Musings Archives - Lewis/Schoeplein Architects

November 9, 2019 Musings

Wilmington Town Square Breaks Ground!

So excited to have attended the formal groundbreaking ceremony for Wilmington Town Square Park, our project for the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative. This project, funded with the help of generous grants from Marathon and Wells Fargo Bank, will revitalize the downtown of historic Wilmington, and provide a place for programmed...

November 1, 2019 Musings

Toni Lewis and Alejandra Ramirez join Board of The Association for Women in Architecture and Design

Principal Toni Lewis and project designer Alejandra Ramirez have both joined the Board of Directors of The Association for Women in Architecture and Design, Toni as CFO and Alejandra as Director of Programs. The AWA+D is a Professional Society dedicated to supporting career and educational endeavors for women working in the built environment. From their...

July 16, 2019 Musings

ADUs : the skinny on Accessory Dwelling Units

Everyone is asking, so we are answering! Accessory Dwelling Units – are they new? Granny flats, converted garages and in-law apartments are not new… practically speaking they have always existed, and there are many thousands of them all over California. In the past many of these were illegally converted spaces, but in 2016 and 2017...

February 26, 2019 Musings

We are hiring!

Lewis | Schoeplein architects is seeking a committed, enthusiastic, and adventurous architect to join our team in West Los Angeles. The ideal candidate has an architecture degree (BA/BS Architecture or M.Arch.) and 2 – 5 years experience with projects similar to ours. **Candidates with additional experience are also highly encouraged to apply.** We are a...

October 13, 2016 Musings

Bikerevolution

L/Sa has purchased two Public bikes. They are simple, upright, 1-speeds. We will not be speeding, but we will get there. We added racks and bells and a basket that is big enough to bring back lunch from the Japanese market. Mitch Bloch provided u-locks and cables from the Warehouse. The bikes hang on hooks...

October 9, 2016 Musings

Forever 21 and the ADA

The first sentence is embarrassing: I was shopping at Forever 21. Ok – I can qualify – I was shopping with MY DAUGHTER at Forever 21. For the uninitiated, Forever 21 is a mass market clothing store founded in Los Angeles in 1984, now with over 600 locations in the United States and abroad. Its...

September 16, 2016 Musings

The Mysterious Happenings of Ricardo Legoretta

If you went to architecture school in the late 80s / early 90s on the West Coast there were those architects whose work was flagrantly copied by students not talented enough to do their copying less-flagrantly, including Aldo Rossi, “the Franks” (Israel and Gehry), Coop Himmelblau, and Ricardo Legoretta. Ah – Legoretta. The square windows,...

September 1, 2016 Musings

Niemeyer on Sunset Blvd.

Our project architect Gus Heully is a multi-tasker. When he isn’t catering expertly to the needs of clients, contractors and the building department, he is busy writing for architecture journals in the US and Japan. His most recent outing is “Niemeyer on Sunset” for West Hollywood Magazine, which delves into the history of an iconic...