +

 07.04.2011 



      Little Tokyo Design Week: Future City

Little Tokyo Design Week: Future City (LTDW) celebrates the power and energy of cutting edge design and technology now emerging from Japan and its intersection with current trends materializing in Los Angeles. Design’s ability to move us towards a more … | +

 06.29.2011 



      Field Operations on KCRW’s DnA

James Corner Field Operations and their park project for Santa Monica, currently included in the New Park Design in Los Angeles exhibit being shown at LA Forum Events @ WUHO, are topics today on KCRW’s Design and Architecture radio show.

 06.21.2011 ||



      LA Forum Exhibit ‘New Parks’ in the LA Times:

The Los Angeles Times has run a long piece about the New Parks exhibit currently on display at LA Forum Events @ WUHO

 06.10.2011 



      New Parks Exhibit Mentioned on Curating Los Angeles Blog

A piece about the upcoming LA Forum exhibition New Park Design in Los Angeles appears on the website Curating Los Angeles, which explores the people, places and culture of the greater LA area. You can find the post here.

 05.31.2011 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar May 30th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
May 30th, 2011
LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
Upcoming LA Forum Exhibition: New Park Design in Los Angeles
Within the past five years many important parks have been designed for a wide variety of areas within … | +

 05.30.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar – May 23rd, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar

May 23rd, 2011

LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:

PechaKucha #27: BLINK
Featuring the diversity of graphic design in Los Angeles.
Hosted by Behance / AIGA LA and the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. … | +

 05.23.2011 



      Delirious LA – May 16, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
May 16th, 2011

LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:
John Chase’s West Hollywood: An Architectural Walking Tour
The late John Chase was the City of West Hollywood’s urban designer for 14 years. During that time, he made his mark on every corner of … | +

 05.16.2011 



      John Chase’s West Hollywood: An Architectural Walking Tour

John Chase’s West Hollywood: An Architectural Walking Tour
Saturday, May 21, 2011
10:00 a.m.: Tour departs from West Hollywood Gateway
7100 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood
Meet in front of the Starbucks in the courtyard
6:00 p.m.: Drinks at Barney’s Beanery
8447 Santa Monica Blvd, West … | +

 05.11.2011 ||||||||



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – May 9th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
May 9th, 2011

LOS ANGELES FORUM EVENTS:

PechaKucha #27: BLINK
Featuring the diversity of graphic design in Los Angeles.
Hosted by Behance / AIGA LA and the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. PK 27 Features presentations by: … | +

 05.09.2011 



      Pecha Kucha #27: BLINK

PechaKucha #27: BLINK
Featuring the diversity of graphic design in Los Angeles

Hosted by Behance / AIGA LA and the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
Thursday, May 26, 2011 from 7-10pm
Doors Open at 7:00 pm, presentations begin at 7:30 pm.
Get there early, … | +

 05.04.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar – April 26th, 2011

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
April 26th, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:

Suzanne Lacy presents:The University of Local Knowledge
A talk hosted at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
Suzanne Lacy speaks on her recent project in Bristol, England entitled The University … | +

 04.30.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar – April 17th, 2011

Delirious LA Calendar – April 17th, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:

AIA|LA Committee Program Tour the LEED-Certified Children’s Institute Facility
Join the AIA|LA Interior Architecture Committee for a tour of the new campus of Children’s Institute, Inc. … | +

 04.17.2011 



      ForumFest 2011 Thanks to our Supporters!

Thank you to all of who attended ForumFest 2011 on Saturday, April 2nd, supporting the LA Forum and renewing your membership! Festivities for 300 people flowed inside and out of St. Thomas the Apostle School with dumplings and pie, … | +

 04.10.2011 |



      The Beta Movement

The Beta Movement
Anya Sirota, Steven Christensen, Jean Louis Farges
with the support of Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
March 31 to April 10, 2011
Opening Thursday, March 31 from 7-10pm
WUHo – Woodbury Hollywood, 6518 Hollywood Blvd.
The Beta Movement targets spatial saturation … | +

 03.29.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar – March 21st, 2011

Delirious LA Calendar – March 21, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
TOP FUEL: FILTERS FUNNELS FLOWS
Top Fuel: Filters Funnels Flows is a series of events that will explore the theme of performance as it impacts, transforms, and advances the architectural design … | +

 03.21.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar – March 14th, 2011

Delirious LA Calendar – March 14th, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Masters of Architecture spotlights Craig Dykers, AIA
Craig Dyker, AIA an international architect with a reputation for producing innovative and fluid designs, will speak at the Masters of Architecture’s annual lecture … | +

 03.13.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar – March 7, 2011

Delirious LA Calendar – March 7, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
HAMMER Lecture : Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando is the only architect to have won the discipline’s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. His award-winning designs … | +

 03.08.2011 



      LIES

Art Center College of Design Media Design Program (MDP), in conjunction with Big City Forum presents:
LIES
This special evening of readings features an eclectic group of designers, artists and writers for whom writing or other narrative forms operate in a critical … | +

 02.18.2011 |||



      Delirious Calendar – February 14th, 2011

Delirious Calendar – February 14th, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
The Agency of Water: Scarcity, Abundance, and Design in Dialogue
Two lectures and a panel discussion, hosted by the Arid Lands Institute
Vinayak Bharne – Urbanism, Infrastructure & the Urban Water Crisis: … | +

 02.14.2011 



      LACMA Architecture Lecture: Bjarke Ingels, March 3rd

Architecture Lecture: Bjarke Ingels

March 3rd, 2011  7:30 pm

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Bjarke Ingels is the founding partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), which he started in 2005. Recently completed projects include the Danish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo … | +

 02.13.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar – January 24th, 2011

Delirious LA Calendar – January 24th, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda, UCLA AUD Beyond the Fringe
Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda are both architects, regular contributors to El Croquis and founders of … | +

 01.24.2011 



      New Members of the 2011 LA Forum Board of Directors

The Forum is pleased to welcome as new members of our board of directors: Carmen Cham, Duane McLemore, John Winston and Rosten Woo.
The Forum would also like to acknowledge the contributions of retiring board members Sara Daleiden and Michael Osman.
For … | +

 01.22.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar January 17th, 2011

Delirious LA Calendar January 17th, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Jorge Francisco Liernur: Austral Group: A CIAM Brigade in the Far South; 1937-1948, SCI-Arc
Argentinean art and architecture historian Jorge Francisco Liernur is renowned for his comprehensive studies on contemporary architecture in … | +

 01.17.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar January 10th, 2011

Delirious LA Calendar January 10th, 2011

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Sustainability and Heritage in a World of Change
Sustainable development-the concept of meeting the worlds current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same-has important implications for civil … | +

 01.16.2011 



      Delirious LA Calendar December 13, 2010

Delirious LA Calendar December 13, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
2010 Annual SCDF Design Awards Event
The Annual SCDF Design Awards recognize the contributions and commitment of the business enviroment and the communities of Southern California.  This year, the following … | +

 12.13.2010 



      Delirious LA Calendar December 6, 2010

Delirious LA Calendar December 6, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Hilary Sample/MOS: Recent Work
Hilary Sample is a principal of MOS, which she leads together with co-founder Michael Meredith. Their office is an interdisciplinary practice engaging in architecture and design through an … | +

 12.06.2010 



      Delirious LA Calendar November 29, 2010

Delirious LA Calendar November 29, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
UCLA Architecture & Urban Design : Marcos Cruz
Marcos Cruz, based in London, is an architect, principal of
marcoandmarjan, and director of the Bartlett School of
Architecture in London. His research is dedicated to … | +

 11.29.2010 



      Delirious LA Calendar November 22, 2010

Delirious LA Calendar November 22, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Lecture: Thom Mayne
Morphosis, Woodbury University in the Ahmanson Main Space.
November 23, 2010 – 6:00pm
MAP
UCLA Architecture & Urban Design : Marcos Cruz
Marcos Cruz, based in London, is an architect, principal of
marcoandmarjan, … | +

 11.22.2010 



      A tribute to John Chase in December issue of arcCA – a call for participation

Subject: A tribute to John Chase in December issue of arcCA – a call for participation
A letter from Annie Chu:
Dear friends and colleagues of John Chase,
Like you, I was shocked and saddened by the passing of John this Summer.
I have … | +

 11.15.2010 



      Delirious LA Calendar November 15, 2010

Delirious LA Calendar November 15, 2010.
To be added to the weekly emailing of this list, write to:  lists@laforum.org

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Tour the Mark Taper Forum with AIA|LA Historic Resources Committee
The AIA|LA Historic Resources Committee invites you to … | +

  



      Delirious LA Calendar November 8th, 2010

Delirious LA Calendar November 8, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Designing a Solid Foundation in Construction Administration
Legal Trends Seminar Series by the Association for Women in Architecture – Los Angeles
The Construction Administration phase presents a variety of challenges for design … | +

 11.08.2010 



      Delirious LA Calendar November 1, 2010

Delirious LA Calendar November 1, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Taking the Long View: Design and the Nonprofit
Most of today’s positive design solutions focus on green design. Although issues such as efficiency and sustainability are critical, one can’t ignore equally pressing … | +

 11.01.2010 



      Delirious LA Calendar October 25,2010

Delirious LA Calendar October 25, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Tom Hines at Neutra VDL House
An evening lecture with Professor Tom Hines at the Neutra VDL House.
Professor Hines will be presenting his new book:
“Architecture Of The Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970″
Cost: … | +

 10.25.2010 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar October 18, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar October 18, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
“THE L.A. RIVER:  CAN A REVITALIZED RIVER BE A CATALYST FOR A GREENER L.A.?”
The new Westside Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Los Angeles Chapter will present a … | +

 10.18.2010 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar October 11, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar October 11, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Downtown 2020 – Continuing the Renaissance
The Central City Association of Los Angeles, the city’s premier business advocacy group, will host “Downtown 2020: Continuing the Renaissance,” a half-day symposium that will feature … | +

 10.11.2010 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar October 5, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar October 5, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
Bernard Tschumi: Totally Generic
SCI-Arc W.M. Keck Lecture Hall : Tschumi’s work has been widely exhibited, with solo exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Venice Biennale. … | +

 10.05.2010 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar September 27, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar September 27, 2010

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES AREA EVENTS:
David Benjamin: Proof
SCI-Arc W.M. Keck Lecture Hall: David Benjamin is Principal of architecture firm The Living, and Director of the Living Architecture Lab at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, … | +

 09.27.2010 



      IMAGE.ARCHITECTURE.NOW Symposium & Exhibition – Julius Shulman Institute

SYMPOSIUM PANEL DISCUSSIONS 3-6 PM
$15 prepay or at door (seating is limited)
Tickets can be purchased at: www.woodbury.edu/jsi
Two provocative panels moderated by architect Neil Denari and historian Kazys Varnelis featuring architects and photographers in conversation. Emceed by Frances Anderton, host of … | +

 09.19.2010 |



      MAK Center Architecture Tour 2010

Limited tickets are still available for:
MAK Center Architecture Tour 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Lovell Health House (1929), Richard J. Neutra
Kun House (1936), Richard J. Neutra
Gold House (1945), R.M. Schindler
Hillside House (1948), Carl Louis Maston
Shulman House (1950), Raphael … | +

 09.18.2010 ||||||



      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 |||||



      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.
All photos by Luke Gibson Photography.

 08.22.2010 ||



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 19, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 19, 2010

UPCOMING/ONGOING
LA FORUM EVENTS
Pecha Kucha #25: Alternative Transportation and the Open City
The LA Forum co-hosts Pecha-Kucha #25: “Alternative Transportation and the Open City” with Rail LA
August 20th, 2010
Presentation starts at 8:20 pm
Event opening starts @ 7:00 … | +

 08.19.2010 



      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 



      On the Map – Photos & Review of the 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 ||||||



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 9, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 9, 2010

UPCOMING/ONGOING
LA FORUM EVENTS
On the Map:  HABITATION, 3rd Event – Carver Apartments by Michael Maltzan
The Carver Apartments is a new permanent supportive housing project designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture and developed by the Skid Row Housing … | +

 08.09.2010 



      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 ||||||



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar August 2, 2010

UPCOMING/ONGOING
LA FORUM EVENTS
On the Map:  HABITATION, 2nd Event -  Rehabilitation of Rudolph Schindler’s Bubeshko Apartment Building, by DSH
The restoration of Rudolph Schindler’s Bubeshko Apartments of 1938-41, one of the few realized and intact multi-family dwellings by this significant Los … | +

 08.02.2010 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: July 27, 2010

UPCOMING/ONGOING
LA FORUM EVENTS
On the Map 2010:  HABITATION
Second Event -  Rehabilitation of Rudolph Schindler’s Bubeshko Apartment Building, by DSH
The restoration of Rudolph Schindler’s Bubeshko Apartments of 1938-41, one of the few realized and intact multi-family dwellings by this significant … | +

 07.27.2010 



      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 |||||



      Pecha Kucha Femmes Fatales IV Photos

Photos from the Femmes Fatales IV Pecha-Kucha @ WUHO on July 14th.

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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 … | +

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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 



      Rome Prize Applications for 2011

American Academy in Rome
Rome Prize 2011
Competition Deadline: 1 November 2010
Extended Deadline: 15 November 2010*
The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize competition.  One of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts … | +

 07.10.2010 



      Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition – Opening Night

Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition – Opening Night
Photos from the Exhibition opening.   Awards were given to the winning and honorable mention entries for the Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition.   For complete information on the winning work in the exhibit, see here.
All photos: Tom Queally … | +

 07.01.2010 ||



      Neil Denari – the Artless Drawing

Neil Denari – the Artless Drawing

06.01.2010 |



      Dingbat 2.0 Competition: Site Photos of Alleys

Site photos of alleys for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition.

 05.13.2010 



      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 ||



      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 ||



      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.
Joshua Prince-Ramus is Principal of … | +

 05.02.2010 ||



      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 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: April 22, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
April 22, 2010

LA Forum on FACEBOOK
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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 



      pecha kucha #20 (!): Saturday, April 24 2010

PECHA KUCHA #20 (!):

Saturday, April 24, 2010
a gently suggested $3 (all proceeds go to our host, Showcave)  Door @ 19:00 pm Presentation starts @ 20:20 pm Sharp!
Pecha Kucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and … | +

 04.21.2010 



      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 ||



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar: April 15, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
April 15, 2010

Become a fan of the
LA Forum on facebook

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 



      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.
http://www.trajectorartfair.org
http://www.trajectorartfair.org/artists.htm
www.broodwork.com

 04.14.2010 



      DELIRIOUS LA Calendar – April 6, 2010

DELIRIOUS LA Calendar
April 6, 2010

Become a fan of the
LA Forum on facebook

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