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Spanish, Colonial, Mid-Century Modern, Craftsman, Streamline Moderne, Art Deco...Los Angeles is packed end to end with architecture reflective of so many different styles. Sometimes we pause to celebrate a building, its design, and designers only when it reaches a milestone or when we say goodbye to it. But this month the American Institute of Architects: Los Angeles (AIA) wants to encourage all of us to celebrate architecture for all 31 days of October.
This month was proclaimed "Architecture Month" two years ago by City Councilman Tom LaBonge and the City Council along with the AIA. "Architecture Month celebrates the built environment and inspires to bring a greater awareness of the importance of architecture and design to the community-at-large." After the jump, check out a calendar of events going on all over LA that focus on architecture.
Since we're in the celebratory mood, tell us in the comments what your favorite building in Los Angeles is.
Need inspiration? Check out some of the buildings we've shone the spotlight on in the past here on LAist:
Grand Central Air Terminal; Hollywood & Highland ; Union Station; The Egyptian Theatre; The Brown Derby; Cross Roads of the World; Sowden House; Carthay Circle Theater; The Post-War House & the Home of Tomorrow; Tail O' the Pup; The Pan Pacific Auditorium; Pickfair; Hollyhock House; Randy's Donuts; the Ennis House; The Ambassador Hotel.
Events from now until the end of October courtesy of AIA email newsletter:
3 ARE: Site Planning & Design
3 Unfrozen Music
3 Craig Hodgetts, Playmaker at Ace Gallery Institute of Art at The Wilshire Tower
4 AIA/LA Home Tours - A Day in Manhattan (Beach!)
5 The Green California Community College Summit
6 Where Hope Lives at the REDCAT Presented by AIALA and Skidrow Housing Trust
7 New Beginnings Panel: Marketing for Emerging Professionals
7 Marcel Spina at SCI-Arc
8 AIA/LA BP&R Committee Presents Services in Building Construction & Commissioning
8 AIALA COTE Presents Generating Solar Power
9 LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation Workshop
9 Todd Gannon at SCI-Arc
9 University of Guadalajara LA Presents Leopoldo Fernandez Font
10 Art Deco Los Angeles Walking Tour in Downtown LA
10 Broadway's Historic Theatre District Walking Tour in Downtown LA
10 The Historic Core - Four Decades of LA History & Classic Architectural Styles in Downtown LA
11 From the Spoon to the City: Objects by Architects from LACMA's Collection
12 Kazuyo Sejima, On the Cusp Lecture Series, UCLA, Perloff Hall
13 AIA/LA Interiors Committee Presents A Conversation with Felderman & Keatinge
13 International Practice Committee Presents LA Design Export featuring Sebastian Knorr
14 AIA/LA Practice Committee Meeting with Guest Speaker, Jacob Williams
14 Laurie D. Olin at SCI-Arc
14 LARC (Los Angeles Real Creativity) Award Nominations Deadline
15 LA Forum presents ARS Synthetica: Control and Consilience, a Lecture by John May
15 Contemporary Architectural Practice-Decorative Arts and Design Lecture Series
15 Spark Awards Call for Entry Deadline
16 OES Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluator Training
16 AIA/LA Legislative Day at City Hall and the Advocacy Breakfast
16 Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Schulman Screening
17 ARE: Schematic Design
18 Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio
19 MOCA Exhibit - From the Permanent Collection: Robert Franks The Americans
20 Arch Is Call for Entry Available
21 The 16th Annual AIA/LA Design Awards Party at the Egyptian Theatre
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21 Architecture for Healthcare Committee Meeting
21 Urban Design Committee Meeting
21-22 Lightshow West at LA Convention Center
22 AFLA Presents An Evening with Bob Bates of Inner City Arts
22 Silvia Barisione: Italian Futurist Design - Decorative Arts & Design Lecture Series at LACMA
23 Jean-Pierre Hebert at SCI-Arc
23 Blow x Blow opening reception at SCI-Arc
24 ARE: Programming Planning Practice
24 -25 LA Conservancy's Haunts of Angeleno Heights
25 Conversations with Artists: Frank Gohlke
26 Neil Denari + Thom Mayne, On The Cusp Lecture Series - UCLA
26 Architecture in China, France, Italy and Malaysia exhibit at USC
27 Jonathan Harris, Mobile Media Lecture Series - Escaping Aesthetic Alcatraz: Re-Imagining the Architecture of Our Online Homes
28 Historic Resources Committee: Tour of the Hollywood Palladium
28 Yung Ho Chang at SCI-Arc
29 The Director's Series: Conversations with Michael Govan - Barbara Kruger
29 NBBJ Presents Cultural Confluence at A + D
30 "Building LA's Future" Breakfast Series with Brian League
30 2009 Mayoral Housing, Transportation and Jobs Summit - LABC
31 West Hollywood Halloween Night Costume Carnival
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Central Library - didn't see it on your list. A favorite of many, I'm sure.
i really like the disney building... i dont know why but im a sucker for ghery.. love the Guggenheim in spain too
I think the Disney Concert Hall is so overrated. It looks like a jumbled mash of scrap metal. Give me the Eastern Columbia Building any day. Or the Chemosphere House up in the Hollywood Hills. Or the Capitol Records Building.
I agree with you so much. The Eastern Columbia Building has been my favorite building in downtown since I was a kid.
Gosh, so many buildings, so many styles, so much choice for so many moods... Right now, I'd say Union Station for the beauty of its architecture, decor and detail, and for its unique atmosphere + the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for its radical 1950s look.
The Bradbury Building is such a gem!
I don't think I can choose just one, but the Griffith Observatory is near the top of my list... and I think LA City Hall doesn't get enough credit. Ooh, add the Ennis House to my list, too!
I love old buildings, and yes the Bardbury is one of my favorites. Too bad the property manager is so stingy about letting people have a look at the inside.
My favorite building downtown is the El Dorado Hotel at 146 s.Spring St., built 1913.
http://www.you-are-here.com/downtown/el_dorado.html
I was happy when I saw the scaffolds go up around it, and that someone was willing to put money into saving this beautiful old bldg.
(make mental note to go by there and see what progress being made on it)
Ooops typo, The El Dorado is at 416 S. Spring St. 416
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