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On Thursday, December 9th from 6:30 to 9:00 pm, please join us in welcoming Nature, Art and Habitat for their 2022 Residency, “Soil: The Critical Zone”, an evening conversation focusing on the role of soil as a foundational ecosystem.
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deCoding Asian Urbanism is a timely book and exhibition about the unprecedented, meteoric growth of Asian cities, and the “urban acupuncture” projects that are making them more liveable. This Thursday, March 3, Helms invites you for a reception and conversation about the issues raised by DAU. What happens to cultural identity in the face of such extreme change and what can designers do to recreate a sense of place? Does the extreme density of Asian cities represent the future for all growing cities?
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Seeding The City celebrates the 21st century garden in LA with a daylong program of talks, tours, and popups, featuring some of LA’s leading landscape designers and thinkers. Join us on Saturday, April 23rd from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM for a campus-wide event and education about nature in the city...now and into the future.
On Thursday, June 9th, Helms Bakery District Presents An Evening with AIA Gold Medal Winners Angela Brooks, FAIA, and Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA.
Join us on Saturday, June 11 from 2:00 to 3:30 as we welcome architect and ikebana teacher Ravi GuneWardena of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Los Angeles who will talk about the history of the Sogetsu School in Tokyo and its collaborations with artists.
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On Thursday, August 4th from 6:30 - 8:30 PM, please join us for an opening reception of the exhibition, Welcome Blanket, with founder Jayna Zweiman in conversation with cultural journalist Frances Anderton.
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We’ve been through unprecedented times, marked by a retreat from public spaces and by a reevaluation of intimate spaces. On Sunday, September 18th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, The L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design welcomes you back and we’ve blown up big balloons! Thought balloons with your messages and observations about how you occupied space over the last 2 ½ years are on display. Welcome to the conversation.
Starting on Saturday, September 24th, we are excited to partner with Crewest Studio to present smARTtalks: A New Monthly Educational Series for Artists + Creatives with Expert Panelists! smARTalks occur once a month on Saturdays from 10am-1pm inside the Helms Design Center.
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Join us on Thursday, September 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm for a conversation about the new authoritative history of the Avant-Garde architecture of our times with Joseph Giovannini and architectural journalist Frances Anderton.
