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Delirious LA Calendar
February 14th, 2012
LA Forum Events
Patterns Book, Launch+Discussion: Embedded
The LA Forum will host a Book Launch and panel discussion with Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich of architectural practice PATTERNS at the Vitra Showroom in Culver City. EMBEDDED documents the work and research of PATTERNS, the award-winning practice founded in Los Angeles in 1999, and includes essays by Spina and Huljich, Todd Gannon, and Marcelyn Gow.
Vitra Showroom, Helms Building
8753 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 – 6-9pm
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Upcoming Los Angeles Area Events
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Lecture by Sarah Whiting, USC
Thinking Big Sarah Whiting possesses an indefatigable curiosity about how individuals constitute a public and, more specifically, through what forms(architecture and urbanism) that public manifests itself and is, in turn, formed. Her teaching, writing, and practice focus on the politics and architectures of this public realm. Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 – 6pm |
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Lecture by Juan Herreros, SCI-Arc
Dialogue Architecture Juan Herreros is a PhD Architect, Chair Professor and Director of the Thesis Program at the Madrid School of Architecture, as well as a Visiting Professor at Columbia University. He has previously taught at EPFL, Lausanne, Architectural Association, London, Princeton, and ITT in Chicago. W. M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc February 15th, 2012 – 7pm |
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High Performance Buildings- Concept to Reality, AIA|LA COTE
High Performance Buildings (HPB) have been defined as Buildings that integrate and optimize high performance attributes including resource conservation, durability, productivity, functionality and operation. The panel will provide presentations, case studies and discussion to take a 360-degree view of the implementation of High Performance Building Design. Registration Required. 12777 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA February 15th, 2012 - 6pm – 8pm |
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More Planning, Less Reacting :: A Plan for a Comprehensive Zoning Code Revision, AIA|LA UDC
The City of Los Angeles – Department of City Planning is in the process of embarking on one of its biggest initiatives to date: a comprehensive revision to the City’s Zoning Code. As part of their efforts to build awareness and support, staff has prepared a presentation highlighting the need for a new Code, and some early concepts for discussion purposes. 3780 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA February 15th, 2012 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm |
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Common Places: Printing, Embroidery, and the Art of Global Mapping
Common Places features three objects from LACMA’s permanent collection which transform printed works on paper into one-of-a-kind embroideries: a seventeenth-century valance, a cigarette silks quilt, and Alighiero Boetti’s Mappa. The resulting textiles articulate contemporary aspects of global phenomena and suggest that far from being a recent development, globalization has deep historical roots that extended into the home and everyday life. Ahmanson Building, Level 2, LACMA Wednesday, February 18th, 2012 – May 13th, 2012 |
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Lecture by Marcel Sanchez-Prieto, Woodbury University
Marcel Sanchez co-founded CRO Studio with Adriana Cuellar in 2007. The collaborative research practice focuses on urban and architectural design, with projects ranging from private institutions, housing developments to urban renewals and cultural centers. Ahmanson Main Space, Woodbury University Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 – 6:30 pm |
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A book launch for (FC) Two Cabins by JB
A publication on the recent work of filmmaker James Benning The book includes photography by Benning, essays by Ault, Benning, and Dick Hebdige, and extracts from both Thoreau’s and Kaczynski’s writings. MAK Center at the Schindler House Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 6:30-8:30pm / Conversation at 7pm sharp |
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Lecture by Peter Trummer, SCI-Arc
The Aggregated Figure and Its Unfolding Ground Peter Trummer is Professor and Head of the Institute for Urban Design & Spatial Planning at the University of Innsbruck. He was Head of the Associative Design Program at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam from 2004 to 2010. Trummer practiced architecture with UN Studio before establishing his own firm in 2001. W. M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc February 22, 2012 – 7pm |
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New Narratives for “Living in a Modern Way”: California Design at Mid-Century
Chaired by Wendy Kaplan and Bobbye Tigerman, co-curators of the current LACMA exhibition California Design 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way,” this two-day symposium features internationally renowned scholars who will examine the exhibition’s themes by presenting detailed case studies and new narratives. Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art February 24–25th, 2012 |
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Palm Springs Modernism Week’s Elrod House Tours
The world famous Elrod House opens its doors to the public for 5 intimate tours during Modernism Week. Commissioned by interior designer Arthur Elrod in 1968, the house is featured in numerous books, magazines, museum exhibitions, and appeared in the classic 1971 James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever. Friday, February 24 – 2 tours available Saturday, February 25 – 2 tours available Sunday, February 26 |
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Reflections of Mid-Century Modernism
The USC Architectural Guild invites you to a weekend experience of Reflections of Mid-Century Modernism. We welcome you to share in a truly unique weekend hosted by Dean Qingyun Ma, fully exploring, investigating, and celebrating Sunnylands, A.Q. Jones, architecture, and the value of historic preservation. Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs Tuesday, February 24-26th, 2012 |
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Lecture by Ricardo de Ostos, SCI-Arc
Ectoplasmatic Manifestations NaJa & deOstos is a London based architectural studio exploring symbiotic relations between emerging cultural patterns and architectural narratives. W. M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc February 29th, 2012 – 7pm |
| Modernist Exhibitions- Perspectives/The White City
Photographs by Carol Bishop and Susan Horowitz examines the Modernist legacy of the architecture of Tel Aviv’s White City. They excavate the spirit of the original vision of the architecture while revealing issues about the current look and meaning of the White City. Hennessy + Ingalls Feb. 1 – April 21, 2012 Reception: Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 – 3-5 pm |
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Lecture by Peter Eisenman, SCI-Arc
Peter Eisenman is an internationally recognized architect and educator whose award-winning large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and series of inventive private houses attest to a career of excellence in design. W. M Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc Monday, March 5th, 2011 – 7pm |
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Lecture by Jeffrey Kipnis, SCI-Arc
Who is Moss? Architectural theorist Jeffrey Kipnis, professor of architectural design and theory at the Ohio State Knowlton School of Architecture, has been working on a close reading of SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss’ work with his students at OSU and will present their conclusions to the SCI-Arc community. W. M Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc Tuesday, March 6th 2011 – 7pm |
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Lecture by Dr. David Jason Gerber, USC
Dr. David Jason Gerber is an Assistant Professor at the USC School of Architecture. He concurrently works as an executive at Gehry Technologies Inc., a leading Building Information Modeling consultancy and technology company. Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, USC March 7th, 2012 – 6pm |
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Lecture by Phillippe Rahm, SCI-Arc
Meteorological Architecture Philippe Rahm is an architect based in Paris. In 2008, he was one of twenty architects invited by Aaron Betsky to the Venice Architecture Biennale, and in 2009 Editions Archibooks published his book, “Architecture Météorologique.” W. M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc March 7th, 2012 – 7pm |
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Buy it Now/Celebrate 2012 Auction, A+D Museum
Buy it Now- A special preview of wearable pieces available now! Featured designers: Richard Meier, Elsa Mora and Marmol Radziner. Celebrate 2012 is a salon style runway event and live auction of wearable art created by noted architects, designers and artists including John Baldessari for Gelila Couture, Trina Turk, Wolfgang Puck, la Eyeworks and many more. Buy it now- Bidding closes January 31st, 2012 Celebrate 2012- March 10th, 2012 – 7pm – 11pm |
| Aquifer: Exhibition V, Woodbury University
Wedge Gallery, Woodbury Architecture School, Burbank, CA March 13th-28th, 2012 |
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Lecture by Thom Mayne, SCI-Arc
What’s Next? Thom Mayne founded Morphosis in 1972 as an interdisciplinary and collective practice involved in experimental design and research. He is a founding faculty member of SCI-Arc and Distinguished Professor at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design. W. M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc March 14, 2012 – 7pm |
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The Los Angeles Conservancy presents Millard Sheets: A Legacy of Art and Architecture
Part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1940 – 1980 The Los Angeles Conservancy will offer a special, one-time-only tour showcasing the art and architecture of Millard Sheets in the Claremont and Pomona area. This special tour will explore Sheets’ indelible mark on the postwar Southern California landscape. Sunday, March 18th, 2012 – 11:30am – 4pm
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Lecture by Achim Menges, USC
Material (In)formation: Computing Material Gestalt Professor Achim Menges is an architect and professor at Stuttgart University where he is the founding director of Institute for Computational Design. Currently he also is Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall Wednesday, March 21st, 2011 – 6pm |
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Lecture by Anthony Vidler, SCI-Arc
James Frazier Stirling: Notes from the Archive – Crisis of Modernism Anthony Vidler, a historian and critic of architecture, is Dean and Professor of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union. Trained in architecture at Cambridge University in England, with a PhD in history and theory from TU Delft, he was a member of the faculty of the Princeton University School of Architecture. W. M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc March 21st, 2012 – 7pm |
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Drylands Design Exhibition Opening, Woodbury University
Arid Lands Institute Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles Thursday, March 22, 2012 – 6-9pm |
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Lecture by Nicholas de Monchaux, SCI-Arc
Fashioning Apollo Nicholas de Monchaux is an architect who works at the urban intersection of nature and technology. He is author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (MIT Press, 2011), an architectural history of the Apollo 11 Extra-vehicular garment. He received his B.Arch with distinction from Yale, and his M.Arch from Princeton. W. M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc March 28th, 2012 – 7pm |
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Exhibit by Pedro E. Guerrero, WUHO
A Retrospective A Retrospective presents a rare opportunity to see Guerrero’s seminal contribution to architectural photography, ranging from portraits of architects, commercial work for House & Garden Magazine, and photographs of buildings throughout the United States. WUHO, 6518 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028 Opening: April 7th, 2012 – 7pm to 10pm (artist in conversation 6pm to 7pm) Exhibition: April 7th through April 25th, 2012 MORE» MAP» |
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Lecture by Jeanne Gang, Woodbury University
Visionary architect and 2011 MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang is the founder and principal of Studio Gang Architects, a rising international practice based in Chicago whose work confronts pressing contemporary issues. Driven by curiosity, intelligence, and radical creativity, Jeanne has produced some of today’s most innovative and award-winning architecture. Fletcher Jones Auditorium, Woodbury University Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 – 6:30pm |
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9th Annual AltBuild Expo & Conference, City of Santa Monica
Guidance on Rebates, Design, Codes & Products for Pros, Consumers Considered the largest and most-respected green design and building expo in Southern California, serving top industry professionals—architects, builders, contractors, engineers, landscapers—and exhibitors, as well as a large consumer audience. 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 May 11-12, 2012 |
Ongoing Los Angeles Area Events
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Exhibit by Keith Krumwiede, WUHO
Freedomland Freedomland is the latest in a long line of visionary plans for American living. It is an experiment in reconciling the seemingly incompatible needs and desires that define our current economic, environmental, and, most importantly, political climate. WUHO Gallery Opening: Saturday, February 4th, 2012 – 6pm Exhibit: February 4th-19th |
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Under the Big Black Sun
California Art 1974-1982 Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-81 constitutes the most comprehensive survey exhibition to date to examine the exceptional fertility and diversity of art practice in California between 1974 and 1980, a unique period in American history when the political and social roles of artists, the authority of institutions, and the “objecthood” of art were all being questioned. MOCA October 1st, 2011- February 13th, 2012 |
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Initial Points: Anchors of America’s Grid
This new exhibit looks at the historic surveying infrastructure of the USA, and how literal monuments of place have evolved into expressive cornerstones of space. CLUI Los Angeles, 9331 Venice Blvd., Culver City Opening Reception: Friday, January 27, 2012- 7pm – 9pm Event: Saturday, January 28, 2012 – 12 noon Jesse Vogler and Louis Schalk from the Institute of Marking and Measuring will lead a field session and surveying workshop in association with the exhibit. |
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Exhibition by Ramiro Diaz-Granados, Amorphis, SCI-Arc
Go Figure Seeking to shift the role of the figure from a metaphorical device to a subliminal one, Go Figure promotes simultaneity in the evolution of the delineated figure by distributing cartoon and visceral features across a three-dimensional, spline based form. Opening Reception: Friday, January 13th, 2011- 7pm Friday, February 10th, 2011 7-9pm: Exhibition Discussion with Ramiro Diaz-Granados and SCI-Arc January 13th – February 26th, 2012 |
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Women Hold up Half the Sky
LAYER is pleased to announce the opening of its installation “Cloud” at the Skirball Cultural Center. The exhibit addresses gender equity and is based on the book Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. “Cloud” is suspended over the gallery as a tangible representation of the power of individuals coming together to effect change. Skirball Cultural Center 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA October 27, 2011-March 11, 2012 |
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Death and Life of an Object
Edward Cella Art + Architecture presents Death and Life of an Object, a three person exhibition featuring sculptures and installations by Lynn Aldrich, Laurie Frick and Tim Hawkinson. The transformation of everyday objects and materials into artworks has been a pursuit of all three artists in this exhibition. This program is free and open to the public. Edward Cella Art + Architecture 6018 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Opening Reception: Saturday, February 11th, 2012 – 6pm to 8pm February 11th, 2012 – March 31st, 2012 |
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California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way”
This exhibition is the first major study of California midcentury modern design. With more than 350 objects-furniture, ceramics, metalwork, fashion and textiles, and industrial and graphic design-the exhibition examines the state’s role in shaping the material culture of the entire country. Resnick Pavilion LACMA October 1, 2011 – March 25, 2012 |
