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Photo Credit: Ortiz Mexia Projects, Inc. Fall Arch Tour Fest: Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Renovation at the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract @ 1pm Additional information regarding the tour and check-in process will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event. Tour Organizer: Ortiz Mexia Projects, Inc. Renovation of a SFR in the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract. The project had lost contributing architectural designation due to loss of project vernacular as a result of an addition and…

Photo Credit: Steve King Architectural Imaging Fall Arch Tour Fest: Venice Infill Dwelling Unit @ 3pm Additional information regarding the tour and check-in process will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event. Tour Organizers: Mohamed Sharif and Todd Lynch This 1169 SF infill dwelling unit (IDU) capitalizes on the city’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) incentive for existing, small multi-family parcel owners to help alleviate LA’s affordable rental housing shortage. In this case, the project not only provides…

Photo Credit: Jordan Wyatt, AIA Fall Arch Tour Fest: Climate Change Case Study House #1 @ 11am Additional information regarding the tour and check-in process will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event. Tour Organizer: Jordan Wyatt Our recently completed fire rebuild home from the Woolsey Fire is an insightful approach for building resilient homes prepared for increasingly turbulent climate conditions, leveraging Passive House design and construction principles. A timely case study in light of the recent…

Photo Credit: Ema Peter Photography Fall Arch Tour Fest: West Los Angeles Residence @ 2pm Additional information regarding the tour and check-in process will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event. Tour Organizers: Elisabeth Wilkinson, Clive Wilkinson, FAIA The West Los Angeles Residence is the second house by Clive Wilkinson, FAIA. It was covered by Dwell magazine and featured on the cover of the November/December 2019 issue. That same year it won the Best of Year residential…

Photo Credit: Dave Burk Fall Arch Tour Fest: Loyola Marymount University School of Film & Television and Drollinger Family Stage @ 3.30pm Additional information regarding the tour and check-in process will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event. Tour Organizer: Carlos Madrid III LMU School of Film and Television (LMU SFTV) is state-of-the-art 24,000-square-foot classroom building, enabling the industry's specific production and presentation modes including stop-motion and camera-directing studios, technical labs for post-production and animation, flexible all-purpose…

Office Of: Office ADU - photo credit: Stephen Schauer Discover Innovative Living Spaces: The L.A. Forum Eastside ADU Tour Accessory Dwelling Units, granny flats, backyard cottages - whatever we call them, these self-contained living spaces are helping to reduce the gap between housing demand and supply. Typically built on the same lot as an existing single-family home, these small homes can increase housing supply, provide multi-generational living, and additional income to homeowners.  With the city of LA streamlining the permitting…