Tag: Design Awards

Cara Mullio and Jennifer Volland

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Cara Mullio and Jennifer Volland

2023 Community Design Advocate Award

Long Beach, a metropolis of almost a half a million residents and larger than the cities of Atlanta, Miami, and New Orleans gets very limited architectural press due to its proximity to Los Angeles. Cara and Jennifer have contributed three important publications that highlight the design profession within Long Beach. These include:

Frank Bros.: The Store That Modernized Modern, 2017. This book describes how one furniture store in Long Beach influenced a post war lifestyle that educated the public on good design across the entire country.

Edward A. Killingsworth: An Architect’s Life, 2013. Architect Edward Killingsworth whose office and many of his projects were in Long Beach, had been an unexamined genius of Southern California modernism until the writing of this book.

Long Beach Architecture: The Unexpected Metropolis, 2004. Beginning with an illustrated essay on the history of the built environment of Long Beach, it documents one hundred of the city’s most important built, unrealized, and demolished architectural projects.

Cara Mullio is principal of Root Development, LLC, a real estate development company based in Long Beach and is a freelance writer and curator specializing in contemporary architecture projects. She teaches at the University of Southern California and is invited to lecture on intersections of architecture, urban design, and real estate development. Cara holds a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California and a Master of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

Jennifer Volland is an independent curator, writer, and researcher whose projects have chronicled important moments in the cultural history of California. She has been researching the life and work of ceramicist Edith Heath. Jennifer’s previous research focused on two architectural typologies: the cabin and the hotel. In collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery, she co-curated two exhibitions Cabin Fever (2018) and Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life (2013). Volland received her Master of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles, and she is currently completing her Master of Library Information Science from San José State University.

01 / 03 Long Beach Architecture The Unexpected Metropolis
02 / 03 Frank Bros – The Store That Modernized Modern
03 / 03 Edward A. Killingsworth An Architect’s Life

Paul Masi, AIA

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Paul Masi, AIA

Paul Masi, AIA

Bates Masi + Architects

Paul Masi received a Bachelor of Architecture from Catholic University and a Masters of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He worked at Richard Meier & Partners before joining Harry Bates to form Bates Masi + Architects in 1998. Together the firm has been honored with 220 design awards since 2003 including three Cooper-Hewitt Design Award Nominations. Residential Architect Magazine selected Bates Masi as one of their 50 Architects We Loveand Architectural Record has awarded 3 Record Houses. In 2013, Bates Masi was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame and in 2017, Paul Masi was inducted into the Wm. S. Marvin Hall of Fame. He has lectured at universities throughout the country and has served as a juror for national, international, and AIA design award competitions. Bates Masi has been featured in national and international publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Interior Design, Metropolitan Home, Dwell, Elle Décor, and Remodeling. The firm’s first monograph Bespoke Home, with introduction by Paul Goldberger, is available in bookstores now. The firm’s highly anticipated second monograph will be available in 2023.

For additional information visit: https://batesmasi.com/

Anne Fougeron, FAIA

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Anne Fougeron, FAIA

Anne Fougeron, FAIA

FOUGERON ARCHITECTURE

Over three decades of distinguished practice, Anne Fougeron has remained clear: architecture can change lives—both over time and in the moment—and every individual from every background deserves access to design’s transformative potential. Since founding her eponymous firm in 1986, she has demonstrated this principle time and again, establishing a model of practice dedicated to making the dignity and inspiration of good design available to all.

At the heart of this activist mission is Anne’s belief that great architecture can, and should be, part of the political world—and that principles of design are inextricably rooted in the principles of democracy. A building that is vivid and full of life communicates respect for all individuals within a community; an environment that is harmonious and reassuring to everyone within reinforces the value of social equality.

Working across an array of building types and budgets, Anne has advanced a humane modernism, an architecture that embraces society’s fundamental responsibilities in the language of today. She crafts enriching environments that uplift the spirit, awaken the senses, and benefit the human endeavors they were designed for— be it work, learning, wellness, or family life. Her approach confronts conventions within the field to argue for design strategies that support the breadth of their inhabitants’ needs, and by example, her work challenges our profession to uphold this responsibility.

For additional information visit: https://www.fougeron.com/