Exactly one year ago, Bustler reported that Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) and Bruce Mau Design (BMD) had won the competition to design the Big Blue Bus Shelter and Branding Package by the City of Santa Monica, California. Now, the Los Angeles chapter of the…

In a previous post, we just published the First Place-winners in the Professional and Student category of the Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor and Green District Competition. Now in this post, we also want to give the ideas and concepts from the runner-up entries some exposure.

SCI‐Arc, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, announced the winners of the Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor and Green District Competition. An open ideas competition sponsored by SCI‐Arc and The Architect’s Newspaper, entrants were challenged to use the competition as a forum for provocative, even revolutionary,…

If you, too, happen to be a fan of the work of architectural photographer Iwan Baan and also live in the Los Angeles area, then here's an upcoming event you should not miss this weekend: The Julius Shulman Institute at Woodbury University in Burbank,…

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named 23 new MacArthur Fellows for 2010. Working across a broad spectrum of endeavors, the Fellows include a stone carver, a quantum astrophysicist, a jazz pianist, a high school physics teacher, a marine biologist, a theater director, an…

Winners have been announced for the 2009/2010 Leading Edge Student Design Competition. The annual contest seeks to support and enhance the study of sustainable and energy-efficient building practices in architectural education. This year, the competition focused on the coastal city of Long Beach, California. Students entering Challenge 1…

The entry "The Wave" by Los Angeles-based practice CO-LAB design office has been announced Phase 2 Overall Winner of Safe Trestles - an ideas competition that explores ways to create safe, low-impact access to Trestles. Earlier this year, a group of finalists had been selected that qualified…

Critically acclaimed architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design firm Snøhetta is the final choice for the 160,000 square foot extension at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. After a shortlist of four firms was announced…

The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) recently hosted the 40th annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards, recognizing outstanding architectural project teams. Selected by a jury of 10 notable design and building professionals, the winning projects cut across a wide range of building types, from commercial…

At the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design‘s Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition opening last Saturday, June 19, the winning and honorable mention entries from the Dingbat 2.0 Competition were announced. In the Professional category, eight winning…