COMMITTEES
URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE 2019
The Urban Design Committee (UDC) serves as an advocacy group supporting legislative initiatives and public and private investments that improve urban design in Los Angeles. The committee has monthly information meetings and initiates workshops and programs to address a variety of current urban design issues.
EVENTS
02.07.19
Influence Urban Design in LA
Members are invited to provide input on Citywide Urban Design Guidelines at this special event with City Planning's Urban Design Studio.
04.02.19
The Future of the Los Angeles Urban Forest
Based on the results of a 2016 study by the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, the City of Los Angeles’s tree canopy is in steep decline.
04.02.19
The Future of the Los Angeles Urban Forest (Video)
Missed the event? Enjoy this edited version of the full talk with Travis Longcore, Ph.D., GISP. Video production by Tom Carroll, Video Producer, Rios Clementi Hale Studios.
05.14.19
Draft Citywide Design Guidelines
a roundtable discussion
10.10.19
Three Angelenos Architects Interested in Housing Need to Meet
One is doubling the amount of housing her non-profit builds and oversees. Another heads a grassroots group that organizes effective new voices for density. The third is the founder of a new model in high-density housing.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
CHAIR
Tony Pleskow,
AIA
AIA
VICE CHAIR
Mario Cipresso, AIA
PAST CHAIR
Alex Anamos, AIA
STAFF LIAISON
Tibby Rothman, Hon. AIA|LA
CREDITS
PHOTO: Banner: Platform. Abramson Teiger Architects. Detail of image by Benny Chan
