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Placetaking: Trans Cartography and Resistance to Hostile Architecture
- Saturday, November 21, 2026 3:00-5:00 PM
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Recent Events

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A Bioregional Exchange
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026 6:00 PM
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Alt:materials - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026 6:00-8:00 PM
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Life After Architecture Panel
- Sunday, October 4, 2026 2:00-4:00 PM
- Tour & Talk
Unfinished City 02: Tierra
- Saturday, September 19, 2026 5:00-8:00 PM
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At Recess 03: Postcarbon Futures
- Thursday, September 17, 2026 5:30-7:30 PM
- Tour & Talk
l.a.Eyeworks Campus Tour & Talk with Escher GuneWardena Architecture
- Thursday, September 3, 2026 6:00-8:00 PM
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Unfinished City 01: A Conversation on Context, Materiality, and Collaboration at sister dreamer
- Sunday, July 26, 2026 5:30-8:00 PM
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Alt:town - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery
- Tuesday, June 16, 2026 7:00-9:00 PM
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Alt:land - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery
- Tuesday, June 9, 2026 7:00-9:00 PM
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Alt:home - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery
- Tuesday, June 2, 2026 7:00-9:00 PM
- Tours
Jardinette Apartments: a Rare Look Inside a Living Landmark
- Saturday, May 30, 2026 12:00-2:00 PM
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Sunnyside Tour with Lehrer Architects
- Saturday, May 16, 2026 11:00 AM
- Tours
Reimagining the LA River, Together
- Saturday, April 18, 2026 11:00 AM
- Talks
At Recess 02: Carceral Architecture
- Thursday, March 12, 2026 6:30 PM
- Tours
Tour: The Lighthouse with Warkentin Associates
- Saturday, October 25, 2025 11:00 AM
- Tours
A Tour of the Thomas Mann House
- Saturday, September 20, 2025 11:00 AM
- Talks
Under The Influence 011
- Saturday, September 7, 2025- 6:00 PM

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Speakers: Ignacio G. Galán (New York) and Michael Maltzan (Los Angeles). Moderated by Maristella Casciato. (Los Angeles) Please join us for Under the Influence 013 — The event will take place at Salkin House, Echo Park, Los Angeles - 1430 Avon Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026 Parking is very limited. There is a very steep slope path to reach the house. Event hosted by Peter Blake Gallery. Under the Influence is a... Read More
Cost: Free Rediscover a “Lost Lautner” with the L.A. Forum Perched on a hillside in Echo Park, the Salkin House spent most of its life hiding in plain sight. At just 1,100 square feet, it was easy to overlook—especially after decades of deferred maintenance. But behind the overgrowth and failing structure was a rare architectural treasure: an early, almost-forgotten work by John Lautner. Designed in 1948 when Lautn... Read More
Speakers: Per-Johan Dahl, Ph.D. (Lund, Sweden) & Dana Cuff, Ph.D. (Los Angeles) Please join us for Under the Influence 012 — a conversation between Per-Johan Dahl , Ph.D (Lund, Sweden) and Dr. Dana Cuff, Ph.D (Los Angeles). The event will take place at meier st/ a hub for community and creativity and part of the Mar Vista Tract, or Modernique Model Homes designed by Gregory Ain in collaboration with Joseph Johnson and Al... Read More
High in the Hollywood Hills on Blue Heights Drive sits one of Richard Neutra's most significant residential works, the Galka Scheyer House. Completed in 1934, the house that served as both home and gallery for one of the most influential art dealers of the 20th century. Galka Scheyer was a German-American art dealer who became the exclusive American representative of "The Blue Four"—the Bauhaus-influenced group consisting of... Read More
PARKING IS LIMITED — we encourage carpooling and rider apps. Please join us for our inaugural workshop, an engaging and hands-on architectural design experience that explores the creative and technical aspects of object design and fabrication. This event is brought to you by NONI Design House, an architecture and interior design studio, and Base Collaborative, a fabrication studio. This session will feature an exercise whe... Read More
The L.A. Forum is pleased to announce a rare opportunity to tour one of the few surviving Sun Villas designed by modernist architect A. Quincy Jones—now beautifully restored and updated for contemporary living. Originally conceived in 1950 as a low-cost model home, the Sun Villa earned the prestigious AIA Builder House of the Year award and stood as a prototype for elegant, efficient suburban design. Yet despite its accolad... Read More
Land Listening and Materials Mapping Join LA Forum, Yale Women in Architecture, Make Conscious, and Wise Matter for a shared space of listening to the land and home. Kate Bachner (from Wise Matter) lost her home. Jessica (Make Conscious, Yale Women in Architecture) will do a live phenomenal home and materials mapping demo with Kate where Jessica guides Kate in grieving and mapping the remains of Kate's home. It will be he... Read More
Los Angeles has long blurred the lines between transportation and transformation. The city’s Metro system doesn’t just move people—it tells stories. Nowhere is that more evident than along the K Line, one of the newer lines in LA’s light rail network, which weaves through historically rich neighborhoods like Leimert Park, Inglewood, and Crenshaw. What sets the K Line apart isn’t just its route—it’s the art. Metro commission... Read More
PARKING IS VERY LIMITED we encourage carpooling and rider apps. A vision for community and equity at a Metro stop. This mixed-use, high-density affordable housing development synthesizes overlapping and complex site constraints and codes to create a strong backdrop for transit commuters and an expanded sense of outdoor space for residents. The site is located in East Hollywood, one of LA’s densest, most ethnically diverse ... Read More
Organized by Jia Yi Gu, Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College; co-director of Spinagu; and Char Miller, Director of Environmental Analysis; W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College. The program is presented by Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design with Donatella Cusma, Monica Lamela and Lorena Garcia. Support for Major Repairs is made possible by the Harvey Mudd College I... Read More

Upcoming Events

Placetaking: Trans Cartography and Resistance to Hostile Architecture

Recent Events

A Bioregional Exchange

Alt:materials - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery

Life After Architecture Panel

Unfinished City 02: Tierra

At Recess 03: Postcarbon Futures

l.a.Eyeworks Campus Tour & Talk with Escher GuneWardena Architecture

Unfinished City 01: A Conversation on Context, Materiality, and Collaboration at sister dreamer

Alt:town - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery

Alt:land - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery

Alt:home - Alternative Pathways to Resilient Recovery

Jardinette Apartments: a Rare Look Inside a Living Landmark

Sunnyside Tour with Lehrer Architects

Reimagining the LA River, Together

At Recess 02: Carceral Architecture

Tour: The Lighthouse with Warkentin Associates

A Tour of the Thomas Mann House

Under The Influence 011

Events Archive

Under the Influence 013

Home Tour: Salkin House

Under The Influence 012 & Members-Only Bonus: An Exclusive Architectural Tour of the Mar Vista Private House by KdA

Richard Neutra’s Galka Scheyer House Tour

L.A Factor Presents: Design in Motion with Noni Design House and Base Collaborative

Sun Villa House By A. Quincy Jones

Land Listening: Free Community Activations for Altadena / Pacific Palisades

K Line Art Tour

Housing Tour: Koning Eizenberg's Smv Apartments

Major Repairs: A Conference on Reparative Practices

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