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October 2019
LA’S Road to More Housing
The Road to More Housing Three Angelenos That Architects Need to Meet Increasing density is essential to reducing Los Angeles’ carbon foot print; so goes the underlying premise of the Urban Design Committee’s upcoming meeting. Three women, who directly impact the city in respect to this issue will share the results of their actions, then participate in an engaging conversation with attendees about how their work effects the larger issue and their needs and/or advocacy connects with our profession.…
Find out more »August 2020
Thom Mayne, FAIA, on Urban Projects
AIALA Urban Design Committee presents: Thom Mayne, FAIA: Combinatory Urbanism / Architecture as a Social Art 1.5 LU/HSW Pritzker Prize recipient Thom Mayne, FAIA of Morphosis Architects in Culver City, California will present a series of urban projects across a variety of scales that demonstrate the belief that architecture and urban planning are not mutually exclusive fields, nor do they occupy certain territories of scale. For Morphosis, every project begins with research as the driving force of production and the…
Find out more »September 2020
Re-Imagine LA (Measure J) and The Architect’s Role in Supporting a More Equitable City
AIA|LA JEDI Committee presents... Re-Imagine LA (Measure J) and The Architect’s Role in Supporting a More Equitable City REGISTER HERE. (Free w/ advance RSVP) On this November’s ballot, Measure J will give voters the opportunity to redirect LA county public funds from incarceration to community investment. According to Ananya Roy, director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, impending evictions due to the Covid 19 economic collapse could signify "the largest mass displacement in the history of the…
Find out more »May 2021
Christopher Hawthorne Low Rise Design Challenge Results
Christopher Hawthorne Returns with Results of the Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles Design Challenge AIALA Committee: Urban Design This is a virtual event. Zoom log-in information will be emailed to registrants 24 hours in advance from events@aialosangeles.org. If you do not receive a confirmation 24 hours prior to the event, please email events@aialosangeles.org. Christopher Hawthorne returns to the Urban Design Committee for a discussion of the results** of "Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles" (the design challenge organized by…
Find out more »June 2021
Gehry Partners, OLIN, & Team Present Plan for LA River
Gehry Partners, OLIN, and LA River Master Plan Project Team Present the Plan for the LA River AIALA Committee: Urban Design This is a virtual event. Zoom log-in information will be emailed to registrants 24 hours in advance from events@aialosangeles.org. If you do not receive a confirmation 24 hours prior to the event, please email events@aialosangeles.org. Gehry Partners, with OLIN and Geosyntec Consultants will present their work with LA County Public Works undertaking the first update of the Los Angeles…
Find out more »October 2021
Rosecrans Baldwin, Los Angeles and Everything Now
A Unique Perspective on the Past, Present and Future of LA: A Conversation with Author Rosecrans Baldwin, moderated by Gustavo Arellano AIALA Committee: Urban Design Registered attendees if you have not received your confirmation by 1:00PM on 10.14.21 a) check your email/junk mail for events@aialosangeles.org b) before 5P contact jessica@aialosangeles.org c) after 5P contact tibby@aialosangeles.org This event is SOLD OUT! We will not be allowing Walk-ups. Thanks! This is an in-person event. Attendees will be required to show proof of…
Find out more »February 2022
California Dreaming: Reimagining LA’s Roadways
California Dreaming: Reimagining LA's Roadways This is a virtual event. Zoom log-in information will be emailed to registrants 24 hours in advance from events@aialosangeles.org. If you do not receive a confirmation 24 hours prior to the event, please email events@aialosangeles.org. AIALA Committee: Urban Design Program Update: In addition to experts from Caltrans and Arup, Andres Ramirez, Executive Director of Executive Director of People for Mobility Justice, who also on LA County Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Policy Advisory Council, and more will…
Find out more »June 2022
SB9: the What, the Who and the How?
SB9: the What, the Who and the How? AIALA Committee: Urban Design This is a virtual event. Zoom log-in information will be emailed to registrants 24 hours in advance from events@aialosangeles.org. If you do not receive a confirmation 24 hours prior to the event, please email events@aialosangeles.org. We welcome Graciela Castillo-Krings to the Urban Design Committee for a discussion regarding the recently passed SB9. A state law that enabled homeowners to split single family residential lots into two separate lots…
Find out more »July 2023
AIA|LA Urban Design Committee – Vertical Shared Access Reform
AIA|LA Urban Design Committee presents... Vertical Shared Access Reform The AIA Los Angeles Urban Design Committee and The Livable Communities Initiative are pleased to invite you to an evening of discourse surrounding the push for Vertical Shared Access Reform (aka only requiring a single egress stair in housing projects over three stories) currently underway in the California State Legislature. A panel discussion will probe the benefits offered by single-stair structures with a variety of viewpoints from the fields of architecture,…
Find out more »AIA|LA Urban Design Committee – Koreatown Walking Tour & Discussion
AIA|LA Urban Design Committee presents... Koreatown Walking Tour & Discussion Join the AIA|LA Urban Design Committee and Koreatown Youth Community Center on a guided walking tour of one of LA's largest and most vibrant neighborhoods. The tour will be followed by a discussion of design solutions and ideas for a greater Koreatown. Meet at 5th/Kenmore to begin tour. End at Silverlake Ramen in Chapman Plaza for discussion. For a copy of the map of the tour and additional details, please…
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