5 Days Left to Register for AIA|LA Annual Restaurant Design Awards

About the Restaurant Design Awards:

The AIA|LA’s Restaurant Design Awards (RDA) honor excellence in restaurant design. The competition is open to all individuals and practices with both restaurant owners and architects/designers invited to submit. Either the project itself must be located in the United States or the submitting individual/firm must be US-based. Submissions are accepted in three main categories: restaurants, cafés/bars and lounges/nightclubs. The annual RDA Ceremony recognizes both Jury Award Winners as well as People’s Choice Award Winners, as selected by votes collected from the general public on the AIA|LA website.

Registration forms must be received by 4:00 PM on Monday, April 4, 2011.

For more information visit the AIA|LA Restaurant Design Awards website.

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FORM EVENT: February 3 - Jan/Feb's Inspiration, Panelists Yazdani, Ball, O'Herlihy, Chu - RSVP

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Join FORM February 3 as we celebrate January/February's Inspiration issue and the AIA/LA Design Awards supplement at Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design . The event will feature a panel discussion on inspiration with AIA/LA Design Award winners Mehrdad Yazdani, Benjamin Ball, Lorcan O'Herlihy, and Annie Chu. Moderator will be Michael Webb, architect, architecture/design writer, and FORM contributor.

Date:  2/3/11 - Thursday     Time:  6:30-9 PM
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Ste 175, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Self-parking available at Westfield Century City Shopping Mall
(3 hrs-no charge)

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Thom Mayne Video Interviews Trailer - Inspiration - FORM

Morphosis founder, Thom Mayne, discusses keeping his edge with FORM publisher/architect Ann Gray. Read the interview in FORM magazine's Jan/Feb 2011 inspiration issue. Experience the full interview and visit Mayne's Morphosis art gallery at FORMmag.net

Here's a trailer for both pieces.
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For more on inspiration, RSVP to the February 3 issue event panel with architects Michael Webb, Mehrdad Yazdani, Benjamin Ball, Lorcan O'Herlihy, and Annie Chu.

FORM VIDEO INTERVIEW: Thom Mayne on Inspiration

For more on inspiration, RSVP to the February 3 issue event panel with architects Michael Webb, Mehrdad Yazdani, Benjamin Ball, Lorcan O'Herlihy, and Annie Chu.

Please share with colleagues and friends from this post.

A production of FORM Video Services

FORM's 2010 AIA/LA Design Awards Supplement - Jan/Feb Inspiration Issue- Digital Version

Check out the print version in the new Jan/Feb 2011 issue of FORM: pioneering design magazine.

Meet AIA/LA Design Award winners Mehrdad Yazdani, Benjamin Ball, Lorcan O'Herlihy, and Annie Chu at FORM's February 3 Inspiration discussion with Michael Webb. RSVP here.