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June 2019
Designing for Culture: Long Beach Museum of Art, Frederick Fisher and Partners
Speaker: Joseph Coriaty, FAIA managing partner FF&P and lead architect on the Long Beach Museum of Art project In 2000, Frederick Fisher and Partners (FF&P) designed a new 12,800 SF building, now known as the Hartman Pavilion, for the Long Beach Museum of Art. The building is holistically integrated into the museum campus and has become a well-loved destination for both locals and visitors. The site, situated on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and occupied by two historic structures,…
Find out more »The Conservation-Based Restoration of a Modern Masterwork
Join Kelly Sutherlin McLeod, FAIA at the offices of Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, Inc. and former offices of Edward A. Killingworth, FAIA for an intimate and insightful talk on the Killingsworth Office Building, designed in 1955 during the early and informative years of Killingsworth’s long and illustrious career. This building was recognized by the National AIA with the Award of Merit in 1956. As a colleague, friend, and protégé of Ed Killingsworth, Kelly Sutherlin McLeod is honored to be the…
Find out more »Urban Growth and Building for People
This panel of distinguished guests will address some of the pressing questions that arise when discussing the future of the built environment in a large urban city, such as Long Beach. Architecture, by definition, is built to serve people, but does it serve all people and what is its impact on established neighborhoods, economics and the environment? The panel will discuss important issues related to the renewal of urban spaces and preservation, gentrification and displacement and growth and environmental concerns.…
Find out more »A New Deal for LB Architecture: Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and The Influence of the Modern Design Movement, 1925
A special lecture on the interwar era Art Deco architecture of Long Beach by expert and enthusiast John Thomas, co-author of Long Beach Art Deco, past president of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles - 1940. Thomas will discuss the design influences of Art Deco and its variant Streamline Moderne, which shaped Long Beach during the period of rapid growth from 1925 through 1940 including reconstruction after the 1933 earthquake that destroyed many Long Beach Schools. Using both vintage and…
Find out more »June 2022
Exclusive Industry Night at Digital Installers
Learn about innovative and creative ways to enhance your interior design with simple and beautiful lifestyle experience controls. Register to attend a fun and creative industry night on Wednesday, June 8 from 5-8 pm at the Digital Installers showroom, light appetizers and drinks will be provided. Credits will be provided for attending the CEU course on Lighting Control Illuminated. Special programming for Industry members. Continuing educational units provided by CDEIA
Find out more »Keynote Talk: Doris Sung
Join Long Beach Architecture Week in the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Pacific Visions Theater for a talk with Architect Doris Sung. With the belief that buildings can be sensitive to the changing environment, Doris Sung seeks ways to make building skins dynamic and responsive. Through grant-funded research, she has designed projects with smart thermobimetal to self-ventilate, self-shade, self-structure, self-assemble and self-propel with zero-energy and no controls. More recently, she is rethinking the façade as a part of a city’s infrastructure and designing innovative…
Find out more »Milo Baughman and Thayer Coggin | The Collaboration that created Mid-Century Modern Design
Join Long Beach Architecture Week at Studio 111 in Long Beach for a talk on one of the most iconic mid-century design partnerships. Phil Miller, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Thayer Coggin, will make an intriguing presentation of the life and career path of design icon and Long Beach native son, Milo Baughman, and his epic 50-year relationship with Thayer Coggin in creating Mid-Century Modern Design Furniture. The initial meeting between Milo and Thayer took place in February…
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