Southern California Institute of Architecture

Airbnb's Pop-Up Rooms Inspired by Celebrities Were Not Exactly a 'Love Letter' to L.A.

Airbnb is the online connection between travelers looking to save a buck and home owners hocking their houses as lodging. This past weekend, they launched a Hollywood-style welcome campaign in all the obvious parts of the city including the Sunset Strip (at the Viper room), Venice (at HGEL homegrown ... More >>

10 Hottest Professors Teaching in L.A.

It's been said that Los Angeles has its share, perhaps more than its share, of attractive people. And so it stands to reason that some of them might be teaching in our 67 or so colleges and universities, assigning us homework, grading our papers, asking to see us during their office hours, and so fo ... More >>

A Tour Through the L.A. That Could Have Been

Downtown Arts District: 6 Things That Will Change the Neighborhood's Future

This week's L.A. Weekly profiles the one of the city's hottest neighborhoods: the downtown arts district. Check out the other stories in our series: *Tyler Stonebreaker: Curator of the Downtown Arts District *How the Arts District Got Its Name *5 Best Places to Eat in the Downtown Arts District The ... More >>

Top 10 L.A. Architecture Stories of 2012

We spend most of the year criticizing Los Angeles' ugly buildings and other unfortunate aspects of the local built environment. Here's our chance to rundown some of the thoughtful, inspiring and downright stellar projects that make us L.A. proud, and that make our burg a better place in general.

Pools in Palm Springs

SCI-Arc's Robot House: Rapidly Making Your Arty Bohemian Lifestyle Obsolete

Paul T. BradleyRobots Live Here.​Robots. They're kicking our asses at Jeopardy, they're taking our jobs, and they're hanging out on Mars while we have to settle for hanging out in fake dive bars with scenesters. Now robots are making our art, so pack up your bags, designers and artists, your c ... More >>

Merce Cunningham and How Can Robots Can Help You Dance, at SCI-Arc

Priyank Mehta, Chung Ming Lam/Courtesy of SCI-ArcHolley Farmer and digital dancer share the stage ​ It was not a normal Thursday night lecture in Devyn Weiser's class, "Robotic Confections and Confabulations," at the Southern California Institute of Architecture or SCI-Arc last week. Fifty or ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Shopping

Quartet New Generation's Pipe Dreams

The stylish foursome brings the recorder into the 21st century

Pipe Dreams

Stylish quartet brings the recorder into the 21st century

Ring of Fans

Light and Open

The Schindler House searches for a perfect neighbor

Love is Blonde

Edited by Kateri Butler

Open Doors

SCI-Arc rediscovers itself — and the city — downtown

Get Wet

Signs of Change

'Supergraphics' transform the cityscape

Jeremiah Among the Palms

The lives and dark prophecies of Mike Davis