From March 10th to March 12th, John Kaliski participated as a resource team member at the Mayor's Institute of City Design (MICD) conference held at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. MICD, a program of the national Endownment of the Arts, brings together mayors, architects, urban designers, planners, economists, and real estate experts to intensively review opportunities in individual cities and craft design based solutions. The role of design as a key element in the revitalization of urban areas is emphasized. John Kaliski, in addition to serving on the expert resource team, gave a presentation titled "Plan B for Urban Design" that related iterative and incremental design processes to successful city making.

Construction is under way on the URBAN STUDIO designed Audi dealership and showroom.

Lamborghini's first United States boutique, and second internationally, held a gala opening complete with a fashion show of Lamborghini brand clothing and accessories. Working closely with Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and Auto Gallery, URBAN STUDIO implemented the luxury auto seller's brand architecture and strategy within the newy renovated Westfield Topanga Shopping Center. From conception to completion URBAN STUDIO, working with local vendors, completed the project in three months of non-stop design development and construction. The boutique is the fourth project completed by URBAN STUDIO for Woodland Hills-based Motor Cars West.

For more information see,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/
http://www.earthtimes.org/
http://www.oneighturbo.com/

As President of AIA Los Angeles, John Kaliski urges the Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission (PIAC) to include an architect on the Commission that fosters transportation and infrastructure projects in Los Angeles.

For more information see,
http://www.archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=3774

John Kaliski contributes the chapter, "Democracy Takes Command: New Community Planning and the Challenge to Urban Design" in URBAN DESIGN, Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders, editors, University of Minnesota Press. The article previously appeared in Harvard Design Magazine, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

For more information see,
http://www.aialosangeles.org/events/mobiusla.html

URBAN STUDIO designed Hollywood Farmer's Kitchen, supports small farms, community job training and enjoyment.

The Farmers Kitchen opens for business lunch hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

For more information see,
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-farmkitchen24-2009jun24,0,5406313.story

URBAN STUDIO designed Hollywood Farmer's Kitchen, serving locally grown produce, opens for business lunch hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

For more information see,
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/05/farm-market-cafe-opens-in-hollywood.html

LA Expo Station light rail project highlights URBAN STUDIO's Crenshaw Vision + Implementation Plan.

For more information see,
http://archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=3472

URBAN STUDIO works with the City of Santa Monica and the Ocean Park neighborhood community to design a "green street" including bike paths, street trees, landscape medians, amelioration of urban runoff, and pedestrian access.

For more information see,
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArchiveArticle.asp?eid=9765

John Kaliski participates in the discusson series "New Properities: Comtemporary Ideas for the Future of Urban Cities in the American West"
Discussion: Reformulating Infrastructure, Part 2

Woodbury School of Architecture
Burbank, CA
Ahmanson Main Space
6:30PM

For more information see,
http://www.woodbury.edu/s/131/index.aspx?sid=131&gid=1&pgid=1373

URBAN STUDIO joins the Jordan Downs project, a $1-billion dollar proposal to tear down an aging Watts complex in South Los Angeles and replace it with an urban village with apartments, stores and restaurants.  URBAN STUDIO is responsible for guidelines on the project led by WRT/ Solomon E.T.C. in conjunction with the Los Angeles Housing Authority.

For more information see LA Times article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jordan1-2009mar01,0,2241940.story

"Minicity: The Architecture and Urbanism of Convenience".

John Kaliski discusses an overlooked and undervalued building typology that is always maligned but used everyday and serves as a window onto a broader discussion of uses of the everyday in design observation and practice.

University of Kansas
School of Architecture and Urban Planning
Lawrence, Kansas

For more information, http://www.saup.ku.edu/News&Events/Lecture/Spring2009.shtml

John Kaliski, Margaret Crawford, and John Chase will be participating in a panel discussion, moderated
by Patricia Morton, about their new revised edition of Everyday Urbanism.

Please join us on Thursday, January 22, 2009 from 7:30-9:00 p.m at the LACE Gallery:

LACE Gallery
6522 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028

For more information, visit http://www.laforum.org/node/314.

This event is sponsored by the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design and LACE.

For more information please contact:
http://www.aialosangeles.org/

John Kaliski travels to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art for his lecture, "Minicity: The Architecture and Urban Design of Convenience."
http://www.smoca.org/education_calendar.php

Green to the People interviews John Kaliski about sustainability, affordability, and good design in the EHOP sponsored Leighton Townhomes in South Los Angeles, see:
http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/web-stories/green-architecture/community.php

For our second year celebrating Parking Day, URBAN STUDIO created a street environment for this State-wide annual event to raise public awareness about the lack of open space in urban environments. For more information on this event, see:
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/09/19/happy-parking-day

Urban Studio participates in PARK(ING) DAY

Urban Studio begins revitalizing the Crenshaw Corridor

14 April 2007