Association for Women In Architecture www.awa-la.com

• For more information, please visit:
  http://www.awa-la.org
  
  

MOBIUS LA www.mobiusla.com

• FORM Pioneering Design: Balcony Media and AIA/LA invite you to celebrate the launch of Form Pioneering Design. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
  
• When: October 24, 4:00-6:00 pm
• Pacific Design Center
  8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollwood
  Special thanks to: Morley Builders: Building Smarter
  Call 213-639-0777 for more information
  Presenting Sponsor KOHLER
  
  

LIGHTSHOW WEST PANEL www.lightshowwest.com

• The Fixture of Your Dreams: Custom Lighting Takes the Stage   Panelists will showcase some of their more extreme, interesting and successful (or not) custom lighting examples.
  
• When: October 24, 2:00-3:00 pm
• Where: LA Convention Center
  Sponsored by: FORM magazine as part of Lightshow West
  Moderator: ANN GRAY, FAIA / FORM magazine
  Panelists:
  
JON ROSEN / SCI Architectural Lighting & Control DON COLE / C. W. Cole & Company Custom Manufacturers
PATRICK B. QUIGLEY, Patrick B. Quigley & Associates Lighting Designers
 

MOBIUS PANELS www.mobiusla.com

• Alt-Mat: Revolutionary shapes & forms in contemporary architecture
• This panel discussion will feature architects and others who have experi¬mented with, and been successful in, the use of alternate materials while exploring the role of “reuse” and “recycling” in the adaptation of materials.
  
• When: Wednesday, October 24th, 9:45 – 11:15am
• Where: Pacific Design Center
  Sponsored by: DeStefano + Partners
  Moderator: JENNIFER CATERINO / FORM magazine
  Panelists:
  JENNA DIDIER / Fountainhead, Materials & Applications and Infranatural
STEVE GLENN / LivingHomes, LLC
TOM HINERFELD / Hinerfeld-Ward Construction
HANK KONING, FAIA, FRAIA / KoningEizenberg 
ALEJANDRA LILLO / Graft



• The Value of Design: Why do Developers Hire Celebrity Architects?
• Why do developers hire “celebrity” architects? Entitlements, sale price, media exposure, that extra degree of design talent? This panel of experts will explore the issue from every angle.
  
• When: October 25, 9:45 to 11:00am
• Where: Pacific Design Center
  Sponsored by: RICS and FORM magazine as part of AIA/LA’s Mobius symposium
  Moderator: ANN GRAY, FAIA / FORM magazine
  Panelists:
  
RICHARD MARCHITELLI, MAI, CRE, FRICS / Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. MICHAEL PALLADINO, FAIA / Richard Meier & Partners
PETER SLATIN / The Slatin Report
WILLIAM A. WITTE / The Related Companies of California




 

Gritty Brits: New London Architecture

• November 1, 2007 - January 20, 2008
• Opening Reception: Thursday, November 1, 5:00-7:00 pm
• Gritty Brits: New London Architecture examines the works of six young, London-based architectural firms: Adjaye/Associates, Caruso St John Architects, FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste), Níall McLaughlin Architects, muf, and Sergison Bates architects. These practices operate in and about the city’s post-industrial East End and their work responds to the vibrant diversity of contemporary culture and urban life. http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/exhibition_calendar.html