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Tuesday Newsletter
January 13, 2026
| | The 2026 Residential Architecture Awards | | |
We’re pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2026 AIA|LA Residential Architecture Awards (RAAs) - a program that celebrates the breadth, creativity, and rigor of residential design across Los Angeles and beyond.
Residential design is the purview of a wide array of practices: from emerging studios developing their own design language to established firms refining a sensibility or exploring new ideas. The RAAs honor this full spectrum, recognizing projects at all scales and from firms of all sizes. This inclusive program welcomes both AIA|LA members and non-members, with projects evaluated within the category in which they are submitted and compared to work of similar scope and scale.
We invite you to submit your residential projects across the many available categories and be part of a long-standing tradition of design excellence.
Please visit the AIA|LA website for full program details, 2026 registration and pricing, and key dates. An official Call for Entries will be released soon—we look forward to seeing your work.
More Info HERE
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AIA|LA 2023 President Leslie Sydnor on Shifting from Practice to Design Management
How do you build a career with intention, navigate unsupportive environments, and find the mentors who will champion your growth?
This week, we are joined by Leslie Sydnor, an architect and design manager whose journey offers a masterclass in resilience, self-advocacy, and the power of networks.
Leslie shares her story, from being inspired by New York City construction sites as a child to finding her path at Yale and UCLA. She offers a candid look at her career...
Listen to the podcast
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AIA|LA is delighted to officially partner with the City of Santa Monica on an exciting new initiative: The Santa Monica Mass Timber Accelerator.
As architects and designers, we constantly seek methods that marry aesthetic beauty with environmental responsibility.
Santa Monica has long held a reputation as a regional leader in sustainability and innovation.
Now, through the Mass Timber Accelerator, we have a unique opportunity to advance the City’s built environment by exploring the potential of high-strength, prefabricated wood products.
Application Guide HERE
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MEET THE PRACTICES – HOK LA
January 20 @ 5:30P - 7:30P
Please join us for a tour of HOK in Los Angeles. HOK is a global provider of planning, design and delivery solutions for the built environment. Since the firm’s founding in 1955, HOK has developed into one of the world’s largest, most diverse and respected design practices. We employ more than 1,700 professionals linked across a global network of 27 offices on three continents. Industry surveys consistently rank HOK among the leading firms in numerous...
Story And Registration
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THE POETRY OF ILLUMINATION: LIGHT, MOOD, AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
January 22 @ 6:00P - 8:30P
Join us for an intimate panel discussion exploring the artistic and uniquely expressive potential of lighting in the built environment. Our panel of experts, featuring a lighting designer, architect, interior designer, and technology integrator, will examine the intersection of human-centric design, emerging lighting technology, and evocative spatial experiences made possible through light.
The event will also feature a ...
Story And Registration
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YAIA|LA CITY LEADERS BREAKFAST RECEPTION W/ SADE ELHARAWAY – ASSEMBLYMEMBER, DISTRICT #57, CALIFORNIA
February 6 @ 8:00A - 9:30A
Assemblymember Sade Elhawary is an educator, organizer, and advocate for social justice who represents the 57th Assembly District, including the communities of Exposition Park, South Los Angeles, and Downtown Los Angeles.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, the Assemblymember is the eldest daughter of Egyptian and Guatemalan immigrants who came to the United States seeking a brighter future. At Community Coalition for over 12...
Story And Registration
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FRAME THE FUTURE!
Los Angeles doesn’t lack bold housing ideas.
What it lacks is a shared language for imagining them.
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Frame the Future! LA’s Housing Manifesto + Poster Showdown is a citywide competition and public exhibition that calls on creatives to use powerful visual and verbal messaging to boldly make the case for a new housing future.
We’re inviting designers, architects, artists, writers, students, and visionaries to translate complex housing ideas into clear, optimistic, emotionally resonant messages that can help Angelenos see what’s possible in future housing — and want it.
Winning ideas will be celebrated at a public exhibition and awards ceremony at the historic Ebell of Los Angeles — and yes, there’s real money on the table:
$3,000 First Place | $1,500 Second | $500 Third.
Launch: January 14, 2026
Submissions due: March 31, 2026
Awards & Exhibition: April 29, 2026
Let’s change the conversation around housing — and frame the future together.
More information and submission HERE
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Humboldt County Public Works | Capital Projects Architect I/II | Eureka CA | 1/5
Gannett Flemming -Transystems | Senior Architectural Project Manager | Los Angeles, CA, 12/15
SCB | Architect/Construction Specialist | Los Angeles, CA | 12/15
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Bowery Design Group | Intermediate Architectural Designer | Los Angeles, CA | 12/10
Confidential Global Real Estate Venture | Owner’s Representative – Proprietary Real Estate | Los Angeles, CA | 12/3
Little | Studio Principal, Community | Newport Beach, CA | 11/25
GILLIAN EXECUTIVE SEARCH, INC. |Director of Design and Predevelopment | Pacific Palisades, CA | 11/20
tBP/Architecture | Director of Design | Newport Beach, CA | 11/13
Architectural Resources Group | Marketing and Communications Manager | Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Portland | 11/13
Mithun | Project Architect – Housing | Los Angeles, CA | 11/6
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| | | Thank you DSH // architecture, 2026 Bronze Annual Sponsor | | The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects | | | | |
