Public program 2024–25

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (UCLA AUD) is pleased to share its full 2024–25 program of lectures and events, all free and open to the public.  

Bookmark AUD’s events page for updates, and browse AUD’s news page for updates and stories about student and faculty projects, news, and insights. Also, check out GO ARTS UCLA for events and programs across UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture and beyond.

The department also welcomes building scientist and architectural educator Salmaan Craig to its faculty as Associate Professor. Craig most recently was Assistant Professor at McGill University School of Architecture; among other interests, his ongoing research program develops new concepts for solar architecture with biogenic materials.

All events listed below are held at AUD’s Perloff Hall on UCLA’s Main Campus in Westwood and begin at 5:30pm, unless noted otherwise.

Book talk: Alfredo Thiermann presents Radio-Activities
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Professor of History and Theory of Architecture, EPFL, Lausanne

Lisa Iwamoto
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture at University of California, Berkeley, and Founding Partner, IwamotoScott Architecture

Skylar Tibbits
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Associate Professor, MIT Department of Architecture, and Co-Director, MIT Self-Assembly Lab

Book talk: Ferda Kolatan presents Misfits & Hybrids: Architectural Artifacts for the 21st-Century City
Monday, October 28, 2024
Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, and Founding Director, SU11 Architecture+Design

Marion Weiss
Monday, November 18, 2024
Graham Chair Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, and Cofounder, WEISS/MANFREDI

Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu (Neri&Hu Design and Research Office): “Total Design”
Monday, November 25, 2024
Hu is Founding Partner, Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, and Chair and Miller Professor of the Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design; Neri is Founding Partner, Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

Takaharu Tezuka
Monday, December 2, 2024
President, Tezuka Architects, and Professor, Tokyo City University

Sean Boyd and Mora Nabi (both MArch ‘12), NABI BOYD
Monday, January 13, 2025
Founding Partners, NABI BOYD

Miho Mazereeuw
Monday, January 27, 2025
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism and Director of Urban Risk Lab, Department of Architecture, MIT

Neeraj Bhatia
Monday, February 24, 2025
Principal, THE OPEN WORKSHOP, and Associate Professor, California College of the Arts

Kevin Sherrod (MArch II ‘17)
Monday, March 3, 2025
Practice Area Leader for Arts & Culture, Gensler Los Angeles, and Lecturer, USC School of Architecture

Book talk: Todd Gannon (PhD ‘11) presents Franklin D. Israel: A Life in Architecture
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Professor of Architecture, Knowlton School at The Ohio State University

Teman Evans and Teran Evans
Monday, April 7, 2025
Teman Evans is Global Chief of Design, General Mills, and Lecturer in Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Teran Evans is Global Head of Brand Design, Amazon Music, and Lecturer in Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Preston Scott Cohen
Monday, April 14, 2025
Founder and Principal, Preston Scott Cohen, Inc., and Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture and Director of the Master in Architecture II Program, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Taylor Dover: “Nice to Meet You”
Monday, April 21, 2025
Head of Digital Body, Studio Olafur Eliasson, and Founder, Introduce Studio

Frederick Fisher (MArch ‘75): “Themes”
Monday, May 12, 2025
Founder and President, Frederick Fisher and Partners

Rumble 2025
Monday, June 9 and Tuesday, June 10, 2025