What will the end of gas-powered vehicles mean for a city that’s renowned (and maligned) for its car culture and home to 550 gas stations? Leading design firms from around the world share some ideas at a symposium hosted by USC Dornsife’s 3rd LA project. [1½ min read]
On Dec. 11, the “Pump to Plug” event presented by USC Dornsife’s 3rd LA Project and cohosted by the USC Dornsife Academy in the Public Square and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator invites design firms to reimagine where we fuel up. [2½ min read]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Giuseppe Sala, mayor of Milan, Italy, and design experts discuss how climate change, a global pandemic and reckonings in racial justice are redefining our domestic and urban spaces. [1½ min read]
The chief design officer of Los Angeles and former architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times joined USC Dornsife in January, bringing his pioneering 3rd LA project to USC. [6 ¼ min read]
Long considered the world capital of science fiction, L.A. is leaving behind the multiplicity of dystopian fates the genre so often predicted for it, as the city moves toward a different vision of its future — one that’s tapping into its past to create a more user-friendly, sustainable and equitable tomorrow. [9 ¼ min read]
Christopher Hawthorne, the first chief design officer of a major American city and former architecture critic for the ‘Los Angeles Times,’ brings his 3rd LA Project to USC as a cornerstone of USC Dornsife’s Academy in the Public Square initiative. [5¼ min read]
