18 Deidre Loftus Los Angeles Downtown Arts District Space Jonathan Louie Maggie Lunsky Lauren MacColl (M.Arch ’90) Briggs MacDonald (B.Arch ’80) Andrea Lenardin Madden (M.Arch ’98) Lida A. Mahabadi (M.Arch ’11) Hassan Majdfaghihi (B.Arch ’90) Sarah Rose Mark (M.Arch ’15) Elizabeth Martin (M.Arch ’92) John Martin Zachary Martin-Schoch (M.Arch ’12) Peter Maurer Ilaria Mazzoleni Talbot McLanahan (M.Arch ’95) Santino Medina (M.Arch ’06) Matthew Melnyk Luis (B. Arch ’83) and Nasrin (B.Arch ’85) Menendez Martin Roy Mervel (M.Arch ’81) Thomas Michael (M.Arch ’97) Matthew Momberger (B.Arch ’15) Dawn Mori Paras Nanavati (M.Arch ’95) Navid/Oster Design Miriam Negri (B.Arch ’86) Fredrik Nilsson (B.Arch ’01) Dean Nota (B.Arch ’76) Walter O’Brien Tom Oswalt (B.Arch ’78) Jennifer Pan PAR Inc. Sarah Parker (B.Arch ’78) Aida and Malcolm Peck John C. Peck (M.Arch ’08) Alex Pettas (M.Arch ’06) Thuy P. Pham (M.Arch ’11) Jenny Phi Kailey Anastasia Pico Jacqueline Pimentel (M.Arch’ 89) Scott D. Plante (M.DesR ’10) Christian Aaron Prasch Ninaki Roberta Priddy (B.Arch ’09) Jonathan Proto (M.DesR ’11) Bruce Provisor Matthew E. Pugh Steven Purvis (M.Arch ’06) Lorenz Quinley (M.Arch ’02) Pooja Rajaram Somayyeh Ramezani (M.DesR ’12) Johnny Ramirios (B.Arch ’05) Glenn Rappaport Andrea Rawlings (B.Arch ’82) Molly Reid (M.Arch ’94) Brian Reiff (M.Arch ’91) Eve Carole Reynolds (M.Arch ’90) Steven H. Reynolds Felipe I. Rodriguez (M.DesR ’10) Jonah Rowen Jun and Donna Roxas Laurajean Jefferis Roxas (B.Arch ’14) Rafael Ruiz (M.Arch ’14) Raymond Ryan Janet Sager Robyn Salathe (M.Arch ’89) Mary Salazar John Paul Salcido (B.Arch ’16) Bane Saleh (M.DesR ’04) Safura Salek (B.Arch ’97) Nancy Samovar Solmaaz Sarrafzadeh Thomas Scarin (M.Arch ’83) Karolin Schmidbaur Lanna B. Semel (M.Arch ’11) Elita Seow (B.Arch ’03) Boogie Shafer (M+M ’05) Will Sharp (M.Arch ’87) Neal Shelat (M.Arch ’86) David Shoucair (B.Arch ’79) Carolyn and Jonathan (B.Arch ’80) Siegal Alan Sieroty Domenic Silvestri (B.Arch ‘85)
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LETTERS TO THE DIRECTOR I’d like to thank you for inviting me to the SCI-Arc Final Thesis Review. It is a privilege that I appreciate very much...the school is fantastic, the energy even more and you have around you plenty of excellent teachers and architects...I liked also your confrontation with Hernan which testifies in fact of the “sanity” of the school, of the vigor of its engagements in the field! I wish that we could have that in Columbus! It may be coming back here slowly as schools of architecture are like football teams, they are a configuration of great players, which are welded together for a moment, and you have such a great moment, you might be pleased! Merci encore, et amicalement, José Oubrerie Congratulations on the 40th. I graduated with my Masters in the summer of 1985. Went that autumn to New Haven to work with Allan Greenberg. Now practice in San Francisco. Rotondi was my first teacher, then Ray, and then Thom Mayne. Ernie Salk was in there too. Good fellow. Those were the days of T.G. Smith. Good man as well. Your introduction (in Mag #6) got me thinking. SCIArc needs a class in the Classical Orders. “How Things Work [And Don’t]” posed two good questions: 1) Does the human condition continue to improve? 2) Is an alternative postulate possible? My answer. Study and build Classical buildings. Yes, so contradictory isn’t it? Moving into the 21 century and building brand new, classically ornamented buildings. “When we discover something new we simultaneously concede something old.” I guess sometimes an “...alternative premise is plausible.” Stanford White back from the dead. Again, congratulations and good job with the school. Morgan Conolly (M.Arch ’85) I just finished reading your comments about “How Things Work [And Don’t]” in the front of the SCI-Arc magazine. I have nothing more to say [other] than I liked your thoughts and am poignantly reminded of the point of view about architecture and thinking that was so much a part of my experience at SCI-Arc…holding important questions, as opposed to sitting on answers, is much more enlarging...talmudic, I suppose. After having worked with Daniel Herren for 4 years, I found myself settled in Indianapolis so I am at a great distance both physically and psychologically from L.A. and SCI-Arc and it’s of value to me to become reminded of the spirit there. I have with pride, over the years, proclaimed SCI-Arc as a place that imparts a powerful influence upon those it touches and as a promoter of original thinking. Being embroiled in the task of maintaining a healthy business through recent trying times, and stretching within the context of a midwestern mindset as much as possible...it is very nice for me to be reminded of matters and considerations of consequence beyond that. So, I suppose this is just a short note of thanks and acknowledgement. Bruce Loewenthal (M.Arch ’81) Some times we are blessed with synchronistic experiences that should not be ignored. Last night I read your piece, “How Things Work [And Don’t].” This morning I continued my reading of the introduction to the Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie and David Fideler. From an architectural point of view Pythagoras laid the foundations for the Greek temples and the Chartres Cathedral, this I believe bestows on him significant architectural credibility. I think Pythagoras speaks eloquently to your dilemma. Jock de Swart