A reception, lecture, and discussion with Paul Lewis

Name: A reception, lecture, and discussion with Paul Lewis
Start: 2026-04-23T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-04-23T20:30:00-07:00
Location: Helms Design Center

April 23 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Please join us on Thursday, April 23rd, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a special evening with Paul Lewis.

In collaboration with the Helms Design District and the Cal Poly SLO/LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design

Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232

Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.

Lecture is Free and Open to the Public with RSVP

RSVP HERE

Paul Lewis, FAIA, is a Principal at LTL Architects based in New York City and Professor / Interim Associate Dean at Princeton University School of Architecture. LTL are the 2019 NY State AIA firm of the year, have received a National Design Award, and were inducted into the ID Hall of Fame.

The firm’s recent work includes All Straw House, First Place in The Resilient Campus an International Design Competition for University of Buffalo, Ithaca Straw House, Poster House, The Helen R. Walton Children’s Enrichment Center, and a new residence hall at Carnegie Mellon University. Their current focus is on the architectural potentials of plant and earth-based materials which is explicated in their most recent book Manual of Biogenic House Sections (2022). LTL Architects are also the authors of Intensities (2013), Opportunistic Architecture (2008) and Situation Normal….Pamphlet Architecture #21 (1998) and Manual of Section (2016) which has been translated into seven languages. Paul received a BA from Wesleyan University and a M.Arch from Princeton University, and is a recent past president of The Architectural League of New York.

Follow Link To Purchase: Manual of Biogenic House Sections (ORO Editions, 2022) by authors Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki & David J. Lewis.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, FAIA, PhD, of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo).