Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
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Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design (founded in 1987) is a non-profit organization
dedicated to supporting innovative art, architecture, design, and urbanism that takes the city as a laboratory. The Forum plays a vital role among architecture
organizations nationally and internationally by initiating, presenting, and debating architectural and urbanistic speculations about Los Angeles
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by Klein Dytham Architects.
The LA Forum has a rich history of publications. Currently in production is the a series of LA Forum Pamphlets
1990-1992 Aaron Betsky
1992-1993 Michael Saee
1993-1996 Ming Fung
1996-1998 John Dutton
1998-2000 Joe Day
2000-2002 Ric Corsini
2002-2004 Frank Escher
2004-2006 Kazys Varnelis
2006-2007 Warren Techentin
2007-2008 Michael Pinto
2008- Mohamed Sharif
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
dedicated to supporting innovative art, architecture, design, and urbanism that takes the city as a laboratory. The Forum plays a vital role among architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
organizations nationally and internationally by initiating, presenting, and debating architectural and urbanistic speculations about Los Angeles
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Programs
LA Forum programming includes publications, lectures, competitions, and exhibitions. Featured lecture series include the Out There Doing It series that features emerging voices in the design field, and the On the Map series which stages presentations by architects in spaces of their design. The LA Forum also presents a local version of Pecha KuchaPecha Kucha
Pecha Kucha is a presentation methodology in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each, usually seen in a multiple-speaker event called a Pecha Kucha Night ....
night developed in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
by Klein Dytham Architects.
The LA Forum has a rich history of publications. Currently in production is the a series of LA Forum Pamphlets
Pamphlets
- Dead Malls, ed. Warren Techentin
- Out The Window: LAX, by Zoe CrosherZoe CrosherZoe Crosher is an American artist and enthusiast. She is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts and the recipient of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art AHAN Award . She served as Associate Editor of Afterall Magazine.-Biography:...
with essays by Norman Klein, Pico IyerPico IyerPico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist. He is the author of numerous books on travel including Video Night in Kathmandu. His shorter pieces regularly appear in Time, Harper's, NYRB and many other publications.-Life and career:...
, and Julian Myers - Polar Inertia, by Ted Kane with essay by Greg Goldin
- "After the city, this", story and photographs by Tom Marble design by Juliette Bellocq
ForumFest
The LA Forum annual fundraiser is an event that draws together the Los Angeles area architectural community in a social event. Proceeds support LA Forum programming. Each event has honored an influential figure in Los Angeles design culture.Past Honorees
- Merry Norris
- Aaron BetskyAaron BetskyAaron Betsky is an architect, critic, curator, educator, lecturer, and writer on architecture and design, who since August 2006 has been the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum. From 2001 to 2006 Betsky served as director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, Netherlands....
- Craig Hodgetts & Ming Fing
- Thom MayneThom MayneThom Mayne is a Los Angeles-based architect. Educated at University of Southern California and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1978, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture in 1972, where he is a trustee...
- Hank Koning & Julie Eizenberg of Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc.
Organization
The LA Forum is led by an all volunteer board which develops all programming and publications. Founded in 1987 the Forum has provided a platform for emerging voices and a compelling forum for architectural discourse.Past presidents
1988-1990 Christian Hubert1990-1992 Aaron Betsky
Aaron Betsky
Aaron Betsky is an architect, critic, curator, educator, lecturer, and writer on architecture and design, who since August 2006 has been the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum. From 2001 to 2006 Betsky served as director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, Netherlands....
1992-1993 Michael Saee
1993-1996 Ming Fung
1996-1998 John Dutton
1998-2000 Joe Day
Joe Day
Joseph Christopher Day is a retired American ice hockey center. He played in the NHL for the Hartford Whalers and New York Islanders....
2000-2002 Ric Corsini
2002-2004 Frank Escher
2004-2006 Kazys Varnelis
2006-2007 Warren Techentin
2007-2008 Michael Pinto
2008- Mohamed Sharif