Tag / los angeles
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Suisman joins LA Times Architecture Critic Hawthorne on the boulevard
Christopher Hawthorne Kicks Off His Boulevard Series With Atlantic and a Nod to Los Angeles Boulevard by Doug Suisman. Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne’s front-page feature on Atlantic Boulevard kicks off his year-long series on Boulevards. In the article, he writes: “Suisman’s concise and shamefully underappreciated 1989 study of the history and design…
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Angels Knoll featured in movie "500 Days of Summer"
Temporary Bunker Hill park is site of romance and regret, with a view of colorful facades. Hollywood, June 2009–Angels Knoll, a temporary park in downtown Los Angeles designed by Suisman Urban Design with Pat Smith, served as the dramatic centerpiece of the 2009 indy hit, “500 Days of Summer”. The two lovers, played by Joseph…
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Suisman joins panel to discuss future of Pershing Square
Suisman is Panelist on “Green to the Street: the Future of Pershing Square.” Los Angeles, March 2009–Joe Linton Sketch – Is Pershing Square a study in failed urban design? What would it take to bring it back? Could we take lessons from New York City ‘s beloved Bryant Park? These were some of the issues…
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Suisman office receives visitors from Stockholm’s Royal Institute of Art
Los Angeles, February 2009–A group of 30 students and 6 faculty members from the departments of architecture and art at the Royal Academy of Design in Stockholm were given a walking tour of Santa Monica Canyon by Doug Suisman, followed by a lunch at Suisman’s home. The group was visiting as part of its semester-long…
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SUD organizes downtown field trip for 3rd grade students
Suisman Urban Design organized and led a field trip to the historic El Pueblo de Los Angeles for the third graders of Canyon Charter School in Santa Monica. A day-long expedition, the tour began at the Southwest Museum Rail Station on the Gold Line. After riding the train into Union Station and touring the adjoining…
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First Street Next
Following the successful completion of its master plan study for First Street in downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, Suisman Urban Design and its partners Rios Clementi Hale Studios and Campbell & Campbell are poised to begin the next stage of the project in early 2007. The next phase will involve implementation of certain pieces…
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The Arc wins a 2005 AIA/Los Angeles Honor Award
Only Honor award in the Unbuilt category; jury was unanimous, called the project “elegant”, “unprecedented” and “breathtaking”. Suisman Urban Design’s “Arc” project, an infrastructure master plan for a Palestinian state, was the sole winner of a coveted Honor Award in the Unbuilt category of the AIA / Los Angeles’s 2005 Awards program. The awards were…
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Suisman discusses New Latino Urbanism at Cal State LA
Formed by Suisman’s fifteen years research on Mexican, Latin American urbanism; Los Angeles area a lab for combining tradition and innovation. Doug Suisman joined Landscape Architect Mia Lehrer to discuss design directions for “Latino New Urbanism” at a well attended conference on the campus of Cal State Los Angeles, organized by the Transportation and Land…
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"First Street Now!" Plan unveiled
New First Street development, streetscape plan by Suisman-Campbell-Rios for Project Restore; strong political support in downtown Los Angeles. After more than two years of planning and design, Project Restore unveiled the new conceptual master plan for First Street in downtown Los Angeles. The plan was prepared by a consortium of three award-winning firms: Suisman Urban…
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First Street Master Plan in Downtown Los Angeles
Project Restore announced that the team of Suisman • Campbell • Rios has been selected to develop the conceptual master plan for downtown Los Angeles’s First Street. The 2.4 mile corridor links Disney Concert Hall on Bunker Hill to Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights. The street runs by Los Angeles City Hall, which was renovated…
