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<b>May 21, 2007</b><br>
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<b>THIS WEEK<br>
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Monday 5/21 20th Annual USC Demographic Workshop "Planning for the
Retirement of the Baby Boomers in California & New Data from the
American Community Survey" 8:00am at USC Davidson Conference Center,
3415 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, (213) 821-1518 |
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Monday 5/21 MODCOM MEETING monthly meeting of the LA Conservancy Modern
Committee 6:00pm at A+D Architecture and Design Museum, 5900 Wilshire
Boulevard, Los Angeles, 323.932.9393 |
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Tuesday 5/22 Architecture & Film - M&A and BLDGBLOG present
Architecture and Film Event II - a screening of shorts related to
landscapes, visual tools, and the built environment for the Silver Lake
Film Festival! | | 8:00pm at Art Center College of Design Wind Tunnel,
950 South Raymond, Pasadena, 323.913.0915 |
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Wednesday 5/23 THE LEISURE ARCHITECTURE OF WAYNE McALLISTER with author
Chris Nicols | book talk / signing 7:00pm at Brand Library / Recital
Hall, 1601 West Mountain St, Glendale |
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Thursday 5/24 BEYOND GRIDLOCK: A HOUSING BLUEPRINT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNA
Southern California Association of Governments 7th Annual Regional
Housing Summit | $50 res reqd 8:00am at Wilshire Grand Hotel, 930
Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, (213) 236-1861 |
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Thursday 5/24 Shulman, Boffi Colombo: Past Becomes Future Julius
Shulman's Rare Photos of Case Study House Kitchens | rsvp reqd | opening
reception for exhibit 6:00pm at Boffi Showroom, 1344 4th Street, Santa
Monica, 323-936-1447 |
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Friday 5/25 Shulman, Boffi Colombo: Past Becomes Future Julius Shulman's
Rare Photos of Case Study House Kitchens | exhibit at Boffi Showroom,
1344 4th Street, Santa Monica, 323-936-1447 |
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Friday 5/25 - Saturday 6/30 Shulman, Boffi Colombo: Past Becomes Future
Julius Shulman's Rare Photos of Case Study House Kitchens | exhibit at
Boffi Showroom, 1344 4th Street, Santa Monica, 323-936-1447 |
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Saturday 5/26 Art Deco Los Angeles in downtown's Historic Core | tour |
$5-$10 res reqd 10:00am |
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Saturday 5/26 Broadway's National Register Historic Theater District the
largest concentration of pre-World War II movie houses in America | tour
| $5-$10 res reqd 10:00am |
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Saturday 5/26 The Historic Core four decades of Los Angeles history,
architectural styles from the Victorian to the Beaux Arts to the Art Deco
| tour | $5-$10 res reqd 10:00am |
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Saturday 5/26 Historic Spring Street once known as "Wall Street of
the West" | tour | $5-$10 res reqd 10:00am |
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<b>CONTINUING EVENTS</b> <br>
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Enlightened Development view the pioneering and visionary side of the
force behind our built environment: the developer, including: Urban
Partners, Urban Environments, Bond Companies, Habitat Group, Community
Corporation of Santa Monica, Livable Places, Gerdling Edlen, The
Ratkovich Company, Maguire Companies, Trammell Crow, AEG Worldwide,
Modern Homes, Linear City and Venice Collaborative | exhibit at A+D
Architecture and Design Museum, 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles,
323.932.9393 | until Thursday 5/31 |
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Foothill Moderns: Innovative Architecture in Mid-Century Sunland/Tujunga
Richard Neutra, Pierre Koenig, John Lautner and Edward Weston are some of
the well-known names who introduced radical new ideas in floor plan,
materials and energy-efficiency through their work for local clients.
Their experimental designs influenced countless imitators, among them,
Victor Sease, infamous local developer of Tujunga's Manzanita Slope
Development and Descanso Tract | exhibit at Bolton Hall Museum, 10110
Commerce Ave, Tujunga, (818) 352-3420 | until Tuesday 8/28 |
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED Contemporary Prefabricated Houses - 8 projects by
Alchemy Architects, Resolution 4, Rocio Romero and others | exhibit at
MOCA - Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, 213 621
6222 | until Sunday 5/20 |
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The Dragonfly work by EMERGENT + Buro Happold | exhibit at SCI-Arc, 960 E
3rd St, Los Angeles, 213.613.2200 | until Sunday 7/8 |
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Honda Advanced Design Center architecture by George Yu | exhibit at
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5 Gateways into Elysian Park Juried Competition to design and construct
five Gateways into Elysian Park that will create a cohesive identity for
this historical park | Phase I submissions due May 22 | until Tuesday
5/22 |
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OPEN HOUSE "Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living"
envisions the house of the future as a place for new spatial experiences,
new systems of sustainability and new sensory enhancements | exhibit at
Art Center College of Design Wind Tunnel, 950 South Raymond, Pasadena,
626.396.2319 | until Sunday 7/1 |
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Body: Hitoshi Abe work by Japanese architect and UCLA A+UD chair Hitoshi
Abe | exhibit at UCLA AUD Perloff Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles |
until Wednesday 6/6 |
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Arnulf Rainer. Hyper-Graphics a comprehensive exhibition of the acclaimed
Austrian artist's graphic works | exhibit at MAK Center for Art and
Architecture, Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Road, Los Angeles,
323-651-1510 | Thursday 5/17 |
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Michael Maltzan Architecture exhibit at SCI-Arc, 960 E 3rd St, Los
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