From the Desk of Toni Lewis

Santa Monica's Mass Timber Accelerator

A Nation Forged by Immigration

Frank O. Gehry is a cultural icon whose influence extends far beyond the discipline of architecture. His work fundamentally reshaped how architecture is imagined, constructed, and documented, leaving an indelible mark on the built environment and on global culture.

Equally profound is his impact on the generations of architects who worked with, under, and alongside him. Over more than sixty years, Frank O. Gehry Architects, Gehry Partners, and Gehry Technologies served as an incubator for creative talent, fostering innovation, rigor, and bold experimentation.

In this tribute film, members of A:FOGA (After Frank O. Gehry Architects) share personal reflections and memories of their time working with Frank—offering intimate snapshots of a legacy carried forward through people as much as through buildings.

To consider ruins only as superficial elements
or residues constitutes a limited and imprecise appreciation of their relevance.

Computer fire modeling uses mathematical equations and computer algorithms for predictions of variable fire dynamics. It is essential to prevent fire damage and enhance the safety of people, buildings and environments.

After the deadly wildfires of January 2025, the high fire risk zones in California will be subjected to a new requirement which bans all combustible materials within 5 ft of residences, in a “Zone 0” . The goal is to create a defensible space around homes that slows the fast path of the wildfires.

Wildfires can dramatically alter the landscape and the soundscape of an environment, we can measure the changes scientifically.

Receptiveness, Emotivity, and Phenomenology

Rum models generate probabilities for each possible
choice that can be updated according to varying conditions.

Myriam B. Mahiques is an architect who graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (FADU) in 1986. She has collaborated in many architectural and construction firms, developed projects and constructions as an independent professional in Buenos Aires and California, USA. She participated in competitions and exhibitions on the subjects of architecture and painting. In the Academy, she has been chief of practical exercises at the chairs of Architectural Design Goldemberg and Grinberg. She has been a researcher for the Institute EFUR (Function of Urban Evolution); for FOINDI (FADU), on "Technology for the Megalopolis" and "Technology in the primitive man". In 2001 she was assigned the fellowship NuevaTec, from the Ministry of Education and FADU to continue her investigation on the subject "Urban Morphology and Fractal Design" at the Laboratory of Mathematics and Design. Being Urban Morphology the field of her main expertise, she is currently an ad Honorem researcher for the Center Poiesis (FADU) and active associate of AIA Long Beach.
She has many publications on Urban Morphology and presentations in national and international symposiums.