Catalyst
The Signature Element
05.18.2022
A new chapel is the culmination of a 20-year relationship focused on designing and developing a campus to support a faith-based K-8 education....
New Center Will Support Community Health and Wellness
The new administration building for Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) will bring together a variety of health and wellness services into one cohesive...
Time for a New Approach to Workplace Design
New amenities alone won’t bring people back to the office. Designers must forge new partnerships to develop workplaces that support how employees want to work...
Releases
LPA EARNS TOP NATIONAL SCHOOL DESIGN HONOR FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR
05.16.2022
Design of the TIDE Academy, a three-story, STEAM-focused public high school in Menlo Park, California, is honored with the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education’s...
LPA Adds Mariana Lavezzo as Director of School Planning
04.11.2022
Design firm expands education leadership team with veteran planner focused on increasing equity, sustainability and wellness in schools...
LPA’s Melody Tang Receives 2022 AIA Young Architects Award
03.30.2022
National honor recognizes architects demonstrating “exceptional leadership” and making significant contributions to architecture early in their careers....
News
LPA Awards 2022 Interdisciplinary Diversity Scholarships
06.16.2022
Integrated design firm LPA Design Studios announced the second cohort of recipients for its LPA Interdisciplinary Diversity Scholarship Program, an annual program to support historically...
Landscape Architect Andrew Wickham on the Drought Resistant Schoolyard
06.9.2022
Drought conditions throughout the Southwest are creating a tremendous opportunity to convert high-water-use K-12 campuses into drought-resilient schoolyards, LPA landscape architect Andrew Wickham said during...
LPA CEO Headlines AIA-LA Discussion on Workplace Culture, Design
06.6.2022
LPA CEO Wendy Rogers will virtually join AIA Los Angeles for a panel discussion, Design, Incorporated — Reinventing Contemporary Practice and Workplace Culture on Wednesday, June 8....
Videos
Normandie Supportive Housing
05.3.2021
The design creates an easily replicated model for quickly and efficiently delivering high-quality supportive housing. Customized, once-used shipping containers are used to create 75 apartment...
Spotlight: Crown Valley Community Center
04.2.2021
The project consolidates and replaces the City’s 40 year old recreation center into a modern and cohesive building that provides a vast array of community...
LPA Spotlight: CSU Northridge Student Recreation and Wellness Center
03.8.2021
CSU Northridge Student Recreation and Wellness Center...
Research
Helping Young Children Find Their Way
06.1.2022
Studies provide a clear path to developing wayfinding designs that help young children safely navigate through a space with a spirit of exploration and excitement....
Analyzing the Performance of Student Recreation and Wellness Centers
12.22.2021
LPA designed a series of innovative recreation centers for the California State University system. LPAred studied how they are working for students, faculty and staff....
Designing Healthy Learning Environments
10.21.2021
Studies confirm healthy environments can improve learning outcomes and student success. But what are the best strategies to produce results?...
