The Sci-Arc Spring Lecture Series begins tonight with Linda Roy of ROY Architects (NYC) presenting her work up in the Library. That means, north end of the building, up in the mezzanine level. See Sci-arc site for directions to the school.
Why not in the actual main space lecture hall? I assume that has something to do with it having worse acoustics than a busy subway station. A few useability issues were perhaps overlooked in its design.
Anyway. Come to the lecture – you can check out her work before you go at Architectural Records website here.
The Griffith Observatory photos are up, as you may have noticed. Thesis images to come by next weekend.
SCI-Arc directorship up for grabs this week. The almighty Board of Directors is set to make a decision sometime this week, though I don’t know when the announcement will actually be. The choices are SCI-Arc insiders Studioworks (Robert Mangurian and Mary Ann Ray), another SCI-Arc insider Eric Owen Moss – of reinventing Culver City fame, and semi-outsiders Craig Hodgetts and Ming Fung, of Hodgetts and Fung fame. Will two heads prove better than one?
Well, I suppose from the state the school has been in lately things can only get better. Right?
We will know for sure soon I suppose.
In todays inbox: Benjamin Bratton (Razorfish, Sci-Arc faculty, etc) will be on Talk of the City on KPCC 89.3 today (?) discussing the SCI_Arc Terrorism + Architecture symposium on a panel on local universities’ reactions to 9-11. Live at 1:00pm, replayed at 9:00pm. Listen on in.
SCI-Arc thesis wrapped up yesterday with a party I sadly had to miss. I hear there was grilled tuna… hm. Keep posted for a collection of images from the work, coming up this week or as soon as I can format it all. I swear the Griffith Observatory photos are coming too. I swear.
Other things coming up: A new architecture and design museum – amazingly called A+D Architecture and Design Museum – opens in downtown LA on January 24th with a show called Urban Innovations: Shrine to Junipero Sera.
“The exhibition displays the work of four architects – Frank Gehry & Associates, Morphosis, Venturi Scott Brown, and Jose Raphael Moneo – all of whom were invited by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to design a hypothetical shrine to Junipero Serra.”
The gallery is in the Bradbury Building (of Bladerunner fame) on 304 south broadway, downtown LA. website here
Ahhh. Back from a long long absence. Several reviews, one trip to the east coast for holiday action, one visit from girlfriends father, a re-integration to the life of an architecture student, and I am finally ready to get Rise Industries rolling again.
Look to your right -> and check out some images and short short reviews of openings at Chung King Road from last friday. Keep your eyes on the Griffith Observatory bit too, that should be up anytime this weekend, hopefully sooner rather than later.
In the recent new here. Rise Industries welcomes Chris Sicat to the community. Chris is the curator/owner of The Hatch Gallery (temporarily without a physical location, we can only hope for its speedy return), does some stuff over at LACMA, and founded the Bastard Company performance group. He seems to keep tabs on goings on in the LA art world, so hopefully he will keep us abreast of anything worth checking out, or avoiding for that matter.
In other news, this weekend thesis reviews are being held at SCI-Arc. The school is in total chaos tonight as everyone pitches in for the final stretch to get it all up on the wall. I recommend you drop by and take a peek at a couple of presentations. All are welcome, and there has got to be some free food and booze involved somehow. Well, go there if architecture is your thing anyway.
Many more items to go up soon, so check back in. word.
No clouds. Mountains all around. 85 degrees. January.
I FUCKING LOVE LOS ANGELES!!!!
No clouds. Mountains all around. 85 degrees. January.
I FUCKING LOVE LOS ANGELES!!!!
Sci-Arc’s student journal… product of the New Models of Journalism class, has produced a new issue for the fall – reactions to September Eleventh. Take a look. Incidentally, the hot pink web design is by Rise Industries. Hopefully the site will be expanded with broader student contributions… so check back on it to see how it develops. Go here.
Well, I see the level of discussion here is equivalent to the level of architecture being built in the “God Bless America” era. My disfunctional comrades, are we prepared for the entrenchment looming on the edge- a bunker formulation for living “safely” in our “safety society”? The more quotes we use the safer we are!
Somebody please send me one of these. I always wanted a robot.
I suppose you have noticed that eric owen moss’ houses keep showing up in Ross commercials, but did you see the town from the Counter Stike map Italy in a car (dont quite remember which one, its also got a Jethro Tull song in it though) commercial? I guess this means i have also been playing video games a little too much.
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