On Thursday, October 4th from 6-8pm, the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division will host an opening reception at the Annenberg Community Beach House for Julia Morgan 2012: Contemporary Women Architects in Los Angeles—a new exhibition created as part of the Julia Morgan 2012 Festival, a statewide pilot project of Landmarks California which focuses on the life and work of Julia Morgan.
This exhibit, a series of biographical/interview panels and images, was created in collaboration with the Association for Women in Architecture + Design, Los Angeles and takes its inspiration from Julia Morgan’s pioneering efforts and architectural legacy, exploring the lives of women working in the field today.
Women with established careers, varying levels of experience and a variety of practices were invited to participate via interview to gain insight into their inspirations, challenges, and their thoughts on the development and future advancement of women architects.
Participating architects: Cory Buckner, Cory Buckner Architects; Jeanine Centuori, UrbanRock Design; Annie Chu, Chu + Gooding Architects and Associate Professor of Interior Architecture, Woodbury University; Isabelle Duvivier, Duvivier Architects; Cara Lee, Lee + Mundwiler Architects; Mia Lehrer, Mia Lehrer + Associates; Mehrnoosh Mojallali, Mehrnoosh Architects; Amy Murphy, Associate Professor, USC School of Architecture; Dr. Paulette Singley, Director, Woodbury University Rome Center for Architecture and Culture; Virginia Tanzmann, FAIA, Senior Vice President of Architecture and Buildings, Parsons Brinkerhoff; Anne Zimmerman, AZ Architecture Studio.
Julia Morgan 2012: Contemporary Women Architects in Los Angeles will be on view through October 31, 2012. A program of Beach=Culture, it is part of an ongoing series of exhibitions at the Annenberg Community Beach House.
For more information: http://landmarkscalifornia.org/julia-morgan-2012
