On November 9 and 10, The Architect’s Newspaper will host the annual Facades+ Los Angeles conference. This year’s event will include an eight-session symposium on the first day followed by a day of workshops. For the first time since 2019, the workshop day will be held in person, a feature of the conference which was

From October 25 to 26, Facades+ will bring local and national leaders of the architecture, engineering, and construction industry to Los Angeles for the fourth year in a row. The first day of the conference features keynotes by Thom Mayne, founding principal of Morphosis Architects; and Heather Roberge, principal of Murmur. Founded in 1972, Morphosis has spread its distinctive presence internationally. In recent

Over sixty years ago the original Wilshire Grand Hotel opened as the Hotel Statler, thanks to the City of Los Angeles, which issued the largest single building permit in their history for the construction of the $15 million project. That landmark legacy continues today, as the new 1,100-foot-tall Wilshire Grand tower lays claim to being

  The Speed Art Museum, located in Louisville, Kentucky is the state’s oldest and largest art museum; it is a major cultural repository for the region. wHY Architecture’s concept to carefully and precisely intervene on the existing museum, described by the firm as “acupuncture architecture,” set the project apart from other proposals solicited by the

Elizabeth Wendell is committed to creating uplifting and powerful places that are deeply interconnected with their surrounding community. She seeks design innovation at the nexus of the city, technology, and culture, deriving architectural solutions that engage and adapt to our rapidly changing urban environments and economies. As a Senior Project Designer and Architect at RIOS,

Matt Ragan is Rebees’ Managing Director of Repositionings. After earning History and Business degrees from the University of Kansas, Matt tried his hand at acting (where he found just enough success to still be talking about it) before finding his true calling in the world of hospitality and food and beverage. Matt would go on

Toh Tsun Lim, AIA joined PEI Architects in 1994, where he has held the position of Principal since 2007, subsequently rising to Partner in 2024. Prior to his tenure at the firm, he served as a design architect in the studio of Paul Rudolph. At PEI, Mr. Lim demonstrated exceptional leadership by successfully managing the

Hajime Tanimura is an architect with over 25 years of experience in designing various building types. Since he joined Pei Partnership Architects in 1997, Mr. Tanimura has been project architect for many notable buildings, including the recently completed museum and research center for the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei and the

Atlanta March 21, 2025 Upcoming Facades+ More Facades+ in 2025! Since 2012, Facades+ has brought the best of building enclosure knowledge to professional audiences around the US. Each conference combines stimulating presentations and panels that examine the fast-paced evolution of facade technology, award-winning design explorations, a building product expo, and over two hours of professional

Facades+ is the leading conference on high-performance and high-design building skins. Join the robust dialogue that covers all aspects of building envelopes with a specialized, professional audience who design and specify your products and services. Facades+ conferences are prime educational and networking events for architects, general contractors, engineers, fabricators, material suppliers, building owners and developers,

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Sophie holds 17+ yrs of experience in the design and construction of structures and commercial/cultural  building enclosures, in Europe and in the United States. Teaching at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, Sophie has founded Digne as a professional runway for her students, as an Academic-Industry hybrid work collaborative.

On the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas, the first phase of the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum, a planned culture and arts district, has opened. Designed by Los Angeles–based architecture firm Morphosis, the building will serve as a satellite location of The Crow Museum of Asian Art, an institution based in