A few weeks ago, LA's ULI chapter, alongside cityLAB and AIALA, hosted a Small Lots, Big Impacts networking event! cityLAB presented takeaways from the design competition and shared our strategies for crafting a clear and effective RFQ document.

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As part of cityLAB’s ongoing post-fire recovery initiative in Altadena, we present the exhibition We Were Here: Honoring the Living Legacy of Black Altadena and Pasadena at the second Eaton Fire Rebuild Senior Summit on August 2, 2025.

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Prefabricated (prefab) homes offer numerous benefits, including cost savings, faster construction, reduced waste and enhanced quality control. We were honored to share this knowledge and more with Altadena residents this Spring during our cityLAB Pre-Fab Showcases.

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In honor of Earth Month, the cityLAB team was asked “What is a promising sustainable architectural innovation?”. We hope our answers spur in you the same awe, curiosity and thoughtfulness it did in us.

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Last Saturday, we were happy to share our interactive mapping tools at the Inaugural Eaton Fire Senior Summit in Altadena. We are humbled by the trust bestowed upon us by our community partners.

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Our Small Lots, Big Impacts design competition gets a spotlight on Madeleine Brand’s KCRW show “Press Play”!

Don’t forget! The Small Lots, Big Impacts registration closes April 7th! Don’t miss your chance to be a part of LA Housing history!

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Our co-director Dr. Yang Yang joined a conversation exploring designers' agency in shaping Los Angeles’s future, particularly amid pressing social and environmental challenges.

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For our second cityLAB staff pick, the team was asked to name a socially conscious architect they admired. While our answers spanned across the world, they all seemed to have in common a commitment to providing affordable, beautiful and dignified homes for all.

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Tune into our Small Lots, Big Impacts Webinar today at 5:00 pm!

Tomorrow at 5pm PST cityLAB will be hosting a webinar to answer outstanding questions about the Small Lots, Big Impacts initiative. For those who can’t make the webinar, we will post a recording to the News and Events page of our website.

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In this episode of Bruin to Bruin, our own director Dr. Dana Cuff discusses her transformational work with cityLAB, and how collective action and academic innovation can reshape our city and inspire impactful change.

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Textures, colors, and juxtapositions are a few ways we invite our students to rethink and examine their city. These themes and more were explored at our “Filmic Sensing” screening which featured experimental short films created by our talented Urban Humanities students.

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The first in a new series! Our students get to know the cityLAB team by asking them their burning spatial justice architecture questions. This week’s question is: “In your opinion which architect or building has contributed the most to Los Angeles? Who would you choose?"

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Housing Justice News: cityLAB, alongside our long-term partners at the Center for Cities + Schools and the California School Boards Association, kicked off the third iteration of our Education Workforce Housing Academy last month.
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