Studio Tour: Lehrer Architects

Join us for an evening of conversation--looking at stuff, at architecture, landscape, art, graphics and other shared affinities. What is a glorious workplace and why does it matter? How do we create and nurture a culture of creativity that fosters excellent work and happy creators?

About Lehrer Architects
LA is an internationally published, awarding-winning firm. The recently completed Water + Life Museums in Hemet has been certified by the United States Green Building Council as the first LEED™ Platinum museum in the world. The Museums have won Honor Awards from AIA Los Angeles and the AIA Pasadena Foothill Chapters and Merit Award for Savings by Design from AIA California Council. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts awarded them the American Architecture Award in 2008.

The Lehrer Architects Office was presented the AIA Institute Honor Award and International Interior Design Association Award for 2008, among many others. The Registrar Recorder / County Clerk Election Operations Center received its first award from the Southern California Development Forum. The American Institute of Architects presented its top award, the Institute Honor Award to LA in 2001 for its Downtown Homeless Drop-In Center and, in 2004, the Business Week / Architectural Record Award for its design of the James M. Wood Community Center in Los Angeles. Both have also garnered the AIA California Council Merit Award and the Westside Prize from the Westside Urban Forum, amongst others. Temple Bat Yahm received an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects, Faith and Form Magazine, The Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture in 2004.

About Michael
Michael B. Lehrer, FAIA, founded Lehrer Architects in his native district of Los Feliz, in 1985. LA's single location services clients throughout the state. The 8 professional staff members at Lehrer Architects LA, including three licensed architects, have extensive experience in designing, managing, master planning and working with community and cultural organizations, residential, urban design, and industrial projects.

Michael's work has been widely published nationally and internationally and he is regularly called upon to comment about design matters in national and local broadcast media, print, panels and symposia to explain the public interest from the architect's perspective. This includes Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Business Week, Azure, Builder Magazine, Metropolitan Home, NPR's Weekend Edition, All Things Considered, KCRW's Which Way L.A.?, The LA Times, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Hong Kong's avant garde Hinge Magazine, among many others.

Registration
Mingling starts at 6:30pm with the tour starting about 7:15pm, followed by Q&A.
Register online to reserve your spot.

Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for non-members. There will be no registration at the door, cancellations or refunds.

You will receive an email confirmation once registered. Please do not attend without confirmation as seating is limited. A confirmation of your reservation will be sent to you via email, along with location and parking information.

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About the Studio Tour Series
In honor of AIGA Los Angeles's 25th year anniversary, the 2009 AIGA Studio Tour Series is highlighting the success of prestigious L.A. based companies in the creative industry. The tours this year will focus on a variety of creative industries, including fashion, film and television, music, architecture, entertainment and lifestyle.

The AIGA Studio Tours are an event series highlighting creative shops in our community. Through case studies, meeting key staff, seeing agency work and learning about the process behind it, the Studio Tour series provides insight, education, and inspiration. The events are also an opportunity to mingle with like-minded designers while enjoying light snacks and beverages.