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Moore Ruble Yudell is honored to be presenting at the upcoming SCUP Annual conference as part of the following two sessions:

 

  1. Empowering Students to Connect and Lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  2. Modernism Reborn: Reviving Brutalist Icons on the American Campus

 

Learn more about each session here...read more

Empowering Students to Connect and Lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution

 

Presented by: Sanjeev Khagram, Dean and Director General, Thunderbird School of Global Management | Buzz Yudell, Partner, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners | Shawn Swisher, Project Architect & Designer, Jones Studio, Inc. 

 

Global connection is an inherent part of 21st-century leadership and management education. Arizona State University’s (ASU) new global headquarters for the Thunderbird School of Global Management demonstrates how integrated planning, learning space design, and technology can facilitate connections that are key to education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Come learn how integrated planning and technology-suffused learning spaces can support student development, collaboration, and learning necessary for preparing global leaders to thrive.

 

 

 

Modernism Reborn: Reviving Brutalist Icons on the American Campus

 

Presented by: Jeanne Chen, Principal, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners | James Kolker, University Architect, Associate Vice Chancellor, Washington University in St Louis | Neal Matsuno, Principal, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners | Adam Padua, Senior Associate, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

 

In the aftermath of riots, killings, and the flu pandemic of 1968, America architecture conveyed its optimism for the future through Brutalism. In the wake of similarly troubled times, campuses are once again ready to embrace optimism through renewal. Brutalism has left universities with a legacy of historic concrete buildings, but fifty years later they’re often unpopular and in poor repair. This session will explore how three university campuses looked beyond the troubled exterior and chose whether to replace, repair, or restore their campus’s Brutalist buildings and put their campus assets back to work.

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be joined by John Dale, FAIA, of HED, to lead tours of the Samohi Discovery Building on May 12 (at 3:30pm and 4:30pm). Check the AIA LA website  to register. 

James Mary O'Connor will give a presentation on “Evolving Pedagogy; transforming campus, designing for dynamic change” at the Southwest Region Conference in Las Vegas, NV on May 4 from 11:45-12:45 pm.

Carissa Oyedele, AIA spoke on a mid-day break-out panel for Day 1 of the AIA|LA Powerful 8 Symposium on Friday September 24, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. The discussion on “Post Pandemic Life/ Work Integration” covered challenges and opportunities with what the post-pandemic office will look like- including issues of flexibility, connectivity, mentorship, retention, and more.

 

Strengthening Student Success Conference (Virtual)

Mario Violich, FAIA and Carissa Oyedele, AIA presented on October 16th for a panel at the California Community College Strengthening Student Success Conference called “Innovative Tools for Engaging Contemporary Challenges in Collaborative Governance”. Our case study of the Educational and Facilities Master Plan at North Orange County Community College District highlighted unique ways of conducting campus assessments and facilitating an inclusive design process that prioritizes student engagement.

Learn more here: SSSC: Meet CCC Faculty, Staff, IRPE Professionals, and more (rpgroup.org)

 

 

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA will be on a panel tomorrow from 8am-9:30am PST for the Boston Society for Architecture session “Design for Change: K-12 Educational Design Campus Transformation”

The presentation tracks the evolution of learning and the supporting campus facilities of Santa Monica High School. This campus has developed over the course of a century, responding to varying imperatives in terms of learning styles and the facilities that house them. A recent master plan and two major new projects have begun a radical transformation that will reshape the course of the school for the next century. The first of these facilities just opened this summer and is a major multi-purpose academic facility. The Discovery Building’s design is based on Open Building principles. A new athletic and career technical / visual arts complex (The Gold Gym and Exploration Building) will soon follow. The new buildings are a radical departure from what has been created before. They will contain much more varied, flexible spaces, both interior and exterior, that will support a wide range of learning styles and activities. With the opening of the Discovery Building, we will discuss the initial impressions of students and teachers as they begin to occupy and experiment in the new learning spaces.

Learn more here: http://ow.ly/8Mg050Gj1Ji

Panel:

James Mary O’Connor FAIA, Moore Ruble Yudell

Carey Upton, Chief Operations Officer, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

John Dale FAIA, HED

 

Partners John Ruble, FAIA and Buzz Yudell, FAIA and Principal Jeanne Chen, FAIA, will be panelists at the International Symposium on Campus Planning and Design of Higher & Vocational Education in Hangzhou, China tonight. Their virtual presentation “Higher Education for a Dynamic Global Future: Defining Opportunities and Guiding Principles” will discuss trends in future education and include recent case studies of their work in the US and Asia.

Image: Santa Monica High School Discovery Building

Co-Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell

Architect of Record/ Co-Design Architect: HED Architect

 

Neal Matsuno, FAIA will be speaking on Wednesday, September 22 from 12:00-1:30pm for the “Design for Wellbeing” AIA CA Climate Action Webinar Series.

With the average American spending 90% of their time indoors, it is imperative that our buildings support human health and wellbeing. This session will outline the focus on health and wellness throughout the project design and operation of Washington University St. Louis [WUSTL’s] Hillman Hall. With the project as a new building for the Brown School of Social Work, social equity was at the core of the school’s values and vision to create positive social change. A healthy and high-performance environment benefits profitability, staff retention, and improves student performance, and should be considered from the earliest stages of design through operation.

Speakers:

Amy Eyler, Associate Professor at WUSTL

Neal Matsuno, Principal at Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners

 

 

Carissa Oyedele, AIA was a coach and mentor for two weeks at the virtual girls AAUW Tech Trek STEM Summer Camp. She led and coached 8 junior high girls each week through a series of hands-on activities. The focus was learning and coding robotics, including circuiting LEDs to blink following the coded pattern. Ultimately each girl designed and built a wearable tech hat inspired by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

 

Innovative Planning Tools to Advance Faculty and Student Representation

SCUP Annual Conference 2021...read more

Mario Violich, FAIA, and Carissa Shrock Oyedele, AIA, NCIDQ, led an engaging session at the Annual Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Conference with Dr. Miguel Powers and Student Leaders Presten Jimenez & Nicolette Garcia on how the use of participatory processes including equity walks have enabled our Community College partners to respond to the challenges faced in collaborative governance and achieve better representation among Students, Faculty, Staff, and campus leadership.

Carissa Oyedele, AIA will be presenting at this year’s SCUP Pacific Regional Conference on Equitable Cross-Disciplinary Planning for Underserved Populations. The presentation will investigate inclusive, interdisciplinary approaches to long-range campus and strategic planning.

The session will take place on April 16th from 10am-12pm PST. More info, including a more detailed description and registration, can be found here:

http://ow.ly/HMWl50ElaJs

 

Join Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Amy Hellmund, AIA on April 8th as they participate in a multi-panel virtual event celebrating the Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU on their Founder’s Day. Register today for this free 24-hour global celebration.
https://lnkd.in/dyfwQgX

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to be a sponsor for the AIA|LA Committee on the Environment’s fourth annual 1.5°C symposium. The conference focuses on the most impactful conversations today around Climate Action and Climate justice in a two-day split virtual symposium. Our Blake Patten, AIA, LEED AP was part of Day 1’s Climate Solutions Subcommittee.

Engaging educational environments are vital to help learners reach their full potential. These facilities also play a critical role in serving as anchors for our larger communities. The design of educational facilities can and should foster equitable communities acting as a catalyst for change. 

 


Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Carissa Oyedele, AIA LEED AP BD+C  participated in a panel with Dr. Robert Dillon, Sustainable Education Solutions on Creating Equitable, Adaptable and Resilient Educational Environments for the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education. The Q & A from the webinar is available below:

Q: How important is to have diversity among the design team? Are your offices diverse?   How can the industry raise up BIPOC leaders so they are leading these conversations?

A:Buzz:

Diversity in the team adds a valuable range of perceptions and creative ideas. However to be meaningful, all team members must feel encouraged and welcomed to actively participate.  You may need to experiment with ways to develop team norms that ensure everyone is valued, participates and is listened to.

Our office is quite diverse relative to the profession:  49% minority and 43 % women.  However, it is always a work in progress and we look for ways to keep diversifying and accelerating diversity at the leadership levels.  

Mentoring, training and coaching are critical to developing confidence and expertise for all leaders.

Creating  opportunities for BIPOC  and emerging leaders to be out front with clients, civic and professional organizations is an important part of the process.


Q: How do you make sure the quiet voices have as much weight as the loud ones?

A: Buzz

This can be challenging and requires initiatives on several fronts.  Coaching and training are essential.  Providing  safe environments to practice presentation skills and build confidence is important.  

Developing office and team norms and behaviors that ensure all voices are heard and valued. all of these behaviors need to be modelled and lived at the leadership level.

A: Carissa

You can also employ certain tools to make the quiet ones feel more comfortable:

  • You can call out people specifically to participate
  • Go around the table so everyone has a chance to talk
  • Facilitate activities where everyone has to get up out of their seat to write or mark on boards- this can be beneficial to some who want to remain anonymous

 


Q: Can you elaborate more on designing for resiliency? Is this just a matter of community engagement, or is there a component more related to the building systems and assemblies?

A: Buzz

It is a multi-dimensional process.  Early planning to optimize for flexibility and adaptability are critical.

The earliest possible multi-disciplinary discussions about building systems, assemblies and their integration and performance is important. Testing and modeling for life-cycle,  operations and maintenance should all involve consultants and relevant clients reps.

A: Carissa

Resiliency can most definitely mean systems as well. Often we are seeing clients wanting to prepare for natural disasters, school shootings, and now pandemics. We can build in safety measures and redundancy, such as with renewable energy and captured water, so that the Universities and Colleges can be prepared when any of these situations hit.

 


Q: We all could spend days listening to your research, understanding the more poetic features and how individuals are able to engage these spaces and places created.  With community healing, that you mentioned, as a strong endeavor you engage with your users.  Can you describe how you all judge your outcomes as successful and the degree of success has been attained?

A:  Buzz

We do a range of post occupancy evaluations from relatively informal visits, observations and discussions to more structured surveys and interviews. ( it depends on client needs and culture ).  It’s great when we can partner with our clients in the post occupancy research but not all clients have time.   I like adding informal and serendipitous conversations when we visit our projects.   And specifically trying to get a cross section of users.  Some of our judgement of success comes from structured feedback on metrics about health,  social interactions, level of collaboration, sustainability, access etc. Most comes from a collection of conversations and observations over time.   We try to collect and document this information but it’s always a challenge. We would always like to do more.  The most rewarding results are the individual and group stories we hear.

At our new building for the School of Social Work and Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, a young faculty told me that her work was among very disadvantaged and traumatized families in the community.  She said that  this was extremely stressful and that after the new building was completed she made a point of spending some informal time in the building at the beginning and end of the day whenever possible;  she described how the warmth, sense of community, connection to nature and relaxed environment had been truly healing for her on a day to day basis.  We were both on the edge of tears by the end of the conversation. It was a wonderful reminder of why we get up in the morning.

 


Q: What resources did you use to get buy in for your clients to include gender neutral restrooms in the design? Specifically in the K-12 world.

A: Buzz

My experience here is mainly in higher-ed.  We have been fortunate that most of our clients are far along in these discussions.   The most typical approach has been a both-and rather than either-or;  having male, female and gender neutral restrooms allows everyone to be heard and accommodated at a pretty minor marginal cost.

Re K-12, most of our work here has been in California which has required at least one restroom to be “all-gender” since 2016.  Some school districts have already opted to go well beyond the minimum requirement.   

In general, in these kinds of sensitive discussions,  it’s helpful if you can find ways to turn the heat down in the conversations.   Benchmarking and bringing facts and precedents to the table can be valuable.

As in Universal Design, pointing out the advantages for everyone can be helpful.   When people realized that accessible design benefits parents with little kids, older folks etc. they grew to accept and even like the approach.  Adding an “all-gender” restroom can be beneficial to a wide range of users.

 


Q: How are you balancing the concepts of Universal Design with the safety measures in terms of COVID that we now know that need to be in place?  I am a school administrator and the physical adjustments to our building have been staggering.

A: Dr. Dillon

We are recognizing and naming that some of the temporary COVID solutions aren’t optimal, and that we are hoping to pivot back to leaning more deeply into Universal Design elements as we go forward. I believe that naming the temporary nature of things helps everyone maintain the mindset that a more optimal space is possible in the future. We are also using this time to document the limitations of our space, so that we can co-design future solutions. It has been great working with school and district partners that are also preparing for the future while taking care of safety.

 

 


Q: To the Question Dr. Dillon Posted of "how do you avoid designing the community OUT of the school?" How do you recommend that idea be approached to large school districts where Design Guidelines, Ed Specs, and Rigid Programs in the name of 'Equity' end up creating a 'smallest common denominator sameness' in all schools of the district?

A: Dr. Dillon

We really work hard in my partnerships to make sure that equity doesn’t mean equal, but it is about serving the needs of the students, staff, and community at each location. We often list the things that make an individual school unique so that we can judge design decisions against those things. We also work to build a small amount of the budget that is hyperlocal and allows each school to design for their community as well. It is also important to match design guidelines against instructional vision to see if they still match.

 

 


Q: In high population density cities like NYC, what high value ideas can be translated to the public system, where so many schools are in 100 year old buildings where budget limitation are so prevalent?

A: Dr. Dillon

I find that older, urban schools have some great bones. This can include wide hallways and big windows. If either of these features are present, I’m looking to really think big in these areas because so many students and staff pass through them. Window treatments, hallway paint, reduced hallway clutter can all send powerful messages. We often find that these buildings contain tons of legacy materials. It is essential to free the space of unneeded things as it is impossible to see the future iteration of the building with all that clutter and noise. Finally, signage is inexpensive and makes a huge impact on message, tone, and energy.

 


Q: How does a design professional best communicate the close relationship between curriculum development and teaching methods with the physical spaces?

A: Dr. Dillon

I often speak about how we spend so much time on what kids should learn and how they should learn (all of which is so important), but we don’t spend as much on the conversations about where kids learn. If we can enter into partnership around all three of those conversations, we have the best opportunities to sync our design and make lasting change. It is always ideal to walk the building with a lens of instruction. I hope we can get back in more buildings soon.

 

 

 

Creating Equitable, Adaptable and Resilient Educational Environments:

Engaging educational environments are vital to help learners reach their full potential. These facilities also play a critical role in serving as anchors for our larger communities. The design of educational facilities can and should foster equitable communities acting as a catalyst for change.

Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Carissa Oyedele, AIA LEED BD+C participated in a panel with Dr. Robert Dillon, Sustainable Education Solutions on Creating Equitable, Adaptable and Resilient Educational Environments for the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education. See Q&A for a continuation of the dialogue:

http://ow.ly/FWEt50DPAXG

 

Associate Principal Carissa Oyedele, AIA will be speaking at the Annual Community College Facility Coalition (CCFC) Conference on November 12, 12:45 – 1:45 pm on “Master Planning in the Midst of a Crisis at North Orange County CCD”. She will be joined with Chancellor Marshall, Vice Chancellor of Facilities & Finance Fred Williams, and Andrew Perez and Jenny Derry from Brailsford & Dunlavey.

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be presenting a session on November 11th entitled: Moving Beyond COVID-19 — Programming and Designing for School Facilities for Change...read more

As we all develop strategies to allow students to return from school, and recognize there is no “silver bullet,” and no two institutions’ solution will be the same, there are five key strategic areas to address: Zoning & Space Planning; Air Handling & Quality; Materials & Infection Control; New Technologies; and Enhanced Graphics. Building on recent experience developing a multi-use facility at Santa Monica High School which stresses long and short term flexibility and adaptive use, Santa Monica-Malibu USD is now embarking on a new phase, focusing on athletics, visual arts and career technical education (CTE). The session will use these two projects as case studies with the ‘Beyond COVID’ design principals above in mind. It will also explore strategies for designing space that can meet both the specific short-term pandemic imposed needs while creating a dynamic facility that will meet the needs of the District for decades to come.

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      • Date:Wednesday, November 11
      • Time:11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
      • Session Code:ES20WA3
      • Audience:Architects & Designers, Distributors, Educational Institutions
      • Credit:AIA LU, GBCI
      • Learning Objective 1:Become acquainted with the five key strategies for reconfiguring learning spaces in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
      • Learning Objective 2:Learn how recent, cutting edge educational projects commissioned by Santa Monica-Malibu USD are being adapted to the health crisis and the imperative to bring students back to school.
      • Learning Objective 3:Gain insight into the multiple perspectives on dynamic programming and planning for flexibility in educational environments.
      • Learning Objective 4:Develop a holistic view of the broad range of factors that contribute to health and safety in PreK-12 learning environments.
      • https://www.ed-spaces.com/edsessions/index.cfm

Jeanne Chen, FAIA was invited to be a juror for the 2020 AIA Honolulu Design Awards—This is Hawaii’s oldest design competition held annually since 1958 and recognizes the year’s best

Learn More: 2020 Design Award Winners (aiahonolulu.org)

Come join Associate Principal Carissa Shrock Oyedele, AIA at AIALA’s Powerful 7 virtual symposium this Friday October 9, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm for her breakout session “Working with New Normals”. Moore Ruble Yudell is proud to be a sponsor of this event.
https://lnkd.in/gvdiK37

The reimagined ASPIRE CONFERENCE goes virtual in 2020, delivering 36 seminars, keynotes, and networking events in three days. ASPIRE TALKS and CHATS invite attendees into an intimate learning experience allowing attendees to engage with the speakers in small breakout sessions for a more profound conversation on the TALK subjects.

Join Carissa Oyedele, AIA, Jeanne Chen, FAIA, and Mo Lotif, University of Denver on September 17 at 2PM ET who will be leading a Chat on INCLUSIVITY & INNOVATION: UNLEASH THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF DIVERSE TEAMS and the importance the built environment can have on people’s well-being and sense of belonging.

https://web.cvent.com/event/2b7ea766-f25c-4085-94e0-e00ce865bae8/website...

Mario will present at VIRTUAL SCUP 2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE on July 24, 2020. He will be joined by fellow panelists R. Umashankar, Planner at UC Riverside, John White, Executive Director at College of the Desert, and Dr. Cheryl A. Marshall, Chancellor at NOCCCD.The panel will address the unprecedented challenges we face in public health and social equity and how they are being met with innovative physical planning tools and solutions for colleges and universities.

Friday, July 24 1:30-2:30 EST
Society for Campus and University Planning

Register here

This Thursday July 16 at 6pm, Carissa Oyedele, AIA will be part of a The United Nations Association LA Chapter Chat and address the responsibility of the architecture and construction industry to reduce carbon emissions through the design of sustainable cities and communities—a UN Sustainable Development Goal.

https://www.unalosangeles.org/get-involved/chapter-chats?fbclid=IwAR0O2l...

 

PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY: This morning James Mary O'Connor, FAIA addressed "Planning For Change- Open Buildings: Resilience and Sustainable Planning in Green Buildings" at CHESC. Open Buildings advocates the creation of a resilient building stock capable of change and adaptation over time while facilitating decision making on multiple levels. In the context of schools and colleges, this means creating facilities that accommodate change as the communities around them evolve. #sustainabledesign #CHESC #architecture #designarchitecture #educationdesign #openbuilding

BALANCING WORK, LIFE, IDENTITY, AND YOUR PASSIONS: Carissa Oyedele, AIA speaks at AWA+D Virtual Symposium with Sara Abed, Landscape Designer and Activist on ZOOM, 6:30 – 7:30pm June 30— Registration is free.

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to have sponsored the AIA|LA Committee on the Environment’s third annual 2oC Symposium. This year’s event centered around how the ideas of L.A.’s Green New Deal can be achieved, addressing sustainable topics at varying scales of design to forge a direct path forward in the decarbonization of the built environment....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to have sponsored the AIA|LA Committee on the Environment’s third annual 2oC Symposium. This year’s event centered around how the ideas of L.A.’s Green New Deal can be achieved, addressing sustainable topics at varying scales of design to forge a direct path forward in the decarbonization of the built environment.

Moore Ruble Yudell’s Santa Monica Public Library, led during construction by Carissa Oyedele, and Principal Jeanne Chen’s and Bob Dolbinski’s Rustic Canyon View House, will be featured in the Built by Women Los Angeles 2020 exhibition at the A + D Museum opening May 15, 2020. The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation created, sponsored, and organized the Built by Women program to celebrate women’s contributions to the built environment....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell’s Santa Monica Public Library, led during construction by Carissa Oyedele, and Principal Jeanne Chen’s and Bob Dolbinski’s Rustic Canyon View House, will be featured in the Built by Women Los Angeles 2020 exhibition at the A + D Museum opening May 15, 2020. The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation created, sponsored, and organized the Built by Women program to celebrate women’s contributions to the built environment.

Mario Violich, FAIA spoke on February 21st for Modernism Week, discussing a new campus plan in downtown Palm Springs. The plan integrates The Palm Springs School of Architecture - A Collaboration between Cal Poly Pomona and College of the Desert. 

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Mario Violich, FAIA spoke on February 21st for Modernism Week, discussing a new campus plan in downtown Palm Springs. The plan integrates The Palm Springs School of Architecture - A Collaboration between Cal Poly Pomona and College of the Desert. 

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA will be speaking at the CASH (Coalition for Adequate School, Housing) conference tomorrow. The session will be focused on Planning for Change: Loose Fit Facility Design.

Venturi Scott Brown and Associates’ Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London has been awarded the 2019 25 Year Award, considered the highest AIA Honor for an individual project.

On Saturday June 8 at 10am, Jeanne Chen, FAIA will participate in a panel discussion of “AIA 25-year Award: Presentation of the Winning Project” (SA 105), along with Heather Young, AIA, Daniel Garber, FAIA, Eugene Dunwody, Jr AIA and John Chase, AIA to share their insights as jurors for this important recognition.

https://www.aia.org/showcases/6092419-sainsbury-wing-at-the-national-gallery?fbclid=IwAR1logEBXH6iThk4mgnxO__E-F5pf7qVFZ5U5pNhFlrD92dVJNIQdI046g0

The COTE|LA Symposium on Climate Change was featured in Arch Daily today. Learn more about the organization & upcoming event here:

https://www.archdaily.com/912116/2-degrees-c-a-cote-la-symposium-on-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR3D3opW2bnx9CXoEfoqNq2_vRz3jsHdtKmfYKtbj7uoL4huz1CCu2mqn3o

Today, the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of the 2019 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture. Nine projects were recognized, including seven projects in the U.S., as well as one in Toronto and one in Denmark.

This year's jury comprised chair Jeanne Chen, AIA, of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners; Rania Alomar, AIA, of RA-DA; Alicia Berg of the University of Chicago; Raymond M. Bowman, Assoc. AIA; Katherine K. Chia, FAIA, of Desai Chia Architecture; Shannon R. Christensen, AIA, of CTA Architects Engineers; Eugene C. Dunwody Jr., AIA, of Dunwody/Beeland Architects; Henry Moss, AIA, of Bruner/Cott & Associates; and David Rosa-Rivera of the Savannah College of Art and Design.

To see more photos and read more about each winning project, visit ARCHITECT's Project Gallery.

John Ruble, FAIA and James Mary O’Connor, FAIA will be participating on the educational panel tomorrow at 9am for the Building for Resilient Cities conference. They will be joined by Carey Upton, Kevin Greischar and moderator John Dale.

Christopher Hamilton will be speaking with Kevin Plaxco, Director for the Center for Bioengineering, at UC Santa Barbara this Thursday (10/25) as part of the UCSB AD&A Museum’s Kitchell Architecture and Design Lecture Series about our recently completed LEED Platinum BioEngineering building. The event will start with a brief reception at 6pm on the Bioengineering auditorium roof terrace, followed by the presentation in the auditorium.

James Mary O’Connor FAIA speaking at: Urban Land Institution Young Leaders Masterclass Summer School. The ULI Masterclass focused on placemaking, was led by an industry leader who will share “how to do things” - methods, techniques and strategies they have developed through experience. Using case studies, learning will focus on sharing of best practice and lessons learned. The 2018 Young Leaders Summer School was fast paced, provocative and informative. The talk was held at the Institute of Technology (DIT), Grangegorman Campus, Dublin 7

Powerful V:

Join Carissa Oyedele and Simone Barth for a lunch time breakout discussion session. More info about the event and sessions can be found here: https://www.aialosangeles.org/aiala-events/powerful/lunch-discussion-circles-2018/?fbclid=IwAR1logEBXH6iThk4mgnxO__E-F5pf7qVFZ5U5pNhFlrD92dVJNIQdI046g0

Katie Carley joined a panel of distinguished senior leadership to discuss the often over looked aspect of how the expectation stage can help teams become effectively aligned....read more

Expectations. Maybe the most common disconnect between BD and Operations. Katie Carley joined a panel of distinguished senior leadership to discuss the often over looked aspect of how the expectation stage can help teams become effectively aligned.

https://zcs1.campaign-view.com/ua/viewinbrowser?od=11287eca758d3d&rd=134...

Please join us for an exciting tour through our recently completed UCLA Engineering VI building this Saturday. You can still sign up here:

https://www.aialosangeles.org/event/ucla-engineering-vi-tour/?fbclid=IwAR3UlsWg_LfkgaA4WKPtkfKbHp1_vH-5ku9Ri8RnygRSJiUXUY57kw4A9uQ

Join Moore Ruble Yudell at the AIA National Conference in NYC on June 22, 2018.

Brown School of Social Work at Washington University is a unique academic environment. Located in St. Louis's new Hillman Hall, this “healthy” building is a place where student, faculty, and staff interaction is enhanced by building design. The building's inclusive design process integrates health and wellness values. Researchers studied the physical activity, interaction, and satisfaction effects on faculty and staff to improve occupant satisfaction, productivity, retention, and creativity—by design. Join this session to explore the planning process for this "healthy" building. You'll review research for measuring healthy outcomes and explore how research findings can shape future campus facilities.

 

http://conferenceonarchitecture.com/schedule/#poster-358303

HED+MRY Presented the Santa Monica High school (Samohi) - Discovery building at Santa Monica’s Climate Fest on Saturday.

Moore Ruble Yudell is very proud to share educational videos and lessons learned from the 2°C AIA | LA Committee on the Environment (COTE) symposium....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell is very proud to share educational videos and lessons learned from the 2°C AIA | LA Committee on the Environment (COTE) symposium.

Both Partner Buzz Yudell, FAIA and Senior Associate Simone Barth, current COTE chair participated and helped to organize the event. The 2°C Symposium on Climate Change was held on March 2nd, 2018 at the Department of Water and Power in Downtown Los Angeles. The intention of the symposium was to serve as a unifying platform for the public, the architectural design community, the building industry, universities, policy makers, civic leaders and transportation entities to address the urgent sustainability issues challenging our society today. The productive outcome of the event was threefold: It provided tools and knowledge transfer for attendees; it gathered disciplines and Los Angeles stakeholders essential to reducing the advance of climate change; and by bringing together policymakers, city representatives and clients, reminded them of the key contributions architects can make in this area.
Find out more by watching the videos and…help to spread the word!

https://network.aia.org/committeeontheenvironment/blogs/maggie-brown/201...

Vimeo Links:
INSPIRE
vimeo.com/265314431/47155030eb

"TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION"

vimeo.com/267118130/fa9ae56419

"PROGRAMMING VALUE"

vimeo.com/267190208/a35d233c88

Jeanne Chen, joined by Bryan Routledge and Bob Reppe, presented the Tepper Quad......read more

Jeanne Chen, joined by Bryan Routledge and Bob Reppe, presented the Tepper Quad project at the SCUP Mid-Atlantic Conference. The presentation was followed by a tour conducted by Carnegie Mellon University of Tepper Quadrangle, Forbes Avenue Revitalization, and “The Square” Development.

Adam Padua & Neal Matsuno, joined by Jamie Kolker, presented on how they are Building Health & Measuring Wellness in Hillman Hall at The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. This session outlined the planning process for this "healthy" building, review ongoing research for measuring "healthy" outcomes, and explore how research findings can shape future campus facilities.

Environmental issues are increasingly driving people to weigh how the built environment impacts the natural world. Architect James Mary will speak about architecture that connects to regional development....read more

GUEST SPEAKER: JAMES MARY O’CONNOR, FAIA

Environmental issues are increasingly driving people to weigh how the built environment impacts the natural world. Architect James Mary will speak about architecture that connects to regional development. His COFCO Agricultural Eco-Valley Master Plan Project outside of Beijing will become the first net zero-carbon project of its kind in the world.

Other highly sustainable projects include the Ocean Avenue South development - a sustainable urban prototype for mixed-income living in Santa Monica and designs for the Tango Complex for the innovative Bo01 Housing Exhibition in Malmö that earned Building of the Year in 2001 in Sweden.

An AIA Fellow, James is known for inspired design leadership on large-scale master planning, urban design and campus-planning projects in the U.S. and internationally. Attend, listen and learn about how taking design and sustainability to the next level can expand business opportunities and improve the world right here.

Learn more and RSVP here: http://miyamotointernational.com/events/great-minds-series-james-mary-oc...

Moore Ruble Yudell is honored to be participating in the upcoming Lawrence Halprin Symposium....read more

Buzz Yudell, FAIA is delighted to be joining his friend and colleague Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA for a session focusing on Halprin's exceptional impact and Legacy at The Sea Ranch.

Cultural Landscape Foundation, in collaboration with the A+D Architecture and Design Museum, has organized a public, daylong symposium that will examine the influences and accomplishments of renowned landscape architect Lawrence Halprin (1916 - 2009) and his impact on the renaissance of downtown Los Angeles. Nationally recognized speakers include Kenneth I. Helphand, FASLA, James A. Garland, Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA, Buzz Yudell, FAIA, Antonio Pacheco, Robert Maguire III, Janice Ross, Steve Koch, FASLA, and Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA.

Held as part of a three-month series of public events honoring Halprin’s rich local and national legacy, this symposium will be suitable for enthusiasts of Modernist design and landscape architecture, practitioners and urban planners, fans of Los Angeles, and those interested in the city’s history.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this event:
https://tclf.org/landscape-catalyst-lawrence-halprins-legacy-and-los-ang...

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be givng a lecture at Cal Poly Pomona....read more

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be givng a lecture at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday, April 21st.

Hosted at Moore Ruble Yudell...read more

Moore Ruble Yudell will be hosting AIA|LA's roundtable conversation about A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles & Dublin.

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be presenting on the architecture of Dublin, Ireland.

Learn more about the event and register here: http://www.aialosangeles.org/calendar/housing-neighbo-u-rhoods-a-roundta...

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA, will be Participating in HOUSING & NEIGHBO(U)RHOODS - a roundtable conversation about...read more

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA, will be Participating in HOUSING & NEIGHBO(U)RHOODS - a roundtable conversation about a tale of two cities: Los Angeles & London.

When: January 25, 6pm
Where: Hanson LA Architecture - 724 South Spring Street, Suite 1002, Los Angeles, California 90014

http://www.aialosangeles.org/calendar/housing-neighbo-u-rhoods#.?utm_sou...

Jeanne Chen, AIA & Buzz Yudell, FAIA spoke on a panel at Powerful III on a panel called "Mentors and Protégés: The Cultivation of Female Leaders".

Carsissa Shrock led a group about mentoring process and how to get the most out of it for both mentors and mentees. 

Watch a livestream from Powerful III here: https://livestream.com/accounts/21300942/events/6512689/videos/139390625

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will participate in an AIA Shanghai panel discussion on Academic Campus & Building Design in China....read more

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will participate in an AIA Shanghai panel discussion on Academic Campus & Building Design in China. This will be moderated by Cliff Pearson, the New Director of USC’s American Academy in China. The event will take place at the Haworth Showroom in Shanghai on September 21 at 6:30pm.

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will give a talk – “Shaping Cities: The Architect as Community Organizer” – at the Kansas City Public Library on September 14 at 6:30pm....read more

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will give a talk – “Community Organizers: Designing the Quantum of City Living” – at the Kansas City Public Library on September 14 at 6pm. He will focus on Moore Ruble Yudell's global engagement in cities and places through the master planning and design of multi-building urban settings, and highlight the firm’s work in cities and towns like Santa Monica, Berlin, Shanghai, and Grand Cayman, among others.


Listen to local KCUR radio interview with John Ruble.

Moore Ruble Yudell will be participating in two sessions at this year's AIA National Conference in Philadalphia....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell will be participating in two sessions at this year's AIA National Conference in Philadalphia.

On Friday, May 20, Michael Martin, AIA, Buzz Yudell, FAIA, and Anthony Wang, AIA will give a presentation on the recently completed Shanghai Tech University Master Plan and Campus titled Shanghai Tech University: Redefining World-Class Innovative Campus Planning in China.

On Thursday, May 19 James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, together with Ken Lee and Suzanne Jaggers from Perkins Eastman, will give a presentation on the Providence Saint John's Health Medical Campus titled "Converging Innovative Health Care Delivery and Green Urban Design.”

Together with Lindsay Barker and Ken Lee, Principal James Mary O'Connor, FAIA will give a presentation on the Providence Saint John's Health Center titled “Innovative Healthcare Planning: Green Urban Design” at the APA’s 2016 National Planning Conference on April 3, 2016 at 4pm.

Principal Neal Matsuno and Senior Associate Adam Padua conduct a session at SCUP 2016's Pacific Regional Conference. Hillman Hall at the Brown School of Social Work and Public Health will serve as a case study in how to address the importance of integrating health and wellness into building and campus design.

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA presents at the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, Germany....read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA presents at the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, Germany. He will give a lecture entitled “Architecture that Connects to Sustainable Regional Development,”  part of a series called “urban planning talks” which deals with the planning and design questions resulting from the urban development in the FrankfurtRheinMain region. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at 7:00 PM and is organized by Professor Julian Weckel from the University of Technology in Darmstadt.

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a lecture entitled “Architecture that Connects to Place and Culture.” The presentation will take place on Monday, November 9, 2015, at 6:00 PM at the National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Principal James Mary O'Connor is a keynote speaker at the 11th European Council of Town Planners Biennial....read more

On Thursday, October 15, 2015, principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a keynote lecture presentation titled “Connecting to Place and Culture” at the 11th European Council of Town Planners Biennial event in Dublin, Ireland.

On September 26, 2015, principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a talk titled “The Transformative Power of Education or Anything is Possible” at this year's TEDx Fulbright event in Santa Monica, CA.

 

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Authenticity and Place” at the Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning on May 25th, 2015 at 2pm.

For Los Angeles' Bike to Work Day, MRY hosted a pit stop in front of its Santa Monica office. Participants from the office traveled a total of 174 miles, which saved 15 parking spaces, 8.7 gallons of gas, and 174 pounds of CO2!...read more

For Los Angeles' Bike to Work Day, MRY hosted a pit stop in Santa Monica for participants. Participants from the office traveled a total of 174 miles, which saved 15 parking spaces, 8.7 gallons of gas, and 174 pounds of CO2!

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Ocean Avenue South: An Innovative, Sustainable Urban Prototype for Mixed-Income Living” at the 2015 AIA National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia....read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Ocean Avenue South: An Innovative, Sustainable Urban Prototype for Mixed-Income Living” at the 2015 AIA National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The presentation will take place on Friday, May 15, 2015 (7:00 AM-8:00 AM). James will co-present with Julie Eizenberg, AIA, Principal of Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc., and Phoebe H. Yee, AIA, Senior Vice President, Design, of Related California.

Principal James Mary O'Connor presents at Tsinghua University’s renowned School of Architecture in Beijing, China....read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA presents at Tsinghua University’s renowned School of Architecture in Beijing, China. He will give a lecture entitled “Authenticity and Place—Cities for People.” Tsinghua University has consistently been ranked alongside Peking University as the top institution of higher learning in China. The presentation will take place on Monday, April 20, 2015 from 3:30–5:00pm. James will be introduced by Assistant Dean, Head of the Office of International Affairs, Professor Wangyi.

Moore Ruble Yudell participated in the AIA LA symposium, Powerful: Celebrating Women in Architecture....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell participated in the AIA LA symposium, Powerful: Celebrating Women in Architecture. Krista Becker, FAIA was a member on the panel discussion “Redefining the Arc of a Successful Career,” Carissa Shrock, AIA spoke on the panel “Are Women Led Project Teams More Effective?” moderated by Frances Anderton, and Katie Carley moderated the panel “Diversity: Why Does it Matter?”

In its first ever symposium dedicated to women, AIA Los Angeles brought women in architecture to the spotlight. Motivated by The American Institute of Architects’ effort to re-position itself as a more equitable organization (and inspired by AIA San Francisco’s annual conference The Missing 32 % Project), AIA|LA coordinated a design symposium that highlighted best practices in women leadership in design. The symposium served as a forum to hear from emerging professionals who are currently navigating the pathway towards a successful career. It featured inspirational and energetic presentations that showcase women who are leading the design profession in architecture, art, social impact and innovation. 

The symposium took place on February 27. 2015 at the Skylight Studios–Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City.

See video of conference here.

At the Society of College & University Planning's (SCUP) 2015 Pacific Regional Conference, Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on the Ormond Beach Master Plan entitled A New Campus Model for Education, Environment and Economic Planning....read more

At the Society of College & University Planning's (SCUP) 2015 Pacific Regional Conference, Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on the Ormond Beach Master Plan entitled A New Campus Model for Education, Environment and Economic Planning.

Due to unprecedented environmental challenges of growth and global warming, the California coastline requires new models for development that balance environmental stewardship, education and commercial development. Through a unique partnership between the California State Coastal Conservancy and the University of California the Ormond Beach master plan vision links Oxnard to the coast by combining ecotourism and agricultural tourism that generates a greater economic return than the current agricultural and light industrial uses. The presentation will take place Monday, March 23, 2015, 3:45 PM–4:45 PM at Portland State University's Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 236. More information is available here.

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Authenticity and Place” at the University of Sheffield on Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 and at London South Bank University on Monday, November 17th....read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Authenticity and Place” at the University of Sheffield on Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 and at London South Bank University on Monday, November 17th.

Partner John Ruble to speak at UCLA School of Architecture & Urban Design's Distinguished Alumni Lecture on Monday, November 17th at 6:30pm....read more

Partner John Ruble to speak at UCLA School of Architecture & Urban Design's Distinguished Alumni Lecture on Monday, November 17th at 6:30pm. The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design Distinguished Alumni Lecture series features renowned graduates whose innovation and accomplishments have significantly impacted the field of architecture and or urban design. Monday, November 17, 2014, UCLA Perloff Hall, Reception: 5:45pm, Lecture: 6:30pm.  more info

Moore Ruble Yudell exhibits at the annual Society for College and University Planner's (SCUP) 49th Annual, International Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Our booth display included a model of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

The MRY office takes a field trip to tour our newly completed Santa Monica Village residential housing project.

Recent News

We are always thrilled when the physicality of our built work is coupled with publications explaining its process and outcomes. What an honor to announce that we are featured in the Summer 2023 SCUP with a contributing article. 
 
Read the full article, with photos by Inessa Binenbaum, here.
We are looking for outstanding individuals with a passion to create vibrant, inspiring and sustainable places of community, collaboration, discovery, and innovation. The ideal candidates will be creative, self-motivated, and curious, with an innate ability to work effectively as part of a dynamic and innovative team.

Our work evolves from an unwavering commitment to humanistic architecture that embraces the overarching concerns of community, culture, and place. Our shared commitment to this philosophy guides the firm’s work at all scales; from private residences and multi-family housing, to academic and civic buildings, to campus and community planning.



Available Positions:



Application:

Please send a digital copy of the following to employment@mryarchitects.com
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Links to online portfolios are considered supplementary.

Moore Ruble Yudell is an equal opportunity employer.
Visit our website at moorerubleyudell.com to learn more about our office.

Westside Urban Forum has awarded Santa Monica High School Discovery Building an Honor Award.

 

Jury Comment:

"This project does a lot of great things very economically. Its calm exterior design belies a sophisticated planning strategy that is focused successfully towards the student experience.”

Thank you Elissaveta Brandon and Fast Company for sharing the story about the Samohi Discovery Building, designed with Open Building principles to ensure a long life (key to community resilience and sustainability goals). From the story: “The building has a loose fit, just like your favorite jacket,” says James Mary O’Connor, a principal at Moore Ruble Yudell. 

 

Read the full article, with photos by Inessa Binenbaum, here.

“Completing construction [at Samohi’s Discovery building] is just the beginning; the process of change continues. It’s about preparing this place for its next 100 years.” -- James Mary O'Connor FAIA, principal at Moore Ruble Yudell, on the Samohi Discovery project, as featured in this month’s issue of Architectural Record.

Thank you to  for a perceptive story about this complex project, designed for immediate and long term adaptability and resilience.

Check out the great story and photos (by Inessa Binenbaum) in the current issue of Architectural Record, at this link: http://ow.ly/BAIY50HnMEL.

This project was a collaboration between design teams at Moore Ruble Yudell and HED and the amazing Samohi client ( Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Santa Monica High School) and we also appreciate all our partners, including McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.Saiful Bouquet Structural EngineersWheeler & Gray Inc. (civil), and Pamela Burton & Company (landscape).

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect and planner for the new University Village at the University of Redlands. MRY was selected as a member of a P3 team led by the town-building consortium REACH LLC (comprised of Republic Metropolitan, Creative Housing Associates, and Arteco Partners).

 

Long recognized as the heart and soul of the City of Redlands, the University of Redlands is creating this new 30-acre University Village to address the multi-generational housing needs of its campus community and the greater Redlands community as a whole. The development will be created adjacent to the campus, and more importantly, adjacent to the campus’s MetroLink/ Arrow Line rail station.

 

The University Village, located approximately 60 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles, will be a fully-integrated neighborhood where students, locals, visitors and innovators will live, work, and play.  The ambitious, multi-phase project aspires to be a gathering place for cultural and intellectual exchange that celebrates Redlands’ rich heritage while it inspires its future.

 

University Village will offer an array of residential housing options at diverse price points; an exciting market-hall restaurant/retail concept; creative flex work spaces for entrepreneurs and small businesses; and Redlands’ first high-quality boutique hotel with a roof-top bar/restaurant with panoramic views of the San Bernardino Mountains - all within a five-minute walk. Surrounded by a village green and bordered by the historic Mill Creek Zanja tributary, University Village will also be designed and built with the highest level of sustainability best practices - from “cool-streets” to recycled grey water for landscape irrigation - with power supplied by renewable sources.

 

The team is also committed to a University priority to build a “car light” neighborhood that offers alternative transportation modes including rail transit, new modern bike lanes, and pedestrian friendly sidewalks.

 

University Village is scheduled to break ground in 2024.

 

To learn more about the University Village, please visit www.uv-redlands.com

We are pleased to share that the University of Denver’s Community Commons and Dimond Family Residential Village has received the ENR Mountain State 2021 Best Higher Education/ Research Award. ...read more

We are pleased to share that the University of Denver’s Community Commons and Dimond Family Residential Village has received the ENR Mountain State 2021 Best Higher Education/ Research Award. The project welcomes a diverse student community by bringing a critical mass of students and resources to the center of campus to transform the historic core—a primary goal of the University’s Strategic Plan. Since its opening, the project funnels and mixes students capturing movement along a central flow path with a variety of types of spaces for students, faculty, staff and visitors to dine, meet, socialize, study, and make use of supportive services. Food is used strategically to unite the entire community and flexible and open welcoming spaces reinforce a sense of belonging that is key to keeping students on campus and support their success.

Community Commons:  Moore Ruble Yudell:  Design Architect/ Anderson Mason Dale:  Architect of Record, Dimond Family Residential Village:  Moore Ruble Yudell:  Collaborating Architect/ Anderson Mason Dale:   Design and Architect of Record, Project CM/ GC:  Saunders Construction

 

An Incubator for Education and Learning- Westside Urban Forum: Design 2021 Award...read more

An Incubator for Education and Learning

Westside Urban Forum: Design 2021 Award

 

HED + Moore Ruble Yudell’s Santa Monica High School’s new Exploration Building + Gold’s Gym redefines the campus with inspirational gathering spaces for students and an innovative Career Technical Education Complex that integrates athletics and fitness. We are delighted to be recognized together with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District with a Westside Urban Forum 2021 Design Award. 

 

Jury Quote:

“It’s like an incubator in education and learning. It connects to what community is, in a creative environment such as Santa Monica.”

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION GETS A NEW START: San Diego College of Continuing Education Facilities Master Plan

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to create the new Facilities Master Plan for SDCCE for their seven campuses. This is occurring at a pivotal time for the College when they are re-imagining their academic and facilities experiences post-pandemic.

Inclusive Design Matters: Diversity is NOW

Learning By Design Featured Article

 

Our AIA-CAE featured article for the June 2021 edition of Learning By Design, co-authored by Carissa Oyedele, AIA, Jeanne Chen, FAIA, and John Ruble, FAIA, explores both the critical need for inclusion of diverse constituents when planning and designing educational facilities, and the powerful results that can be achieved.

Read the article here.

 

The newly released Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Rethinking Campus Spaces” features Moore Ruble Yudell’s design for the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University. Located at the innovative Tepper Quad, its “open, reconfigurable spaces support classes, workshops, and events as well to incubate new ventures.”

Moore Ruble Yudell: Design & Architect of Record

R3A: Associate Architect

PJ Dick: CM/ GC

Photo Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University

http://ow.ly/N2C150Ezkwb

 

DU’s new Community Commons welcomes a diverse student community by bringing a critical mass of students and resources to the center of campus. Since opening in January, this project funnels and mixes students with a variety of types of spaces for students to dine, meet, socialize, study, and make use of supportive services. The Community Commons conveys a message of openness and invitation through transparency that broadcasts what is happening inside and invites participation—places where you can see yourself and where you can express yourself. Flexible, open, and visible spaces welcome students and reinforce a sense of belonging that is key to keeping students on campus and to support success.

http://ow.ly/jyJQ50EwtTa

Photo Credit: Wayne Armstrong

Moore Ruble Yudell: Design Architect

Anderson Mason Dale: Executive Architect

 

"Advocating world-class architecture, sustainability, and craft, Kansas City has become a leader in great American design."

ArchDaily showcases our Henry W Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UMKC, designed in collaboration with BNIM, as part of its recent feature Prairie New School: Kansas City’s New Architectural Renaissance. | Photo Credit: James Ewing

http://ow.ly/tH7c50EnQKn

 

Progressive education takes a major step forward for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. This third phase of Samohi’s Modernization Master Plan includes the new Gold Gym, with three multi-function courts, dance studio, and fitness facilities, and the groundbreaking Exploration Building- a flexible high-tech loft for advanced career-based education. Students will engage regional business and industry in the Exploration Building’s class-labs and its dynamic central forum- the “Pitch Space”.

Design Architects: Moore Ruble Yudell

Executive Architects: HED

Programming: BrainSpaces

Samohi 3: Animation (vimeo.com)

NATURAL ORDER: "What are the characteristics of a true sense of comfort? Consider the Rustic Canyon home of Architect Buzz Yudell and Artist and Designer Tina Beebe. Call it a comfort case study.”

The home, designed by Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Tina Beebe, leveraged HenryBuilt solutions to create a nurturing living environment. At the house’s core is its fundamental connection to nature, the surrounding landscape, and the neighborhood.

Click the link to learn more: http://ow.ly/FE5550DXQlH

 

MRY has been selected to program and design highly flexible learning environments in a garden setting to support education programs for a diverse student population including life-long learners, professional accreditation, language skills and vocational training. The project significantly expands the campus fabric and connectivity and is a critical step toward meeting their ambitious Climate Action Plan goals of Net-Zero by 2050.

Construction is currently underway on the UCLA Faculty Center Seismic and Infrastructure Improvements Project and re-imagines existing mid-century modern patio spaces originally built in 1959. Building on the original indoor-outdoor connections at the Faculty Center, the East Patio and California Terrace are re-envisioned as highly flexible outdoor rooms for dining and events. New landscape, paving, lighting and finishes enhance inside- outside connections with large-scale glass doors from indoor rooms to adjacent garden spaces.


Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell


Landscape Architect: Studio-MLA

 

Congratulations to Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis for being ranked as the #1 MBA Entrepreneurship Program by Inc. magazine for the second year in a row! The ranking looks at 10 categories including the number of recently established startups by students and alumni and more.

Architect of Record/ Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell
Associate Architect: Mackey Mitchell

Learn more here.

 

The Phase 3 design plan for SAMOHI, which includes the Gold Gymnasium and Exploration Building, was revealed in the Santa Monica Daily Press.. The Phase 3 buildings are scheduled to be ready for fall 2023.


Co-Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell

Architect of Record/ Co-Design Architect: HED



Read more here,

In a time when our assumptions about professional and personal life are turned on end, it almost comes as a shock to realize that major work proceeds and extraordinary feats are accomplished. Moore Ruble Yudell has been fortunate to have an exceptionally dramatic series of major buildings and sites now under construction and/or about to be completed. The new work represents our deep commitment to humanistic architecture and planning that celebrates our time with innovative approaches to building programs, spaces, systems, and technology. The five projects presented here use powerful organizing principles to bring together places of habitation at many scales, adapting the latest 21st Century design and fabrication capabilities to craft buildings that nurture community inside and out. 

 

In presenting these groundbreaking projects we also celebrate our forward-thinking clients, dedicated design teams, collaborating consultants and partners, and hard-working construction crews that provide the ‘energy of phase change’ from the virtual to the real.

 

Read about the projects here:

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/moore-ruble-yudell--In-The-Works.htm...
 

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Built By Women Los Angeles 2020 Map and Poster showcases 57 projects that highlight important contributions, spanning over 100 years, by women in the LA metro area. Moore Ruble Yudell is honored to have two projects featured—the Santa Monica Public Library led during construction by Carissa Oyedele AIA and Rustic Canyon View House by Jeanne Chen FAIA and Bob Dolbinski AIA.

https://bwaf.square.site/product/built-by-women-los-angeles-2020-map-and-poster/11?cs=true

It is a time for listening & understanding. Moore Ruble Yudell commits to the National Organization of Minority Architects’ BRAVE initiatives.

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF ASU’S NEW THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT: Our project is ESSENTIAL TO REINVENTING THUNDERBIRD as a global headquarters, enabling students to connect with the world physically and virtually with shared real time experiences. The project creates learning environments with active and multi-dimensional technologies to fully immerse students in each discipline. The virtual tour takes you through the new Thunderbird headquarters while celebrating the rich history of the school. | Link in bio 

Co-Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell

Architect of Record/Co-Design Architect: Jones Studio

Virtual Tour by point in time studios

 

https://vimeo.com/393562503

LEADING THE GLOBAL WAY IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum has awarded our Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University a 2020 Green GOOD DESIGN® Award

Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, product, packaging, and graphic designs from over 20 nations were awarded… Green GOOD DESIGN’s focus is on the most important new international products, buildings, and planning projects that are leading the global way to a design that is fully sustainable.

Moore Ruble Yudell: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, Buro Happold: Sustainability & SMEP, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager

CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING FOR EFFECTIVE PLANNING AT UC BERKELEY:

The Lower Sproul Redevelopment & Student Community Center at UC Berkeley is the cover story in the current issue of the Chinese publication Architecture Technique. The article is co-authored by Buzz Yudell, FAIA, Mario Violich, FAIA, and Jeanne Chen, FAIA.

Campuses are dynamic centers of community, expressing the values and tensions of their cultures.  In a global and diverse world, understanding the intersection between physical planning and the evolving cultural ethos of each institution is critical to successfully plan and design vibrant places that are responsive to contemporary student needs. This intersection of cultural, academic, and demographic dynamics with campus planning and design is essential in establishing a rich narrative for transformative places.

Working in close partnership with student and campus leadership, the Lower Sproul Redevelopment and Student Community Center transform what had become a neglected mid-century modern complex into a dynamic hub for student life.  Both new construction and adaptive reuse combine to create a multi-building center that celebrates the historic legacy of the site while modernizing its infrastructure into a flexible armature for the evolving needs of future generations of students.

The EAST END TRANSFORMATION at Washington University in St Louis has received a 2020 Honor Award for Excellence in Planning from The Society for College and University Planners—SCUP’s highest annual award for planning! The project is comprised of six new high-performance buildings totaling 713,000gsf including Moore Ruble Yudell’s Jubel Hall for the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Achieving this ambitious comprehensive masterplan is the result of many contributors including Washington University in St. Louis, Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, Mackey Mitchell Architects, Kieran Timberlake Architects, BNIM, and Perkins Eastman.

SALUTING THE DEDICATED FOREIGN SERVICE OF OUR STATE DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD. Our US Embassy for The Hague advances embassy sustainability as one of the first two US missions with geothermal heating and cooling, and a pilot project for low-level LED site lighting, making this new campus a good neighbor in a heritage context, while meeting security requirements. Site design by Sasaki integrates the landscape with Holland’s regional canal system. Now featured in the online journal Office Inspiration, the building heightens the presence of its workforce community with a generous, open Commons for daily dining, social interaction, and embassy cultural events.

https://www.officeinspiration.com/en/offices/u-s-embassy-the-hague/?fbclid=IwAR3UlsWg_LfkgaA4WKPtkfKbHp1_vH-5ku9Ri8RnygRSJiUXUY57kw4A9uQ

 

 

Moore Ruble Yudell is closely monitoring the CDC and other information sources and planning for the evolving COVID-19 situation.  Our primary concern is for the health, safety, and wellness of our staff, their families, our clients and the broader community in which we thrive.

The intent of this communication is to outline the specific steps that we are taking to responsibly safeguard our employees and continue to serve the needs of our clients in this rapidly changing environment.

The key policies and procedures that we are implementing include:

  • Provide continuous information and education to our employees, based on CDC guidelines, about best practices to help prevent the transmission of communicable diseases such as COVID-19.
  • Implement social distancing measures and encourage alternatives to handshaking.
  • Temporarily cancel all non-essential work travel and utilize audio and web-based conferencing in lieu of face-to-face meetings where possible.
  • Encourage all employees to avoid personal travel and large gatherings.
  • Require potentially sick employees to remain out of the office until cleared to return to work.
  • Support flexible work policies in conjunction with State of California guidelines.
  • Expand our work-at-home policy so all project teams can remain effective while working remotely.
  • Explore opportunities for innovation through technology in support of our work with our clients and teams.

We will continue to monitor and evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 and will adjust our procedures to addresses changes as they develop.

Our passion and commitment to achieving every success remain undiminished. We look forward to working creatively with our partners to maintain and improve our communication and collaboration during this challenging and dynamic period.

 

Best Regards,

Moore Ruble Yudell

 

 

Our conceptual design for the College of the Desert's new Palm Springs Campus was featured on the front page of the Desert Sun during Modernism Week. Read the article here.

TRANSFORMING A HISTORIC CAMPUS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE:
ARCHITECT MAGAZINE’s February edition features Washington University’s East End Transformation. Our work included collaboration on a comprehensive Masterplan for the East End and the design of the new Jubel Hall (in association with Mackey MItchell). The 80,000 square foot building houses the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Mechanical Engineering & Material Sciences (MEMS). The building is designed to support a heightened level of interaction and to address societal needs in medicine, health, and the environment. The East End will encourage integration of study and research across the Arts and Sciences. Partner Buzz Yudell FAIA, was interviewed for this article.Read the full article here.

TOPPING OFF: The final beam has been put into place for the Santa Monica High School Discovery Building.
The Discovery Building is a major addition to the 3000+ student campus. This multi-function building is comprised of 5 levels with over 260,000 square feet of space. The building wraps around an open entry court with cascading stairs and bleachers for informal gathering.
Education is constantly changing and the Discovery Building is designed for change.
Designed as a ‘loft’ building with a flexible, open, column grid, its raised floor for building systems and non-load bearing walls enables spaces...read more

TOPPING OFF: The final beam has been put into place for the Santa Monica High School Discovery Building.
The Discovery Building is a major addition to the 3000+ student campus. This multi-function building is comprised of 5 levels with over 260,000 square feet of space. The building wraps around an open entry court with cascading stairs and bleachers for informal gathering.
Education is constantly changing and the Discovery Building is designed for change.
Designed as a ‘loft’ building with a flexible, open, column grid, its raised floor for building systems and non-load bearing walls enables spaces to be reconfigured over time. Sustainable features include ‘living’ green walls, displacement ventilation, roof top photovoltaic and solar thermal arrays. The classrooms are filled with natural light and many have operable glass walls connecting to shared Commons spaces.

The 2020 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated Mario Violich & Neal Matsuno to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The fellows will be honored at a ceremony on May 15th at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 in Los Angeles....read more

The 2020 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated Mario Violich & Neal Matsuno to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The fellows will be honored at a ceremony on May 15th at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 in Los Angeles.

WHERE ARCHITECTS SLEEP: We are delighted that Buzz Yudell, FAIA was included in this new book published by PHAIDON. Sarah Miller, long-standing Editor-in-Chief of the British edition of Condé Nast Traveler, describes the book as "an insider's guide to the best places to stay in the world- the result of having spoken with 270 architects around the world..." This book is a successor to the best selling "Where Chefs Eat".

https://www.phaidon.com/store/architecture/where-architects-sleep-9780714879260/?fbclid=IwAR39JLXezVN4xewJXBfbf1LezsvR4f5ysFIUkf2-3SyOs5Z3tygz_S2F2Zc

 

We are looking for outstanding individuals with a passion to create vibrant, inspiring and sustainable places of community, collaboration, discovery, and innovation.
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We are looking for outstanding individuals with a passion to create vibrant, inspiring and sustainable places of community, collaboration, discovery, and innovation. The ideal candidates will be creative, self-motivated, and curious, with an innate ability to work effectively as part of a dynamic and innovative team.

Our work evolves from an unwavering commitment to humanistic architecture that embraces the overarching concerns of community, culture, and place. Our shared commitment to this philosophy guides the firm’s work at all scales; from private residences and multi-family housing, to academic and civic buildings, to campus and community planning.

Available Positions:

Application:
Please send a digital copy of the following to employment@mryarchitects.com
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Links to online portfolios are considered supplementary.

Moore Ruble Yudell is an equal opportunity employer.
Visit our website at moorerubleyudell.com to learn more about our office.

Green Building & Design Magazine's Designing the Best New Learning Facilities by Cap Green features Moore Ruble Yudell’s Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University. Buzz Yudell, FAIA describes designing a high performance educational building to encourage connectivity and experiential learning. Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

Read more here.

The Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh received an Honor Award for Design from the AIA Pittsburgh.

JURY COMMENTS: “The building is engaging and active at all levels by creating volumes of space flooded with light, which become visually and physically connected…From the building siting on the campus to the high-level integration of creative sustainable design strategies, the Tepper Quad Project was a unanimous jury favorite.”

Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, Buro Happold: Sustainability & SMEP, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager

Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

 

The Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh received a 2019 ULI Pittsburgh Placemaking Award for Transformative Place from the Urban Land Institute whose mission is the focus on best practices for creating vibrant places where people can live, work, and play.

Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager
Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

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The Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh received a 2019 ULI Pittsburgh Placemaking Award for Transformative Place from the Urban Land Institute whose mission is the focus on best practices for creating vibrant places where people can live, work, and play.

Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager
Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

 

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies just announced The American Architecture Awards for 2019.

Moore Ruble Yudell is honored that our Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University has received this award. Now celebrating its 25th year, The American Architectural Awards® recognize new and cutting-edge design in the United States and promote American architecture and design to public audiences in the U.S. and abroad.

Engineering News Record MidAtlantic has just announced its 2019 Regional Best Project Awards and Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased that our Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University is a Merit winner in Higher Education/ Research. Thanks to a terrific team effort with our Construction Manager PJ Dick.

MRY Assists UCLA with its First DB Basis of Design...read more

Moore Ruble Yudell is developing the Detailed Project Program for UCLA’s Hilgard Avenue Faculty Housing. The project will be the University’s first as a competitive Design Build procurement, with the DPP expanded into a DB Basis of Design that is expected to be released in early 2020.

We are delighted to announce the selection of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners for a large campus multi-use project that includes UCLA School of Law Addition & Renovation, Student Dining & Support, and Campus Serving Learning Spaces following a national selection process. The richness of program, site and campus connectivity makes this an extraordinarily interesting opportunity to contribute to the UCLA campus. We look forward with great excitement to collaborating with the School of Law, ASUCLA and UCLA Capital Projects....read more

We are delighted to announce the selection of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners for a large campus multi-use project that includes UCLA School of Law Addition & Renovation, Student Dining & Support, and Campus Serving Learning Spaces following a national selection process. The richness of program, site and campus connectivity makes this an extraordinarily interesting opportunity to contribute to the UCLA campus. We look forward with great excitement to collaborating with the School of Law, ASUCLA and UCLA Capital Projects.

The 2019 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated Jeanne Chen to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The fellows will be honored at a ceremony on June 7 at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 in Las Vegas.

The North Orange County Community College District has selected Moore Ruble Yudell as masterplan architects for the Cypress College, Fullerton College and North Orange Continuing Education. The concurrent educational masterplan plan will be led by Brailsford & Dunlavey. This continues highly successful collaborations between MRY and B&D, including UC Berkeley's Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project - Student Community Center and the Steger Student Center at University of Cincinnati.

AIA St. Louis Merit Award for Craftsmanship, Jubel Hall, Washington University in St. Louis

 

We are delighted to announce the Ground Breaking for the Santa Monica High School (Samohi)’s landmark Discovery Building.

The ambitious Discovery Building includes a 21st century learning environment for 38 class rooms, an Aquatic Center with a 50-meter pool, Indoor & outdoor dining facilities and parking.

The Discovery building is designed as a state of the art “open building”, which can readily accommodate future changes in the educational environment. We have worked closely with our partners HED and the Santa Monica – Malibu Unified School District to realize the vision for this most exciting project.

 

Tepper Quad at Carnegie Mellon University has been awarded the AIA Pittsburgh Honor Award

 

Tepper Quad at Carnegie Mellon University awarded the IES Illumination Award of Merit 2019

 

Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2019, Tepper Quad, Carnegie Mellon University

Tepper Quad at CMU has been awarded the ULI Pittsburgh 2019 Placemaking Award for Transformative Place.

Our US Embassy in N’Djamena, Chad was featured in The Architect's Newspaper. The article touches on some of the challenges of designing and building within construction and site limitations.

https://www.archpaper.com/2019/02/architects-high-design-extreme-construction/?fbclid=IwAR2s_Bmqp15jGUaOcXfwmO2Dke33Wd0kZ2wmUnDOs5Axg-Vk2iD1-5KpDOc#gallery-0-slide-3

Jeanne Chen & Bob Dolbinski's Rustic Canyon View House was featured in Wallpaper*! 

"Every part of the house maintains a strong connection with its context, either via large glazed parts that open up to wide vistas, or outdoor areas in the form of gardens, the porch or a long deck wrapping around the lowest level."

https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/rustic-canyon-view-house-moore-ruble-yudell-los-angeles-usa?fbclid=IwAR2T_xo6ZLVI4VVmPIhdnaiF6OjCbGpMlTsyxGp2AaWlDe8g-MKvhY31ygY

Moore Ruble Yudell and Arts Group are honored to have won first place in the international urban design scheme gathering for the Liaoning Province Shenfu New Area Baisha Island Eco Towns....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell and Arts Group are honored to have won first place in the international urban design scheme gathering for the Liaoning Province Shenfu New Area Baisha Island Eco Towns. With a total site area of 25.7 sq km of new urban planning, including 11.2 sq km core area and 14.5 sq km business district in the surrounding area, our goal is to create a vibrant and responsible development that centers the experience of the people on the natural landscape and water ways. The urban design also features a new model in low density, human scale, and a more integral relationship to the city through its changing seasons.

Re-live some of the excitement from the Grand Opening Ceremony through this highlight video, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University....read more

The David A. Tepper Quadrangle celebrated its Grand Opening and Dedication Ceremony on September 13th, 2018. Re-live some of the excitement through this highlight video, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chsUo1ZzQq0&feature=youtu.be

Jeanne Chen and Bob Dolbinski's home has been featured in The New York Times! The lot it was built on presented some interesting challenges, but the final result was well worth the wait.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/realestate/a-cliffhanger-in-pacific-palisades.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR0E9Mj9sQv-jpPcyXqXU5urIkyyA_gBRDUq4YKF5Kct5LPchs7yN1QEoR4

The Treehouse was featured in Architectural Record this week!

Arizona State University has selected MRY and Jones Studio to design the new home for the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Thunderbird will become part of the new ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus. Its focus will promote business education for students of graduate and executive education with a global perspective.

The revitalization of UCB Lower Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley received an Honor Award from the North California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

CMG Landscape Architecture....read more

The revitalization of UCB Lower Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley received an Honor Award from the North California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

CMG Landscape Architecture.

New U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Dedicated on April 24, 2018...read more

This new consulate is a major event in a city whose recent history has seen extraordinary social and economic challenges. Set in a green residential neighborhood, the campus is carefully designed to mediate its scale, maintain existing mature trees, and provide a high level of security for employees and visitors.

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church of Pacific Palisades is featured in the May issue of Metropolis Magazine as they take a look back at architecture that characterized urban development in LA from the 1970's-1990's.

https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/survey-postmodernism-st-matthews-episcopal-church-los-angeles/?fbclid=IwAR2RJHv7owGqUlMFYZCuBdPIRgVMN3B5oOTi57h2RWtJf4Xuii1IMV4fLKI

Our latest US Embassy celebrated its formal opening, establishing an American presence in the elegant woodland-canal context of the adjacent town of Wassenaur, with its historic villas, and the nearby Queen’s House. One of relatively few new embassies produced by Design-Bid-Build, the campus builds civic character with detailed brickwork in patterns inspired by Holland’s distinctive masonry traditions, and sculpted granite paneling highlighting its main entry court, amid an elegant system of canals and lake.

PACA 2018 Excellence in Concrete Award (Pennsylvania Concrete Association, Tepper Quad, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Tepper Quad at Carnegie Mellon University was awarded the ESWP - 2018 Commercial Project of the Year (Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania).

 

UCLA's Engineering VI Celebrates it's grand opening on March 17th...read more

Completing a state-of-the-art pairing of experimental and computational laboratories, the School of Engineering’s new “front door” on the University’s recently developed Gateway Plaza, Phase Two of Engineering VI, on track for LEED Platinum, is now fully occupied and celebrated its Grand Opening on March 17.

Our BioEngineering Building at University of California, Santa Barbara has been certified LEED Platinum.

The new BioEngineering building at UCSB officially opened on October 19th, 2017. Our team was on-site for the ribbon cutting ceremony and reception to celebrate.

We are excited to announce our first place winning entry for the Beihang University Qingdao International Science and Education New Town competition....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell and ECADI are honored to have won first place in the international urban design competition for the Beihang University Qingdao International Science and Education New Town. With a total site area of 335 hectare of new urban planning, we have created an dynamic and integrated community for innovative science, talent cultivation, international research, and cultural development. We were supported by consultants; Sustainability engineering: Arup, Landscape design: Lützow 7, and Cost surveyor: RLB.
"Our concept for the project is to connect several separate sites to form a cohesive campus without barriers. We seek to offer learning spaces without physical boundaries." - James Mary O'Connor, FAIA

We are pleased to announce that HED in collaboration with Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for Santa Monica High School Samohi North Campus -2 Buildings....read more

We are pleased to announce that HED in collaboration with Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for Santa Monica High School Samohi North Campus -2 Buildings.

Building on the Santa Monica High School Master Plan, the two new buildings for the North Campus present the exceptional opportunity to design places which nurture collaboration, innovation and create learning environments for the 21st century.

UC Berkeley’s Lower Sproul Redevelopment and Student Community Center has been selected by the SCUP jury to receive the Jury’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Integrated Planning and Design!
Learn more here: http://www.scup.org/page/resources/awards/2017/recipients

Moore Ruble Yudell has received the 2016 AIA Los Angeles Design Award for United States Embassy, Helsinki, Finland....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has received the 2016 AIA Los Angeles Design Award for United States Embassy, Helsinki, Finland.

College Planning & Management published a short article about our collaboration with Mackey Mitchell Architects in designing Hillman Hall for the George Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis....read more

College Planning & Management published a short article about our collaboration with Mackey Mitchell Architects in designing Hillman Hall for the George Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. You can read the article here: https://webcpm.com/Articles/2016/09/01/Washington-Univ.aspx

HIllman Hall at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis receives an Honor Award from the AIA St. Louis Chapter.

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, for our Embassy of the United States, Helsinki, Finland and for Ocean Avenue South (in collaboration with Koning Eizenberg)....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, for our Embassy of the United States, Helsinki, Finland and for Ocean Avenue South (in collaboration with Koning Eizenberg). The American Architectural Awards are the highest and most prestigious distinguished building public awards program that honor new and cutting-edge design in the United States. This annual program, organized by both our institutions, also promotes American architecture and design to our public audience globally. From a short list of 380 projects, the 2016 Jury for Awards was held in Denver and 74 projects were selected by a distinguished group of Colorado architects and educators. On Monday, October 3, The Chicago Athenaeum will host an Awards Gala Dinner Ceremony in Chicago honoring the winning architects, clients, and developers who have received The American Architectural Awards.

The Future Greenhouse Design at UC Riverside was awarded an honorable mention this year from SCUP for excellence in planning. The 'Plant Growth Environments and Support Facilities' was a part of UCR's Physical Master Plan Study.

In this month's Urban Land, Shanghai Tech is featured in an article written by Principals Chris Chan and Michael Martin and Associate Principal, Anthony Wang. Read article.

At the 2016 AIA National Convention, Principal James Mary O''Connor, FAIA, was formally elected to the College of Fellows of the AIA, and Senior Associate Carissa Shrock, AIA, received the 2016 AIA National Young Architect Award....read more

At the 2016 AIA National Convention, Principal James Mary O''Connor, FAIA, was formally elected to the College of Fellows of the AIA, and Senior Associate Carissa Shrock, AIA, received the 2016 AIA National Young Architect Award.

We are pleased to announce that Moore Ruble Yudell, has been selected as the architect for the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asia School of Business is in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management and Associate Architects GDP Architects. The ASB building is approximate 41,500 m2 and the campus also includes housing for 700 students and faculties....read more

We are pleased to announce that Moore Ruble Yudell, has been selected as the architect for the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asia School of Business is in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management and Associate Architects GDP Architects. The ASB building is approximate 41,500 m2 and the campus also includes housing for 700 students and faculties.

Our University of California, Riverside Plant Sciences District Plan has been awarded a 2016 SCUP Excellence Award in Planning for a Campus.

Moore Ruble Yudell became one of 52 international firms to be an initial signatory in the Arch 2030: China Accord...read more

Moore Ruble Yudell became one of 52 international firms to be an initial signatory in the Arch 2030: China Accord. The signing event took place in Shenyang, China and was hosted by the China Exploration and Design Association Architecture Branch (the CEDAAB) and by Architecture 2030, the leading U.S. organization responsible for issuing the 2030 Challenge energy and emission reduction targets. The common mission was to dramatically reduce carbon emissions in the built environment. The historic meeting culminated with the signing of the China Accord – a commitment to plan and design all cities, towns, developments and buildings to low carbon/carbon neutral standards. Arch 2030 is founded by Edward Mazria, FAIA, Hon. FRAIC, an internationally recognized architect, author, researcher, and educator.

Read principal Christopher Chan's article The China Accord: The Next Step in Stopping Global Warming

Senior Associate and AIA|LA Board Member Carissa Shrock is a recipient of this year's AIA Young Architects Award...read more

Senior Associate and AIA|LA Board Member Carissa Shrock is a recipient of this year's AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. This award, now in its 23rd year, honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. The Young Architects Award recipients will be honored at the 2016 AIA National Convention in Philadelphia.

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to announce our selection as winners of an international design competition for the new School of Architecture and Design in Wenzhou, together with Tongji Design Institute of Shanghai. Wenzhou Kean University is an ambitious new partnership of American and Chinese institutions, with a new campus currently in development under a master plan originally designed by Michael Graves.The School of Architecture and Design will hold pride of place at the front and center of the plan, and is intended to represent the spirit and vision of the campus as a whole. 

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Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to announce our selection as winners of an international design competition for the new School of Architecture and Design in Wenzhou, together with Tongji Design Institute of Shanghai. Wenzhou Kean University is an ambitious new partnership of American and Chinese institutions, with a new campus currently in development under a master plan originally designed by Michael Graves.The School of Architecture and Design will hold pride of place at the front and center of the plan, and is intended to represent the spirit and vision of the campus as a whole. 

 

Principal James Mary O'Connor, FAIA has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. ...read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, FAIA has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The 2016 Fellows will be honored at a ceremony at the AIA Convention in Philadelphia.

Principal Mario Violich, AIA co-authored an article about student center projects titled "Shaping Community" in the Society for College and University Planning's (SCUP) journal, Planning for Higher Education. Read article here.

Amber Bay Housing has been awarded the 10th Annual KINPAN Award for Best Real Estate and Best Annual Media. Organized by Times House magazine and The Architectural Society of China’s Habitat Environment Committee, the Kinpan Awards are among the most influential property design award programs in China. Projects are selected based on quality, aesthetics, habitat environment and value.

We are pleased to announce that our Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project at the University of California, Berkeley is featured in The Architects Newspaper

 

We are pleased to announce that HIllman Hall at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis has achieved LEED Platinum certification.

Our United States Embassy in Helsinki is featured in the November 2015 issue of Contract Magazine.

Dublin Institute of Technology receives The President's Special Award by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), England. ...read more

Dublin Institute of Technology receives The President's Special Award by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), England. The award recognizes long term outstanding achievement in planning and is made to a planning organization, team, office, or individual to recognize their contribution to planning achievement. First awarded in 2000, the Award is not necessarily given every year. The last award was given to The Olympic Delivery Authority and The London Legacy Development Corporation

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two AIA LA Next Designs Awards: a Merit Award for the Dublin City Library and Parnell Square Cultural Center and a Citation Award for Providence St. John's Phase 2 Master Plan (in collaboration with Perkins Eastman)....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two AIA LA Next Designs Awards: a Merit Award for the Dublin City Library and Parnell Square Cultural Center and a Citation Award for Providence St. John's Phase 2 Master Plan (in collaboration with Perkins Eastman). Recognizing excellence in design, the AIA|LA Design Awards and Next LA Awards are prestigious honors for Los Angeles-based architects and practices.

On Friday, October 30th, Moore Ruble Yudell attended the official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Tepper Quad Project....read more

On Friday, October 30th, Moore Ruble Yudell attended the official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Tepper Quad Project. This groundbreaking ceremony marks the official launch of the 4.5-acre site as an unprecedented expansion and new “center” for the Carnegie Mellon campus. This major project will interconnect the Tepper School of Business with significant new spaces for the University in a transformative model of community, research, and innovation.

 

 

 

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies has awarded The American Architecture Award to our New Trier High School Addition & Alternation (with Legat Architects).
 

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two AIA CC Awards in the Urban Design Category: Providence St. John's Phase 2 Master Plan (in collaboration with Perkins Eastman) and Ocean Avenue South (in collaboration with Koning Eizenberg).

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new Henry A. and Elvira H. Jubel Hall School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis. This will be a first-class facility housing the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, the school’s second-largest major, and allow for critically needed space for the projected influx of faculty, researchers and students....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new Henry A. and Elvira H. Jubel Hall School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis. This will be a first-class facility housing the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, the school’s second-largest major, and allow for critically needed space for the projected influx of faculty, researchers and students.

Winsing AIT Residential Towers has just been printed. This is a 112 page book published and distributed by Images Publishing. It features revelatory essays by various contributors, including principal James Mary O’Connor, partner John Ruble, and the renowned critic Philip Jodidio. View interior spreads  Purchase book here

On June 5, 2015, the City of Santa Monica issued the “deemed complete” approval of the Providence Saint John’s Health Center South Campus Phase Two Master Plan application, and Development Review Permit (DRP) applications for eight new buildings. This is a momentous milestone for the project, confirming Providence Saint John’s successful fulfillment of their Development Agreement’s vested rights ensuring that the project will be further developed in its entirety....read more

On June 5, 2015, the City of Santa Monica issued the “deemed complete” approval of the Providence Saint John’s Health Center South Campus Phase Two Master Plan application, and Development Review Permit (DRP) applications for eight new buildings. This is a momentous milestone for the project, confirming Providence Saint John’s successful fulfillment of their Development Agreement’s vested rights ensuring that the project will be further developed in its entirety.

The vision for Providence Saint John’s South Campus Master Plan was developed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, in collaboration with Perkins Eastman, through a programmatic assessment process and within the framework of a Development Agreement established in 1998 between the City of Santa Monica and Saint John’s Health Center. The South Campus Master Plan creates a world-class Health Center and an integrated North and South campus. It replaces surface parking with thoughtful development and vibrant open spaces that will contribute positively to the City’s existing urban fabric. A major design concept establishes a pedestrian connection that initiates from the existing Mullin Plaza on the North Campus, across Santa Monica Boulevard to a new plaza, Saint John’s Square, on the South Campus, and then along an upgraded 21st Street “living street” that leads to a new South Garden along Broadway. A major goal of the South Campus development is to promote health and wellness programs, and other research and ambulatory services that can contribute to community health initiatives. A strong urbanistic approach was taken, integrated with Providence Saint John’s institutional and medical service needs, to create a setting that is both responsive to the Providence Saint John’s varied constituents, and also to the greater community of Santa Monica.

North Palm Drive Housing is awarded the Westside Urban Forum Merit Award in the Multi-Unit Housing category.

Ocean Avenue South is awarded the Westside Urban Forum Honor Award in the Master Plan category.

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for the UC Riverside Master Plan.The Physical Master Plan will develop a vision for the physical environment with future growth to up to 30,000 students from 2015 to 2025. See official press release....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for the UC Riverside Master Plan.The Physical Master Plan will develop a vision for the physical environment with future growth to up to 30,000 students from 2015 to 2025. See official press release.

UCLA's Engineering VI Dedication and Groundbreaking was held last week.


Photo credit: Tsutsumida Pictures

It’s great to our Brown School of Social Work coming out of the ground! You can listen to Dean Eddie Lawlor talk about the aspirations for the Brown School in their new campaign video.

Our Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse in Fresno ranks #7 as one of the 30 Most Architecturally Impressive Courthouses in the U.S. The Courthouse is Fresno’s tallest building. The nine story structure is composed of pre-cast concrete in a Brutalist style that references the surrounding Sierra Nevada Mountains through its use of shapely sculpted elements. Covering 400,000 square feet, the courthouse also features a public garden that can be viewed from the lobby. The project has garnered multiple awards since opening in 2005 including the 2007 GSA Design Excellence Honor Award and a 2006 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award.

A historically significant milestone was reached on the UC Berkeley Student Union project....read more

A historically significant milestone was reached on the UC Berkeley Student Union project. On October 14th, 2014, student leadership (dating back to 2007) gathered with UC leadership, the mayor of the city Berkeley and our design and construction leaders to witness the raising of the final structural beam atop Eshleman Hall. Construction workers, students, architects, administrators and local politicians congregated at the center of the plaza and perched on the edges of the partially constructed terraces, bridges and floors as the entire campus celebrated the realization of a vision. The opening of the project is scheduled for Fall of 2015.

2802 Pico Affordable Housing is awarded the AIA California Council Merit Award for Residential Housing.
 

On Monday, September 8, 2014, the first 1,200 students from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) will be starting classes in renovated historic structures....read more

On Monday, September 8, 2014, the first 1,200 students from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) will be starting classes in renovated historic structures. After 8 years of planning, design and construction, the Phase 1 landscape, public realm and infrastructure elements are now in place, with construction of new buildings to follow. Eventually, with the completion of the entire campus planned for 2020, DIT will accommodate a population of 21,500 students and 2,500 faculty and staff, with a further potential increase of 30%. The landmark Grangegorman development creates a vibrant new campus on a historic site with facilities for DIT, Ireland’s national healthcare service (the HSE), and amenities for the local community. DIT video  Irish Times video

Moir Residence is featured in the Santa Lucia Preserve Volume 3, "An inside look at the new vernacular of the Santa Lucia Preserve."

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new home for the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. The 295,000 square-foot building will be the centerpiece of the university's new north campus and will be located on a 4.5-acre site on Pittsburgh's Forbes Avenue. See official press release....read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new home for the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. The 295,000 square-foot building will be the centerpiece of the university's new north campus and will be located on a 4.5-acre site on Pittsburgh's Forbes Avenue. This will be the first major building in the David A. Tepper Quadrangle, an expansion initiative at Carnegie Mellon University aimed at creating a new model of integration across the campus' top-ranked academic disciplines. The quad will serve as a new interactive gateway to the university, bringing together campus-wide initiatives in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology-enhanced learning. See official press release.

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) announced a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum certification for our United States Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The building is the first overseas U.S. diplomatic facility to achieve the Platinum level of LEED Certification....read more

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) announced a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum certification for our United States Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The building is the first overseas U.S. diplomatic facility to achieve the Platinum level of LEED Certification.

U.S. Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands officially breaks ground. See press release.

Grangegorman: An Urban Quarter with an Open Future has just been printed. This is a 128 page book published and distributed by Gandon Editions in Ireland. It documents the Grangegorman Urban Quarter Master Plan and features 18 essays by various contributors. View interior spreads  Purchase book here

September 2023
We are always thrilled when the physicality of our built work is coupled with publications explaining its process and outcomes. What an honor to announce that we are featured in the Summer 2023 SCUP with a contributing article. 
 
Read the full article, with photos by Inessa Binenbaum, here.
December 2022
We are looking for outstanding individuals with a passion to create vibrant, inspiring and sustainable places of community, collaboration, discovery, and innovation. The ideal candidates will be creative, self-motivated, and curious, with an innate ability to work effectively as part of a dynamic and innovative team.

Our work evolves from an unwavering commitment to humanistic architecture that embraces the overarching concerns of community, culture, and place. Our shared commitment to this philosophy guides the firm’s work at all scales; from private residences and multi-family housing, to academic and civic buildings, to campus and community planning.



Available Positions:



Application:

Please send a digital copy of the following to employment@mryarchitects.com
  • A cover letter indicating your interest in the position
  • Your current resume, including references
  • Your portfolio and/or work samples (single PDF, maximum 10mb)

Links to online portfolios are considered supplementary.

Moore Ruble Yudell is an equal opportunity employer.
Visit our website at moorerubleyudell.com to learn more about our office.
July 2022

Moore Ruble Yudell is honored to be presenting at the upcoming SCUP Annual conference as part of the following two sessions:

 

  1. Empowering Students to Connect and Lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  2. Modernism Reborn: Reviving Brutalist Icons on the American Campus

 

Learn more about each session hereRead more

Empowering Students to Connect and Lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution

 

Presented by: Sanjeev Khagram, Dean and Director General, Thunderbird School of Global Management | Buzz Yudell, Partner, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners | Shawn Swisher, Project Architect & Designer, Jones Studio, Inc. 

 

Global connection is an inherent part of 21st-century leadership and management education. Arizona State University’s (ASU) new global headquarters for the Thunderbird School of Global Management demonstrates how integrated planning, learning space design, and technology can facilitate connections that are key to education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Come learn how integrated planning and technology-suffused learning spaces can support student development, collaboration, and learning necessary for preparing global leaders to thrive.

 

 

 

Modernism Reborn: Reviving Brutalist Icons on the American Campus

 

Presented by: Jeanne Chen, Principal, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners | James Kolker, University Architect, Associate Vice Chancellor, Washington University in St Louis | Neal Matsuno, Principal, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners | Adam Padua, Senior Associate, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

 

In the aftermath of riots, killings, and the flu pandemic of 1968, America architecture conveyed its optimism for the future through Brutalism. In the wake of similarly troubled times, campuses are once again ready to embrace optimism through renewal. Brutalism has left universities with a legacy of historic concrete buildings, but fifty years later they’re often unpopular and in poor repair. This session will explore how three university campuses looked beyond the troubled exterior and chose whether to replace, repair, or restore their campus’s Brutalist buildings and put their campus assets back to work.

June 2022

Westside Urban Forum has awarded Santa Monica High School Discovery Building an Honor Award.

 

Jury Comment:

"This project does a lot of great things very economically. Its calm exterior design belies a sophisticated planning strategy that is focused successfully towards the student experience.”

May 2022

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be joined by John Dale, FAIA, of HED, to lead tours of the Samohi Discovery Building on May 12 (at 3:30pm and 4:30pm). Check the AIA LA website  to register. 

May 2022

James Mary O'Connor will give a presentation on “Evolving Pedagogy; transforming campus, designing for dynamic change” at the Southwest Region Conference in Las Vegas, NV on May 4 from 11:45-12:45 pm.

February 2022

Thank you Elissaveta Brandon and Fast Company for sharing the story about the Samohi Discovery Building, designed with Open Building principles to ensure a long life (key to community resilience and sustainability goals). From the story: “The building has a loose fit, just like your favorite jacket,” says James Mary O’Connor, a principal at Moore Ruble Yudell. 

 

Read the full article, with photos by Inessa Binenbaum, here.

January 2022

“Completing construction [at Samohi’s Discovery building] is just the beginning; the process of change continues. It’s about preparing this place for its next 100 years.” -- James Mary O'Connor FAIA, principal at Moore Ruble Yudell, on the Samohi Discovery project, as featured in this month’s issue of Architectural Record.

Thank you to  for a perceptive story about this complex project, designed for immediate and long term adaptability and resilience.

Check out the great story and photos (by Inessa Binenbaum) in the current issue of Architectural Record, at this link: http://ow.ly/BAIY50HnMEL.

This project was a collaboration between design teams at Moore Ruble Yudell and HED and the amazing Samohi client ( Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Santa Monica High School) and we also appreciate all our partners, including McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.Saiful Bouquet Structural EngineersWheeler & Gray Inc. (civil), and Pamela Burton & Company (landscape).

December 2021

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect and planner for the new University Village at the University of Redlands. MRY was selected as a member of a P3 team led by the town-building consortium REACH LLC (comprised of Republic Metropolitan, Creative Housing Associates, and Arteco Partners).

 

Long recognized as the heart and soul of the City of Redlands, the University of Redlands is creating this new 30-acre University Village to address the multi-generational housing needs of its campus community and the greater Redlands community as a whole. The development will be created adjacent to the campus, and more importantly, adjacent to the campus’s MetroLink/ Arrow Line rail station.

 

The University Village, located approximately 60 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles, will be a fully-integrated neighborhood where students, locals, visitors and innovators will live, work, and play.  The ambitious, multi-phase project aspires to be a gathering place for cultural and intellectual exchange that celebrates Redlands’ rich heritage while it inspires its future.

 

University Village will offer an array of residential housing options at diverse price points; an exciting market-hall restaurant/retail concept; creative flex work spaces for entrepreneurs and small businesses; and Redlands’ first high-quality boutique hotel with a roof-top bar/restaurant with panoramic views of the San Bernardino Mountains - all within a five-minute walk. Surrounded by a village green and bordered by the historic Mill Creek Zanja tributary, University Village will also be designed and built with the highest level of sustainability best practices - from “cool-streets” to recycled grey water for landscape irrigation - with power supplied by renewable sources.

 

The team is also committed to a University priority to build a “car light” neighborhood that offers alternative transportation modes including rail transit, new modern bike lanes, and pedestrian friendly sidewalks.

 

University Village is scheduled to break ground in 2024.

 

To learn more about the University Village, please visit www.uv-redlands.com

October 2021

Carissa Oyedele, AIA spoke on a mid-day break-out panel for Day 1 of the AIA|LA Powerful 8 Symposium on Friday September 24, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. The discussion on “Post Pandemic Life/ Work Integration” covered challenges and opportunities with what the post-pandemic office will look like- including issues of flexibility, connectivity, mentorship, retention, and more.

 

October 2021

Strengthening Student Success Conference (Virtual)

Mario Violich, FAIA and Carissa Oyedele, AIA presented on October 16th for a panel at the California Community College Strengthening Student Success Conference called “Innovative Tools for Engaging Contemporary Challenges in Collaborative Governance”. Our case study of the Educational and Facilities Master Plan at North Orange County Community College District highlighted unique ways of conducting campus assessments and facilitating an inclusive design process that prioritizes student engagement.

Learn more here: SSSC: Meet CCC Faculty, Staff, IRPE Professionals, and more (rpgroup.org)

 

 

September 2021

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA will be on a panel tomorrow from 8am-9:30am PST for the Boston Society for Architecture session “Design for Change: K-12 Educational Design Campus Transformation”

The presentation tracks the evolution of learning and the supporting campus facilities of Santa Monica High School. This campus has developed over the course of a century, responding to varying imperatives in terms of learning styles and the facilities that house them. A recent master plan and two major new projects have begun a radical transformation that will reshape the course of the school for the next century. The first of these facilities just opened this summer and is a major multi-purpose academic facility. The Discovery Building’s design is based on Open Building principles. A new athletic and career technical / visual arts complex (The Gold Gym and Exploration Building) will soon follow. The new buildings are a radical departure from what has been created before. They will contain much more varied, flexible spaces, both interior and exterior, that will support a wide range of learning styles and activities. With the opening of the Discovery Building, we will discuss the initial impressions of students and teachers as they begin to occupy and experiment in the new learning spaces.

Learn more here: http://ow.ly/8Mg050Gj1Ji

Panel:

James Mary O’Connor FAIA, Moore Ruble Yudell

Carey Upton, Chief Operations Officer, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

John Dale FAIA, HED

 

September 2021

Neal Matsuno, FAIA will be speaking on Wednesday, September 22 from 12:00-1:30pm for the “Design for Wellbeing” AIA CA Climate Action Webinar Series.

With the average American spending 90% of their time indoors, it is imperative that our buildings support human health and wellbeing. This session will outline the focus on health and wellness throughout the project design and operation of Washington University St. Louis [WUSTL’s] Hillman Hall. With the project as a new building for the Brown School of Social Work, social equity was at the core of the school’s values and vision to create positive social change. A healthy and high-performance environment benefits profitability, staff retention, and improves student performance, and should be considered from the earliest stages of design through operation.

Speakers:

Amy Eyler, Associate Professor at WUSTL

Neal Matsuno, Principal at Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners

 

September 2021

Partners John Ruble, FAIA and Buzz Yudell, FAIA and Principal Jeanne Chen, FAIA, will be panelists at the International Symposium on Campus Planning and Design of Higher & Vocational Education in Hangzhou, China tonight. Their virtual presentation “Higher Education for a Dynamic Global Future: Defining Opportunities and Guiding Principles” will discuss trends in future education and include recent case studies of their work in the US and Asia.

Image: Santa Monica High School Discovery Building

Co-Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell

Architect of Record/ Co-Design Architect: HED Architect

 

August 2021

 

Carissa Oyedele, AIA was a coach and mentor for two weeks at the virtual girls AAUW Tech Trek STEM Summer Camp. She led and coached 8 junior high girls each week through a series of hands-on activities. The focus was learning and coding robotics, including circuiting LEDs to blink following the coded pattern. Ultimately each girl designed and built a wearable tech hat inspired by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

 

August 2021

We are pleased to share that the University of Denver’s Community Commons and Dimond Family Residential Village has received the ENR Mountain State 2021 Best Higher Education/ Research Award. Read more

We are pleased to share that the University of Denver’s Community Commons and Dimond Family Residential Village has received the ENR Mountain State 2021 Best Higher Education/ Research Award. The project welcomes a diverse student community by bringing a critical mass of students and resources to the center of campus to transform the historic core—a primary goal of the University’s Strategic Plan. Since its opening, the project funnels and mixes students capturing movement along a central flow path with a variety of types of spaces for students, faculty, staff and visitors to dine, meet, socialize, study, and make use of supportive services. Food is used strategically to unite the entire community and flexible and open welcoming spaces reinforce a sense of belonging that is key to keeping students on campus and support their success.

Community Commons:  Moore Ruble Yudell:  Design Architect/ Anderson Mason Dale:  Architect of Record, Dimond Family Residential Village:  Moore Ruble Yudell:  Collaborating Architect/ Anderson Mason Dale:   Design and Architect of Record, Project CM/ GC:  Saunders Construction

 

August 2021

An Incubator for Education and Learning- Westside Urban Forum: Design 2021 AwardRead more

An Incubator for Education and Learning

Westside Urban Forum: Design 2021 Award

 

HED + Moore Ruble Yudell’s Santa Monica High School’s new Exploration Building + Gold’s Gym redefines the campus with inspirational gathering spaces for students and an innovative Career Technical Education Complex that integrates athletics and fitness. We are delighted to be recognized together with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District with a Westside Urban Forum 2021 Design Award. 

 

Jury Quote:

“It’s like an incubator in education and learning. It connects to what community is, in a creative environment such as Santa Monica.”

 

July 2021

CONTINUING EDUCATION GETS A NEW START: San Diego College of Continuing Education Facilities Master Plan

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to create the new Facilities Master Plan for SDCCE for their seven campuses. This is occurring at a pivotal time for the College when they are re-imagining their academic and facilities experiences post-pandemic.

July 2021

Innovative Planning Tools to Advance Faculty and Student Representation

SCUP Annual Conference 2021Read more

Mario Violich, FAIA, and Carissa Shrock Oyedele, AIA, NCIDQ, led an engaging session at the Annual Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Conference with Dr. Miguel Powers and Student Leaders Presten Jimenez & Nicolette Garcia on how the use of participatory processes including equity walks have enabled our Community College partners to respond to the challenges faced in collaborative governance and achieve better representation among Students, Faculty, Staff, and campus leadership.

June 2021

Inclusive Design Matters: Diversity is NOW

Learning By Design Featured Article

 

Our AIA-CAE featured article for the June 2021 edition of Learning By Design, co-authored by Carissa Oyedele, AIA, Jeanne Chen, FAIA, and John Ruble, FAIA, explores both the critical need for inclusion of diverse constituents when planning and designing educational facilities, and the powerful results that can be achieved.

Read the article here.

 

April 2021

The newly released Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Rethinking Campus Spaces” features Moore Ruble Yudell’s design for the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University. Located at the innovative Tepper Quad, its “open, reconfigurable spaces support classes, workshops, and events as well to incubate new ventures.”

Moore Ruble Yudell: Design & Architect of Record

R3A: Associate Architect

PJ Dick: CM/ GC

Photo Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University

http://ow.ly/N2C150Ezkwb

 

April 2021

DU’s new Community Commons welcomes a diverse student community by bringing a critical mass of students and resources to the center of campus. Since opening in January, this project funnels and mixes students with a variety of types of spaces for students to dine, meet, socialize, study, and make use of supportive services. The Community Commons conveys a message of openness and invitation through transparency that broadcasts what is happening inside and invites participation—places where you can see yourself and where you can express yourself. Flexible, open, and visible spaces welcome students and reinforce a sense of belonging that is key to keeping students on campus and to support success.

http://ow.ly/jyJQ50EwtTa

Photo Credit: Wayne Armstrong

Moore Ruble Yudell: Design Architect

Anderson Mason Dale: Executive Architect

 

April 2021

"Advocating world-class architecture, sustainability, and craft, Kansas City has become a leader in great American design."

ArchDaily showcases our Henry W Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UMKC, designed in collaboration with BNIM, as part of its recent feature Prairie New School: Kansas City’s New Architectural Renaissance. | Photo Credit: James Ewing

http://ow.ly/tH7c50EnQKn

 

April 2021

Carissa Oyedele, AIA will be presenting at this year’s SCUP Pacific Regional Conference on Equitable Cross-Disciplinary Planning for Underserved Populations. The presentation will investigate inclusive, interdisciplinary approaches to long-range campus and strategic planning.

The session will take place on April 16th from 10am-12pm PST. More info, including a more detailed description and registration, can be found here:

http://ow.ly/HMWl50ElaJs

 

April 2021

Join Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Amy Hellmund, AIA on April 8th as they participate in a multi-panel virtual event celebrating the Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU on their Founder’s Day. Register today for this free 24-hour global celebration.
https://lnkd.in/dyfwQgX

April 2021

Progressive education takes a major step forward for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. This third phase of Samohi’s Modernization Master Plan includes the new Gold Gym, with three multi-function courts, dance studio, and fitness facilities, and the groundbreaking Exploration Building- a flexible high-tech loft for advanced career-based education. Students will engage regional business and industry in the Exploration Building’s class-labs and its dynamic central forum- the “Pitch Space”.

Design Architects: Moore Ruble Yudell

Executive Architects: HED

Programming: BrainSpaces

Samohi 3: Animation (vimeo.com)

March 2021

NATURAL ORDER: "What are the characteristics of a true sense of comfort? Consider the Rustic Canyon home of Architect Buzz Yudell and Artist and Designer Tina Beebe. Call it a comfort case study.”

The home, designed by Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Tina Beebe, leveraged HenryBuilt solutions to create a nurturing living environment. At the house’s core is its fundamental connection to nature, the surrounding landscape, and the neighborhood.

Click the link to learn more: http://ow.ly/FE5550DXQlH

 

March 2021

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to be a sponsor for the AIA|LA Committee on the Environment’s fourth annual 1.5°C symposium. The conference focuses on the most impactful conversations today around Climate Action and Climate justice in a two-day split virtual symposium. Our Blake Patten, AIA, LEED AP was part of Day 1’s Climate Solutions Subcommittee.

March 2021

Engaging educational environments are vital to help learners reach their full potential. These facilities also play a critical role in serving as anchors for our larger communities. The design of educational facilities can and should foster equitable communities acting as a catalyst for change. 

 


Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Carissa Oyedele, AIA LEED AP BD+C  participated in a panel with Dr. Robert Dillon, Sustainable Education Solutions on Creating Equitable, Adaptable and Resilient Educational Environments for the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education. The Q & A from the webinar is available below:

Q: How important is to have diversity among the design team? Are your offices diverse?   How can the industry raise up BIPOC leaders so they are leading these conversations?

A:Buzz:

Diversity in the team adds a valuable range of perceptions and creative ideas. However to be meaningful, all team members must feel encouraged and welcomed to actively participate.  You may need to experiment with ways to develop team norms that ensure everyone is valued, participates and is listened to.

Our office is quite diverse relative to the profession:  49% minority and 43 % women.  However, it is always a work in progress and we look for ways to keep diversifying and accelerating diversity at the leadership levels.  

Mentoring, training and coaching are critical to developing confidence and expertise for all leaders.

Creating  opportunities for BIPOC  and emerging leaders to be out front with clients, civic and professional organizations is an important part of the process.


Q: How do you make sure the quiet voices have as much weight as the loud ones?

A: Buzz

This can be challenging and requires initiatives on several fronts.  Coaching and training are essential.  Providing  safe environments to practice presentation skills and build confidence is important.  

Developing office and team norms and behaviors that ensure all voices are heard and valued. all of these behaviors need to be modelled and lived at the leadership level.

A: Carissa

You can also employ certain tools to make the quiet ones feel more comfortable:

  • You can call out people specifically to participate
  • Go around the table so everyone has a chance to talk
  • Facilitate activities where everyone has to get up out of their seat to write or mark on boards- this can be beneficial to some who want to remain anonymous

 


Q: Can you elaborate more on designing for resiliency? Is this just a matter of community engagement, or is there a component more related to the building systems and assemblies?

A: Buzz

It is a multi-dimensional process.  Early planning to optimize for flexibility and adaptability are critical.

The earliest possible multi-disciplinary discussions about building systems, assemblies and their integration and performance is important. Testing and modeling for life-cycle,  operations and maintenance should all involve consultants and relevant clients reps.

A: Carissa

Resiliency can most definitely mean systems as well. Often we are seeing clients wanting to prepare for natural disasters, school shootings, and now pandemics. We can build in safety measures and redundancy, such as with renewable energy and captured water, so that the Universities and Colleges can be prepared when any of these situations hit.

 


Q: We all could spend days listening to your research, understanding the more poetic features and how individuals are able to engage these spaces and places created.  With community healing, that you mentioned, as a strong endeavor you engage with your users.  Can you describe how you all judge your outcomes as successful and the degree of success has been attained?

A:  Buzz

We do a range of post occupancy evaluations from relatively informal visits, observations and discussions to more structured surveys and interviews. ( it depends on client needs and culture ).  It’s great when we can partner with our clients in the post occupancy research but not all clients have time.   I like adding informal and serendipitous conversations when we visit our projects.   And specifically trying to get a cross section of users.  Some of our judgement of success comes from structured feedback on metrics about health,  social interactions, level of collaboration, sustainability, access etc. Most comes from a collection of conversations and observations over time.   We try to collect and document this information but it’s always a challenge. We would always like to do more.  The most rewarding results are the individual and group stories we hear.

At our new building for the School of Social Work and Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, a young faculty told me that her work was among very disadvantaged and traumatized families in the community.  She said that  this was extremely stressful and that after the new building was completed she made a point of spending some informal time in the building at the beginning and end of the day whenever possible;  she described how the warmth, sense of community, connection to nature and relaxed environment had been truly healing for her on a day to day basis.  We were both on the edge of tears by the end of the conversation. It was a wonderful reminder of why we get up in the morning.

 


Q: What resources did you use to get buy in for your clients to include gender neutral restrooms in the design? Specifically in the K-12 world.

A: Buzz

My experience here is mainly in higher-ed.  We have been fortunate that most of our clients are far along in these discussions.   The most typical approach has been a both-and rather than either-or;  having male, female and gender neutral restrooms allows everyone to be heard and accommodated at a pretty minor marginal cost.

Re K-12, most of our work here has been in California which has required at least one restroom to be “all-gender” since 2016.  Some school districts have already opted to go well beyond the minimum requirement.   

In general, in these kinds of sensitive discussions,  it’s helpful if you can find ways to turn the heat down in the conversations.   Benchmarking and bringing facts and precedents to the table can be valuable.

As in Universal Design, pointing out the advantages for everyone can be helpful.   When people realized that accessible design benefits parents with little kids, older folks etc. they grew to accept and even like the approach.  Adding an “all-gender” restroom can be beneficial to a wide range of users.

 


Q: How are you balancing the concepts of Universal Design with the safety measures in terms of COVID that we now know that need to be in place?  I am a school administrator and the physical adjustments to our building have been staggering.

A: Dr. Dillon

We are recognizing and naming that some of the temporary COVID solutions aren’t optimal, and that we are hoping to pivot back to leaning more deeply into Universal Design elements as we go forward. I believe that naming the temporary nature of things helps everyone maintain the mindset that a more optimal space is possible in the future. We are also using this time to document the limitations of our space, so that we can co-design future solutions. It has been great working with school and district partners that are also preparing for the future while taking care of safety.

 

 


Q: To the Question Dr. Dillon Posted of "how do you avoid designing the community OUT of the school?" How do you recommend that idea be approached to large school districts where Design Guidelines, Ed Specs, and Rigid Programs in the name of 'Equity' end up creating a 'smallest common denominator sameness' in all schools of the district?

A: Dr. Dillon

We really work hard in my partnerships to make sure that equity doesn’t mean equal, but it is about serving the needs of the students, staff, and community at each location. We often list the things that make an individual school unique so that we can judge design decisions against those things. We also work to build a small amount of the budget that is hyperlocal and allows each school to design for their community as well. It is also important to match design guidelines against instructional vision to see if they still match.

 

 


Q: In high population density cities like NYC, what high value ideas can be translated to the public system, where so many schools are in 100 year old buildings where budget limitation are so prevalent?

A: Dr. Dillon

I find that older, urban schools have some great bones. This can include wide hallways and big windows. If either of these features are present, I’m looking to really think big in these areas because so many students and staff pass through them. Window treatments, hallway paint, reduced hallway clutter can all send powerful messages. We often find that these buildings contain tons of legacy materials. It is essential to free the space of unneeded things as it is impossible to see the future iteration of the building with all that clutter and noise. Finally, signage is inexpensive and makes a huge impact on message, tone, and energy.

 


Q: How does a design professional best communicate the close relationship between curriculum development and teaching methods with the physical spaces?

A: Dr. Dillon

I often speak about how we spend so much time on what kids should learn and how they should learn (all of which is so important), but we don’t spend as much on the conversations about where kids learn. If we can enter into partnership around all three of those conversations, we have the best opportunities to sync our design and make lasting change. It is always ideal to walk the building with a lens of instruction. I hope we can get back in more buildings soon.

 

 

 

March 2021

Creating Equitable, Adaptable and Resilient Educational Environments:

Engaging educational environments are vital to help learners reach their full potential. These facilities also play a critical role in serving as anchors for our larger communities. The design of educational facilities can and should foster equitable communities acting as a catalyst for change.

Buzz Yudell, FAIA & Carissa Oyedele, AIA LEED BD+C participated in a panel with Dr. Robert Dillon, Sustainable Education Solutions on Creating Equitable, Adaptable and Resilient Educational Environments for the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education. See Q&A for a continuation of the dialogue:

http://ow.ly/FWEt50DPAXG

 

December 2020

MRY has been selected to program and design highly flexible learning environments in a garden setting to support education programs for a diverse student population including life-long learners, professional accreditation, language skills and vocational training. The project significantly expands the campus fabric and connectivity and is a critical step toward meeting their ambitious Climate Action Plan goals of Net-Zero by 2050.

December 2020

Construction is currently underway on the UCLA Faculty Center Seismic and Infrastructure Improvements Project and re-imagines existing mid-century modern patio spaces originally built in 1959. Building on the original indoor-outdoor connections at the Faculty Center, the East Patio and California Terrace are re-envisioned as highly flexible outdoor rooms for dining and events. New landscape, paving, lighting and finishes enhance inside- outside connections with large-scale glass doors from indoor rooms to adjacent garden spaces.


Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell


Landscape Architect: Studio-MLA

November 2020

 

Congratulations to Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis for being ranked as the #1 MBA Entrepreneurship Program by Inc. magazine for the second year in a row! The ranking looks at 10 categories including the number of recently established startups by students and alumni and more.

Architect of Record/ Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell
Associate Architect: Mackey Mitchell

Learn more here.

 

November 2020

The Phase 3 design plan for SAMOHI, which includes the Gold Gymnasium and Exploration Building, was revealed in the Santa Monica Daily Press.. The Phase 3 buildings are scheduled to be ready for fall 2023.


Co-Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell

Architect of Record/ Co-Design Architect: HED



Read more here,

November 2020

Associate Principal Carissa Oyedele, AIA will be speaking at the Annual Community College Facility Coalition (CCFC) Conference on November 12, 12:45 – 1:45 pm on “Master Planning in the Midst of a Crisis at North Orange County CCD”. She will be joined with Chancellor Marshall, Vice Chancellor of Facilities & Finance Fred Williams, and Andrew Perez and Jenny Derry from Brailsford & Dunlavey.

November 2020

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be presenting a session on November 11th entitled: Moving Beyond COVID-19 — Programming and Designing for School Facilities for ChangeRead more

As we all develop strategies to allow students to return from school, and recognize there is no “silver bullet,” and no two institutions’ solution will be the same, there are five key strategic areas to address: Zoning & Space Planning; Air Handling & Quality; Materials & Infection Control; New Technologies; and Enhanced Graphics. Building on recent experience developing a multi-use facility at Santa Monica High School which stresses long and short term flexibility and adaptive use, Santa Monica-Malibu USD is now embarking on a new phase, focusing on athletics, visual arts and career technical education (CTE). The session will use these two projects as case studies with the ‘Beyond COVID’ design principals above in mind. It will also explore strategies for designing space that can meet both the specific short-term pandemic imposed needs while creating a dynamic facility that will meet the needs of the District for decades to come.

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      • Date:Wednesday, November 11
      • Time:11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
      • Session Code:ES20WA3
      • Audience:Architects & Designers, Distributors, Educational Institutions
      • Credit:AIA LU, GBCI
      • Learning Objective 1:Become acquainted with the five key strategies for reconfiguring learning spaces in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
      • Learning Objective 2:Learn how recent, cutting edge educational projects commissioned by Santa Monica-Malibu USD are being adapted to the health crisis and the imperative to bring students back to school.
      • Learning Objective 3:Gain insight into the multiple perspectives on dynamic programming and planning for flexibility in educational environments.
      • Learning Objective 4:Develop a holistic view of the broad range of factors that contribute to health and safety in PreK-12 learning environments.
      • https://www.ed-spaces.com/edsessions/index.cfm
November 2020

Jeanne Chen, FAIA was invited to be a juror for the 2020 AIA Honolulu Design Awards—This is Hawaii’s oldest design competition held annually since 1958 and recognizes the year’s best

Learn More: 2020 Design Award Winners (aiahonolulu.org)

October 2020

In a time when our assumptions about professional and personal life are turned on end, it almost comes as a shock to realize that major work proceeds and extraordinary feats are accomplished. Moore Ruble Yudell has been fortunate to have an exceptionally dramatic series of major buildings and sites now under construction and/or about to be completed. The new work represents our deep commitment to humanistic architecture and planning that celebrates our time with innovative approaches to building programs, spaces, systems, and technology. The five projects presented here use powerful organizing principles to bring together places of habitation at many scales, adapting the latest 21st Century design and fabrication capabilities to craft buildings that nurture community inside and out. 

 

In presenting these groundbreaking projects we also celebrate our forward-thinking clients, dedicated design teams, collaborating consultants and partners, and hard-working construction crews that provide the ‘energy of phase change’ from the virtual to the real.

 

Read about the projects here:

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/moore-ruble-yudell--In-The-Works.htm...
 

October 2020

Come join Associate Principal Carissa Shrock Oyedele, AIA at AIALA’s Powerful 7 virtual symposium this Friday October 9, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm for her breakout session “Working with New Normals”. Moore Ruble Yudell is proud to be a sponsor of this event.
https://lnkd.in/gvdiK37

October 2020

The reimagined ASPIRE CONFERENCE goes virtual in 2020, delivering 36 seminars, keynotes, and networking events in three days. ASPIRE TALKS and CHATS invite attendees into an intimate learning experience allowing attendees to engage with the speakers in small breakout sessions for a more profound conversation on the TALK subjects.

Join Carissa Oyedele, AIA, Jeanne Chen, FAIA, and Mo Lotif, University of Denver on September 17 at 2PM ET who will be leading a Chat on INCLUSIVITY & INNOVATION: UNLEASH THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF DIVERSE TEAMS and the importance the built environment can have on people’s well-being and sense of belonging.

https://web.cvent.com/event/2b7ea766-f25c-4085-94e0-e00ce865bae8/website...

July 2020

Mario will present at VIRTUAL SCUP 2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE on July 24, 2020. He will be joined by fellow panelists R. Umashankar, Planner at UC Riverside, John White, Executive Director at College of the Desert, and Dr. Cheryl A. Marshall, Chancellor at NOCCCD.The panel will address the unprecedented challenges we face in public health and social equity and how they are being met with innovative physical planning tools and solutions for colleges and universities.

Friday, July 24 1:30-2:30 EST
Society for Campus and University Planning

Register here

July 2020

This Thursday July 16 at 6pm, Carissa Oyedele, AIA will be part of a The United Nations Association LA Chapter Chat and address the responsibility of the architecture and construction industry to reduce carbon emissions through the design of sustainable cities and communities—a UN Sustainable Development Goal.

https://www.unalosangeles.org/get-involved/chapter-chats?fbclid=IwAR0O2l...

 

July 2020

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Built By Women Los Angeles 2020 Map and Poster showcases 57 projects that highlight important contributions, spanning over 100 years, by women in the LA metro area. Moore Ruble Yudell is honored to have two projects featured—the Santa Monica Public Library led during construction by Carissa Oyedele AIA and Rustic Canyon View House by Jeanne Chen FAIA and Bob Dolbinski AIA.

https://bwaf.square.site/product/built-by-women-los-angeles-2020-map-and-poster/11?cs=true

July 2020

PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY: This morning James Mary O'Connor, FAIA addressed "Planning For Change- Open Buildings: Resilience and Sustainable Planning in Green Buildings" at CHESC. Open Buildings advocates the creation of a resilient building stock capable of change and adaptation over time while facilitating decision making on multiple levels. In the context of schools and colleges, this means creating facilities that accommodate change as the communities around them evolve. #sustainabledesign #CHESC #architecture #designarchitecture #educationdesign #openbuilding

June 2020

BALANCING WORK, LIFE, IDENTITY, AND YOUR PASSIONS: Carissa Oyedele, AIA speaks at AWA+D Virtual Symposium with Sara Abed, Landscape Designer and Activist on ZOOM, 6:30 – 7:30pm June 30— Registration is free.

June 2020

It is a time for listening & understanding. Moore Ruble Yudell commits to the National Organization of Minority Architects’ BRAVE initiatives.

May 2020

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF ASU’S NEW THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT: Our project is ESSENTIAL TO REINVENTING THUNDERBIRD as a global headquarters, enabling students to connect with the world physically and virtually with shared real time experiences. The project creates learning environments with active and multi-dimensional technologies to fully immerse students in each discipline. The virtual tour takes you through the new Thunderbird headquarters while celebrating the rich history of the school. | Link in bio 

Co-Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell

Architect of Record/Co-Design Architect: Jones Studio

Virtual Tour by point in time studios

 

https://vimeo.com/393562503

May 2020

LEADING THE GLOBAL WAY IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum has awarded our Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University a 2020 Green GOOD DESIGN® Award

Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, product, packaging, and graphic designs from over 20 nations were awarded… Green GOOD DESIGN’s focus is on the most important new international products, buildings, and planning projects that are leading the global way to a design that is fully sustainable.

Moore Ruble Yudell: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, Buro Happold: Sustainability & SMEP, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager

May 2020

CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING FOR EFFECTIVE PLANNING AT UC BERKELEY:

The Lower Sproul Redevelopment & Student Community Center at UC Berkeley is the cover story in the current issue of the Chinese publication Architecture Technique. The article is co-authored by Buzz Yudell, FAIA, Mario Violich, FAIA, and Jeanne Chen, FAIA.

Campuses are dynamic centers of community, expressing the values and tensions of their cultures.  In a global and diverse world, understanding the intersection between physical planning and the evolving cultural ethos of each institution is critical to successfully plan and design vibrant places that are responsive to contemporary student needs. This intersection of cultural, academic, and demographic dynamics with campus planning and design is essential in establishing a rich narrative for transformative places.

Working in close partnership with student and campus leadership, the Lower Sproul Redevelopment and Student Community Center transform what had become a neglected mid-century modern complex into a dynamic hub for student life.  Both new construction and adaptive reuse combine to create a multi-building center that celebrates the historic legacy of the site while modernizing its infrastructure into a flexible armature for the evolving needs of future generations of students.

April 2020

The EAST END TRANSFORMATION at Washington University in St Louis has received a 2020 Honor Award for Excellence in Planning from The Society for College and University Planners—SCUP’s highest annual award for planning! The project is comprised of six new high-performance buildings totaling 713,000gsf including Moore Ruble Yudell’s Jubel Hall for the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Achieving this ambitious comprehensive masterplan is the result of many contributors including Washington University in St. Louis, Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, Mackey Mitchell Architects, Kieran Timberlake Architects, BNIM, and Perkins Eastman.

March 2020

SALUTING THE DEDICATED FOREIGN SERVICE OF OUR STATE DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD. Our US Embassy for The Hague advances embassy sustainability as one of the first two US missions with geothermal heating and cooling, and a pilot project for low-level LED site lighting, making this new campus a good neighbor in a heritage context, while meeting security requirements. Site design by Sasaki integrates the landscape with Holland’s regional canal system. Now featured in the online journal Office Inspiration, the building heightens the presence of its workforce community with a generous, open Commons for daily dining, social interaction, and embassy cultural events.

https://www.officeinspiration.com/en/offices/u-s-embassy-the-hague/?fbclid=IwAR3UlsWg_LfkgaA4WKPtkfKbHp1_vH-5ku9Ri8RnygRSJiUXUY57kw4A9uQ

 

March 2020

 

Moore Ruble Yudell is closely monitoring the CDC and other information sources and planning for the evolving COVID-19 situation.  Our primary concern is for the health, safety, and wellness of our staff, their families, our clients and the broader community in which we thrive.

The intent of this communication is to outline the specific steps that we are taking to responsibly safeguard our employees and continue to serve the needs of our clients in this rapidly changing environment.

The key policies and procedures that we are implementing include:

  • Provide continuous information and education to our employees, based on CDC guidelines, about best practices to help prevent the transmission of communicable diseases such as COVID-19.
  • Implement social distancing measures and encourage alternatives to handshaking.
  • Temporarily cancel all non-essential work travel and utilize audio and web-based conferencing in lieu of face-to-face meetings where possible.
  • Encourage all employees to avoid personal travel and large gatherings.
  • Require potentially sick employees to remain out of the office until cleared to return to work.
  • Support flexible work policies in conjunction with State of California guidelines.
  • Expand our work-at-home policy so all project teams can remain effective while working remotely.
  • Explore opportunities for innovation through technology in support of our work with our clients and teams.

We will continue to monitor and evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 and will adjust our procedures to addresses changes as they develop.

Our passion and commitment to achieving every success remain undiminished. We look forward to working creatively with our partners to maintain and improve our communication and collaboration during this challenging and dynamic period.

 

Best Regards,

Moore Ruble Yudell

 

 

March 2020

Our conceptual design for the College of the Desert's new Palm Springs Campus was featured on the front page of the Desert Sun during Modernism Week. Read the article here.

March 2020

TRANSFORMING A HISTORIC CAMPUS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE:
ARCHITECT MAGAZINE’s February edition features Washington University’s East End Transformation. Our work included collaboration on a comprehensive Masterplan for the East End and the design of the new Jubel Hall (in association with Mackey MItchell). The 80,000 square foot building houses the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Mechanical Engineering & Material Sciences (MEMS). The building is designed to support a heightened level of interaction and to address societal needs in medicine, health, and the environment. The East End will encourage integration of study and research across the Arts and Sciences. Partner Buzz Yudell FAIA, was interviewed for this article.Read the full article here.

February 2020

TOPPING OFF: The final beam has been put into place for the Santa Monica High School Discovery Building.
The Discovery Building is a major addition to the 3000+ student campus. This multi-function building is comprised of 5 levels with over 260,000 square feet of space. The building wraps around an open entry court with cascading stairs and bleachers for informal gathering.
Education is constantly changing and the Discovery Building is designed for change.
Designed as a ‘loft’ building with a flexible, open, column grid, its raised floor for building systems and non-load bearing walls enables spacesRead more

TOPPING OFF: The final beam has been put into place for the Santa Monica High School Discovery Building.
The Discovery Building is a major addition to the 3000+ student campus. This multi-function building is comprised of 5 levels with over 260,000 square feet of space. The building wraps around an open entry court with cascading stairs and bleachers for informal gathering.
Education is constantly changing and the Discovery Building is designed for change.
Designed as a ‘loft’ building with a flexible, open, column grid, its raised floor for building systems and non-load bearing walls enables spaces to be reconfigured over time. Sustainable features include ‘living’ green walls, displacement ventilation, roof top photovoltaic and solar thermal arrays. The classrooms are filled with natural light and many have operable glass walls connecting to shared Commons spaces.

February 2020

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to have sponsored the AIA|LA Committee on the Environment’s third annual 2oC Symposium. This year’s event centered around how the ideas of L.A.’s Green New Deal can be achieved, addressing sustainable topics at varying scales of design to forge a direct path forward in the decarbonization of the built environment.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to have sponsored the AIA|LA Committee on the Environment’s third annual 2oC Symposium. This year’s event centered around how the ideas of L.A.’s Green New Deal can be achieved, addressing sustainable topics at varying scales of design to forge a direct path forward in the decarbonization of the built environment.

February 2020

The 2020 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated Mario Violich & Neal Matsuno to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The fellows will be honored at a ceremony on May 15th at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 in Los Angeles.Read more

The 2020 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated Mario Violich & Neal Matsuno to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The fellows will be honored at a ceremony on May 15th at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 in Los Angeles.

February 2020

Moore Ruble Yudell’s Santa Monica Public Library, led during construction by Carissa Oyedele, and Principal Jeanne Chen’s and Bob Dolbinski’s Rustic Canyon View House, will be featured in the Built by Women Los Angeles 2020 exhibition at the A + D Museum opening May 15, 2020. The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation created, sponsored, and organized the Built by Women program to celebrate women’s contributions to the built environment.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell’s Santa Monica Public Library, led during construction by Carissa Oyedele, and Principal Jeanne Chen’s and Bob Dolbinski’s Rustic Canyon View House, will be featured in the Built by Women Los Angeles 2020 exhibition at the A + D Museum opening May 15, 2020. The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation created, sponsored, and organized the Built by Women program to celebrate women’s contributions to the built environment.

February 2020

WHERE ARCHITECTS SLEEP: We are delighted that Buzz Yudell, FAIA was included in this new book published by PHAIDON. Sarah Miller, long-standing Editor-in-Chief of the British edition of Condé Nast Traveler, describes the book as "an insider's guide to the best places to stay in the world- the result of having spoken with 270 architects around the world..." This book is a successor to the best selling "Where Chefs Eat".

https://www.phaidon.com/store/architecture/where-architects-sleep-9780714879260/?fbclid=IwAR39JLXezVN4xewJXBfbf1LezsvR4f5ysFIUkf2-3SyOs5Z3tygz_S2F2Zc

 

February 2020
We are looking for outstanding individuals with a passion to create vibrant, inspiring and sustainable places of community, collaboration, discovery, and innovation.
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We are looking for outstanding individuals with a passion to create vibrant, inspiring and sustainable places of community, collaboration, discovery, and innovation. The ideal candidates will be creative, self-motivated, and curious, with an innate ability to work effectively as part of a dynamic and innovative team.

Our work evolves from an unwavering commitment to humanistic architecture that embraces the overarching concerns of community, culture, and place. Our shared commitment to this philosophy guides the firm’s work at all scales; from private residences and multi-family housing, to academic and civic buildings, to campus and community planning.

Available Positions:

Application:
Please send a digital copy of the following to employment@mryarchitects.com
  • A cover letter indicating your interest in the position
  • Your current resume, including references
  • Your portfolio and/or work samples (single PDF, maximum 10mb)

Links to online portfolios are considered supplementary.

Moore Ruble Yudell is an equal opportunity employer.
Visit our website at moorerubleyudell.com to learn more about our office.
February 2020

Mario Violich, FAIA spoke on February 21st for Modernism Week, discussing a new campus plan in downtown Palm Springs. The plan integrates The Palm Springs School of Architecture - A Collaboration between Cal Poly Pomona and College of the Desert. 

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Mario Violich, FAIA spoke on February 21st for Modernism Week, discussing a new campus plan in downtown Palm Springs. The plan integrates The Palm Springs School of Architecture - A Collaboration between Cal Poly Pomona and College of the Desert. 

February 2020

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA will be speaking at the CASH (Coalition for Adequate School, Housing) conference tomorrow. The session will be focused on Planning for Change: Loose Fit Facility Design.

February 2020

Green Building & Design Magazine's Designing the Best New Learning Facilities by Cap Green features Moore Ruble Yudell’s Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University. Buzz Yudell, FAIA describes designing a high performance educational building to encourage connectivity and experiential learning. Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

Read more here.

November 2019

The Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh received an Honor Award for Design from the AIA Pittsburgh.

JURY COMMENTS: “The building is engaging and active at all levels by creating volumes of space flooded with light, which become visually and physically connected…From the building siting on the campus to the high-level integration of creative sustainable design strategies, the Tepper Quad Project was a unanimous jury favorite.”

Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, Buro Happold: Sustainability & SMEP, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager

Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

 

November 2019

The Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh received a 2019 ULI Pittsburgh Placemaking Award for Transformative Place from the Urban Land Institute whose mission is the focus on best practices for creating vibrant places where people can live, work, and play.

Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager
Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

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The Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh received a 2019 ULI Pittsburgh Placemaking Award for Transformative Place from the Urban Land Institute whose mission is the focus on best practices for creating vibrant places where people can live, work, and play.

Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners: Design Architect & Architect of Record, Sasaki: Landscape Architect, Renaissance 3 Architects: Associate Architect, PJ Dick: Construction Manager
Photo Credit: Albert Vecerka

 

August 2019

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies just announced The American Architecture Awards for 2019.

Moore Ruble Yudell is honored that our Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University has received this award. Now celebrating its 25th year, The American Architectural Awards® recognize new and cutting-edge design in the United States and promote American architecture and design to public audiences in the U.S. and abroad.

August 2019

Engineering News Record MidAtlantic has just announced its 2019 Regional Best Project Awards and Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased that our Tepper Quad Project at Carnegie Mellon University is a Merit winner in Higher Education/ Research. Thanks to a terrific team effort with our Construction Manager PJ Dick.

June 2019

MRY Assists UCLA with its First DB Basis of DesignRead more

Moore Ruble Yudell is developing the Detailed Project Program for UCLA’s Hilgard Avenue Faculty Housing. The project will be the University’s first as a competitive Design Build procurement, with the DPP expanded into a DB Basis of Design that is expected to be released in early 2020.

June 2019

We are delighted to announce the selection of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners for a large campus multi-use project that includes UCLA School of Law Addition & Renovation, Student Dining & Support, and Campus Serving Learning Spaces following a national selection process. The richness of program, site and campus connectivity makes this an extraordinarily interesting opportunity to contribute to the UCLA campus. We look forward with great excitement to collaborating with the School of Law, ASUCLA and UCLA Capital Projects.Read more

We are delighted to announce the selection of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners for a large campus multi-use project that includes UCLA School of Law Addition & Renovation, Student Dining & Support, and Campus Serving Learning Spaces following a national selection process. The richness of program, site and campus connectivity makes this an extraordinarily interesting opportunity to contribute to the UCLA campus. We look forward with great excitement to collaborating with the School of Law, ASUCLA and UCLA Capital Projects.

June 2019

The 2019 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated Jeanne Chen to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The fellows will be honored at a ceremony on June 7 at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 in Las Vegas.

June 2019

Venturi Scott Brown and Associates’ Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London has been awarded the 2019 25 Year Award, considered the highest AIA Honor for an individual project.

On Saturday June 8 at 10am, Jeanne Chen, FAIA will participate in a panel discussion of “AIA 25-year Award: Presentation of the Winning Project” (SA 105), along with Heather Young, AIA, Daniel Garber, FAIA, Eugene Dunwody, Jr AIA and John Chase, AIA to share their insights as jurors for this important recognition.

https://www.aia.org/showcases/6092419-sainsbury-wing-at-the-national-gallery?fbclid=IwAR1logEBXH6iThk4mgnxO__E-F5pf7qVFZ5U5pNhFlrD92dVJNIQdI046g0

June 2019

The North Orange County Community College District has selected Moore Ruble Yudell as masterplan architects for the Cypress College, Fullerton College and North Orange Continuing Education. The concurrent educational masterplan plan will be led by Brailsford & Dunlavey. This continues highly successful collaborations between MRY and B&D, including UC Berkeley's Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project - Student Community Center and the Steger Student Center at University of Cincinnati.

April 2019

AIA St. Louis Merit Award for Craftsmanship, Jubel Hall, Washington University in St. Louis

 

April 2019

We are delighted to announce the Ground Breaking for the Santa Monica High School (Samohi)’s landmark Discovery Building.

The ambitious Discovery Building includes a 21st century learning environment for 38 class rooms, an Aquatic Center with a 50-meter pool, Indoor & outdoor dining facilities and parking.

The Discovery building is designed as a state of the art “open building”, which can readily accommodate future changes in the educational environment. We have worked closely with our partners HED and the Santa Monica – Malibu Unified School District to realize the vision for this most exciting project.

 

April 2019

Tepper Quad at Carnegie Mellon University has been awarded the AIA Pittsburgh Honor Award

 

March 2019

Tepper Quad at Carnegie Mellon University awarded the IES Illumination Award of Merit 2019

 

March 2019

Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2019, Tepper Quad, Carnegie Mellon University

March 2019

Tepper Quad at CMU has been awarded the ULI Pittsburgh 2019 Placemaking Award for Transformative Place.

March 2019

Our US Embassy in N’Djamena, Chad was featured in The Architect's Newspaper. The article touches on some of the challenges of designing and building within construction and site limitations.

https://www.archpaper.com/2019/02/architects-high-design-extreme-construction/?fbclid=IwAR2s_Bmqp15jGUaOcXfwmO2Dke33Wd0kZ2wmUnDOs5Axg-Vk2iD1-5KpDOc#gallery-0-slide-3

February 2019

The COTE|LA Symposium on Climate Change was featured in Arch Daily today. Learn more about the organization & upcoming event here:

https://www.archdaily.com/912116/2-degrees-c-a-cote-la-symposium-on-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR3D3opW2bnx9CXoEfoqNq2_vRz3jsHdtKmfYKtbj7uoL4huz1CCu2mqn3o

January 2019

Today, the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of the 2019 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture. Nine projects were recognized, including seven projects in the U.S., as well as one in Toronto and one in Denmark.

This year's jury comprised chair Jeanne Chen, AIA, of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners; Rania Alomar, AIA, of RA-DA; Alicia Berg of the University of Chicago; Raymond M. Bowman, Assoc. AIA; Katherine K. Chia, FAIA, of Desai Chia Architecture; Shannon R. Christensen, AIA, of CTA Architects Engineers; Eugene C. Dunwody Jr., AIA, of Dunwody/Beeland Architects; Henry Moss, AIA, of Bruner/Cott & Associates; and David Rosa-Rivera of the Savannah College of Art and Design.

To see more photos and read more about each winning project, visit ARCHITECT's Project Gallery.

December 2018

Jeanne Chen & Bob Dolbinski's Rustic Canyon View House was featured in Wallpaper*! 

"Every part of the house maintains a strong connection with its context, either via large glazed parts that open up to wide vistas, or outdoor areas in the form of gardens, the porch or a long deck wrapping around the lowest level."

https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/rustic-canyon-view-house-moore-ruble-yudell-los-angeles-usa?fbclid=IwAR2T_xo6ZLVI4VVmPIhdnaiF6OjCbGpMlTsyxGp2AaWlDe8g-MKvhY31ygY

December 2018

John Ruble, FAIA and James Mary O’Connor, FAIA will be participating on the educational panel tomorrow at 9am for the Building for Resilient Cities conference. They will be joined by Carey Upton, Kevin Greischar and moderator John Dale.

November 2018

Moore Ruble Yudell and Arts Group are honored to have won first place in the international urban design scheme gathering for the Liaoning Province Shenfu New Area Baisha Island Eco Towns.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell and Arts Group are honored to have won first place in the international urban design scheme gathering for the Liaoning Province Shenfu New Area Baisha Island Eco Towns. With a total site area of 25.7 sq km of new urban planning, including 11.2 sq km core area and 14.5 sq km business district in the surrounding area, our goal is to create a vibrant and responsible development that centers the experience of the people on the natural landscape and water ways. The urban design also features a new model in low density, human scale, and a more integral relationship to the city through its changing seasons.

October 2018

Christopher Hamilton will be speaking with Kevin Plaxco, Director for the Center for Bioengineering, at UC Santa Barbara this Thursday (10/25) as part of the UCSB AD&A Museum’s Kitchell Architecture and Design Lecture Series about our recently completed LEED Platinum BioEngineering building. The event will start with a brief reception at 6pm on the Bioengineering auditorium roof terrace, followed by the presentation in the auditorium.

September 2018

James Mary O’Connor FAIA speaking at: Urban Land Institution Young Leaders Masterclass Summer School. The ULI Masterclass focused on placemaking, was led by an industry leader who will share “how to do things” - methods, techniques and strategies they have developed through experience. Using case studies, learning will focus on sharing of best practice and lessons learned. The 2018 Young Leaders Summer School was fast paced, provocative and informative. The talk was held at the Institute of Technology (DIT), Grangegorman Campus, Dublin 7

September 2018

Powerful V:

Join Carissa Oyedele and Simone Barth for a lunch time breakout discussion session. More info about the event and sessions can be found here: https://www.aialosangeles.org/aiala-events/powerful/lunch-discussion-circles-2018/?fbclid=IwAR1logEBXH6iThk4mgnxO__E-F5pf7qVFZ5U5pNhFlrD92dVJNIQdI046g0

September 2018

Re-live some of the excitement from the Grand Opening Ceremony through this highlight video, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University.Read more

The David A. Tepper Quadrangle celebrated its Grand Opening and Dedication Ceremony on September 13th, 2018. Re-live some of the excitement through this highlight video, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chsUo1ZzQq0&feature=youtu.be

August 2018

Jeanne Chen and Bob Dolbinski's home has been featured in The New York Times! The lot it was built on presented some interesting challenges, but the final result was well worth the wait.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/realestate/a-cliffhanger-in-pacific-palisades.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR0E9Mj9sQv-jpPcyXqXU5urIkyyA_gBRDUq4YKF5Kct5LPchs7yN1QEoR4

August 2018

Katie Carley joined a panel of distinguished senior leadership to discuss the often over looked aspect of how the expectation stage can help teams become effectively aligned.Read more

Expectations. Maybe the most common disconnect between BD and Operations. Katie Carley joined a panel of distinguished senior leadership to discuss the often over looked aspect of how the expectation stage can help teams become effectively aligned.

https://zcs1.campaign-view.com/ua/viewinbrowser?od=11287eca758d3d&rd=134...

July 2018

Please join us for an exciting tour through our recently completed UCLA Engineering VI building this Saturday. You can still sign up here:

https://www.aialosangeles.org/event/ucla-engineering-vi-tour/?fbclid=IwAR3UlsWg_LfkgaA4WKPtkfKbHp1_vH-5ku9Ri8RnygRSJiUXUY57kw4A9uQ

July 2018

The Treehouse was featured in Architectural Record this week!

June 2018

Join Moore Ruble Yudell at the AIA National Conference in NYC on June 22, 2018.

Brown School of Social Work at Washington University is a unique academic environment. Located in St. Louis's new Hillman Hall, this “healthy” building is a place where student, faculty, and staff interaction is enhanced by building design. The building's inclusive design process integrates health and wellness values. Researchers studied the physical activity, interaction, and satisfaction effects on faculty and staff to improve occupant satisfaction, productivity, retention, and creativity—by design. Join this session to explore the planning process for this "healthy" building. You'll review research for measuring healthy outcomes and explore how research findings can shape future campus facilities.

 

http://conferenceonarchitecture.com/schedule/#poster-358303

May 2018

HED+MRY Presented the Santa Monica High school (Samohi) - Discovery building at Santa Monica’s Climate Fest on Saturday.

May 2018

Moore Ruble Yudell is very proud to share educational videos and lessons learned from the 2°C AIA | LA Committee on the Environment (COTE) symposium.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell is very proud to share educational videos and lessons learned from the 2°C AIA | LA Committee on the Environment (COTE) symposium.

Both Partner Buzz Yudell, FAIA and Senior Associate Simone Barth, current COTE chair participated and helped to organize the event. The 2°C Symposium on Climate Change was held on March 2nd, 2018 at the Department of Water and Power in Downtown Los Angeles. The intention of the symposium was to serve as a unifying platform for the public, the architectural design community, the building industry, universities, policy makers, civic leaders and transportation entities to address the urgent sustainability issues challenging our society today. The productive outcome of the event was threefold: It provided tools and knowledge transfer for attendees; it gathered disciplines and Los Angeles stakeholders essential to reducing the advance of climate change; and by bringing together policymakers, city representatives and clients, reminded them of the key contributions architects can make in this area.
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May 2018

Arizona State University has selected MRY and Jones Studio to design the new home for the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Thunderbird will become part of the new ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus. Its focus will promote business education for students of graduate and executive education with a global perspective.

May 2018

The revitalization of UCB Lower Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley received an Honor Award from the North California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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The revitalization of UCB Lower Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley received an Honor Award from the North California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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May 2018

New U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Dedicated on April 24, 2018Read more

This new consulate is a major event in a city whose recent history has seen extraordinary social and economic challenges. Set in a green residential neighborhood, the campus is carefully designed to mediate its scale, maintain existing mature trees, and provide a high level of security for employees and visitors.

May 2018

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church of Pacific Palisades is featured in the May issue of Metropolis Magazine as they take a look back at architecture that characterized urban development in LA from the 1970's-1990's.

https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/survey-postmodernism-st-matthews-episcopal-church-los-angeles/?fbclid=IwAR2RJHv7owGqUlMFYZCuBdPIRgVMN3B5oOTi57h2RWtJf4Xuii1IMV4fLKI

April 2018

Our latest US Embassy celebrated its formal opening, establishing an American presence in the elegant woodland-canal context of the adjacent town of Wassenaur, with its historic villas, and the nearby Queen’s House. One of relatively few new embassies produced by Design-Bid-Build, the campus builds civic character with detailed brickwork in patterns inspired by Holland’s distinctive masonry traditions, and sculpted granite paneling highlighting its main entry court, amid an elegant system of canals and lake.

April 2018

PACA 2018 Excellence in Concrete Award (Pennsylvania Concrete Association, Tepper Quad, Carnegie Mellon University

 

April 2018

Tepper Quad at Carnegie Mellon University was awarded the ESWP - 2018 Commercial Project of the Year (Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania).

 

March 2018

Jeanne Chen, joined by Bryan Routledge and Bob Reppe, presented the Tepper Quad...Read more

Jeanne Chen, joined by Bryan Routledge and Bob Reppe, presented the Tepper Quad project at the SCUP Mid-Atlantic Conference. The presentation was followed by a tour conducted by Carnegie Mellon University of Tepper Quadrangle, Forbes Avenue Revitalization, and “The Square” Development.

Adam Padua & Neal Matsuno, joined by Jamie Kolker, presented on how they are Building Health & Measuring Wellness in Hillman Hall at The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. This session outlined the planning process for this "healthy" building, review ongoing research for measuring "healthy" outcomes, and explore how research findings can shape future campus facilities.

March 2018

UCLA's Engineering VI Celebrates it's grand opening on March 17thRead more

Completing a state-of-the-art pairing of experimental and computational laboratories, the School of Engineering’s new “front door” on the University’s recently developed Gateway Plaza, Phase Two of Engineering VI, on track for LEED Platinum, is now fully occupied and celebrated its Grand Opening on March 17.

February 2018

Our BioEngineering Building at University of California, Santa Barbara has been certified LEED Platinum.

December 2017

Environmental issues are increasingly driving people to weigh how the built environment impacts the natural world. Architect James Mary will speak about architecture that connects to regional development.Read more

GUEST SPEAKER: JAMES MARY O’CONNOR, FAIA

Environmental issues are increasingly driving people to weigh how the built environment impacts the natural world. Architect James Mary will speak about architecture that connects to regional development. His COFCO Agricultural Eco-Valley Master Plan Project outside of Beijing will become the first net zero-carbon project of its kind in the world.

Other highly sustainable projects include the Ocean Avenue South development - a sustainable urban prototype for mixed-income living in Santa Monica and designs for the Tango Complex for the innovative Bo01 Housing Exhibition in Malmö that earned Building of the Year in 2001 in Sweden.

An AIA Fellow, James is known for inspired design leadership on large-scale master planning, urban design and campus-planning projects in the U.S. and internationally. Attend, listen and learn about how taking design and sustainability to the next level can expand business opportunities and improve the world right here.

Learn more and RSVP here: http://miyamotointernational.com/events/great-minds-series-james-mary-oc...

October 2017

Moore Ruble Yudell is honored to be participating in the upcoming Lawrence Halprin Symposium.Read more

Buzz Yudell, FAIA is delighted to be joining his friend and colleague Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA for a session focusing on Halprin's exceptional impact and Legacy at The Sea Ranch.

Cultural Landscape Foundation, in collaboration with the A+D Architecture and Design Museum, has organized a public, daylong symposium that will examine the influences and accomplishments of renowned landscape architect Lawrence Halprin (1916 - 2009) and his impact on the renaissance of downtown Los Angeles. Nationally recognized speakers include Kenneth I. Helphand, FASLA, James A. Garland, Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA, Buzz Yudell, FAIA, Antonio Pacheco, Robert Maguire III, Janice Ross, Steve Koch, FASLA, and Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA.

Held as part of a three-month series of public events honoring Halprin’s rich local and national legacy, this symposium will be suitable for enthusiasts of Modernist design and landscape architecture, practitioners and urban planners, fans of Los Angeles, and those interested in the city’s history.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this event:
https://tclf.org/landscape-catalyst-lawrence-halprins-legacy-and-los-ang...

October 2017

The new BioEngineering building at UCSB officially opened on October 19th, 2017. Our team was on-site for the ribbon cutting ceremony and reception to celebrate.

August 2017

We are excited to announce our first place winning entry for the Beihang University Qingdao International Science and Education New Town competition.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell and ECADI are honored to have won first place in the international urban design competition for the Beihang University Qingdao International Science and Education New Town. With a total site area of 335 hectare of new urban planning, we have created an dynamic and integrated community for innovative science, talent cultivation, international research, and cultural development. We were supported by consultants; Sustainability engineering: Arup, Landscape design: Lützow 7, and Cost surveyor: RLB.
"Our concept for the project is to connect several separate sites to form a cohesive campus without barriers. We seek to offer learning spaces without physical boundaries." - James Mary O'Connor, FAIA

April 2017

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be givng a lecture at Cal Poly Pomona.Read more

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be givng a lecture at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday, April 21st.

April 2017

Hosted at Moore Ruble YudellRead more

Moore Ruble Yudell will be hosting AIA|LA's roundtable conversation about A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles & Dublin.

James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, will be presenting on the architecture of Dublin, Ireland.

Learn more about the event and register here: http://www.aialosangeles.org/calendar/housing-neighbo-u-rhoods-a-roundta...

April 2017

We are pleased to announce that HED in collaboration with Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for Santa Monica High School Samohi North Campus -2 Buildings.Read more

We are pleased to announce that HED in collaboration with Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for Santa Monica High School Samohi North Campus -2 Buildings.

Building on the Santa Monica High School Master Plan, the two new buildings for the North Campus present the exceptional opportunity to design places which nurture collaboration, innovation and create learning environments for the 21st century.

April 2017

UC Berkeley’s Lower Sproul Redevelopment and Student Community Center has been selected by the SCUP jury to receive the Jury’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Integrated Planning and Design!
Learn more here: http://www.scup.org/page/resources/awards/2017/recipients

March 2017
January 2017

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA, will be Participating in HOUSING & NEIGHBO(U)RHOODS - a roundtable conversation aboutRead more

James Mary O’Connor, FAIA, will be Participating in HOUSING & NEIGHBO(U)RHOODS - a roundtable conversation about a tale of two cities: Los Angeles & London.

When: January 25, 6pm
Where: Hanson LA Architecture - 724 South Spring Street, Suite 1002, Los Angeles, California 90014

http://www.aialosangeles.org/calendar/housing-neighbo-u-rhoods#.?utm_sou...

December 2016

Moore Ruble Yudell has received the 2016 AIA Los Angeles Design Award for United States Embassy, Helsinki, Finland.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has received the 2016 AIA Los Angeles Design Award for United States Embassy, Helsinki, Finland.

October 2016

Jeanne Chen, AIA & Buzz Yudell, FAIA spoke on a panel at Powerful III on a panel called "Mentors and Protégés: The Cultivation of Female Leaders".

Carsissa Shrock led a group about mentoring process and how to get the most out of it for both mentors and mentees. 

Watch a livestream from Powerful III here: https://livestream.com/accounts/21300942/events/6512689/videos/139390625

September 2016

College Planning & Management published a short article about our collaboration with Mackey Mitchell Architects in designing Hillman Hall for the George Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.Read more

College Planning & Management published a short article about our collaboration with Mackey Mitchell Architects in designing Hillman Hall for the George Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. You can read the article here: https://webcpm.com/Articles/2016/09/01/Washington-Univ.aspx

September 2016

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will participate in an AIA Shanghai panel discussion on Academic Campus & Building Design in China.Read more

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will participate in an AIA Shanghai panel discussion on Academic Campus & Building Design in China. This will be moderated by Cliff Pearson, the New Director of USC’s American Academy in China. The event will take place at the Haworth Showroom in Shanghai on September 21 at 6:30pm.

September 2016

HIllman Hall at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis receives an Honor Award from the AIA St. Louis Chapter.

August 2016

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, for our Embassy of the United States, Helsinki, Finland and for Ocean Avenue South (in collaboration with Koning Eizenberg).Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, for our Embassy of the United States, Helsinki, Finland and for Ocean Avenue South (in collaboration with Koning Eizenberg). The American Architectural Awards are the highest and most prestigious distinguished building public awards program that honor new and cutting-edge design in the United States. This annual program, organized by both our institutions, also promotes American architecture and design to our public audience globally. From a short list of 380 projects, the 2016 Jury for Awards was held in Denver and 74 projects were selected by a distinguished group of Colorado architects and educators. On Monday, October 3, The Chicago Athenaeum will host an Awards Gala Dinner Ceremony in Chicago honoring the winning architects, clients, and developers who have received The American Architectural Awards.

August 2016

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will give a talk – “Shaping Cities: The Architect as Community Organizer” – at the Kansas City Public Library on September 14 at 6:30pm.Read more

Partner John Ruble, FAIA will give a talk – “Community Organizers: Designing the Quantum of City Living” – at the Kansas City Public Library on September 14 at 6pm. He will focus on Moore Ruble Yudell's global engagement in cities and places through the master planning and design of multi-building urban settings, and highlight the firm’s work in cities and towns like Santa Monica, Berlin, Shanghai, and Grand Cayman, among others.


Listen to local KCUR radio interview with John Ruble.

July 2016

The Future Greenhouse Design at UC Riverside was awarded an honorable mention this year from SCUP for excellence in planning. The 'Plant Growth Environments and Support Facilities' was a part of UCR's Physical Master Plan Study.

June 2016

In this month's Urban Land, Shanghai Tech is featured in an article written by Principals Chris Chan and Michael Martin and Associate Principal, Anthony Wang. Read article.

May 2016

At the 2016 AIA National Convention, Principal James Mary O''Connor, FAIA, was formally elected to the College of Fellows of the AIA, and Senior Associate Carissa Shrock, AIA, received the 2016 AIA National Young Architect Award.Read more

At the 2016 AIA National Convention, Principal James Mary O''Connor, FAIA, was formally elected to the College of Fellows of the AIA, and Senior Associate Carissa Shrock, AIA, received the 2016 AIA National Young Architect Award.

May 2016

We are pleased to announce that Moore Ruble Yudell, has been selected as the architect for the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asia School of Business is in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management and Associate Architects GDP Architects. The ASB building is approximate 41,500 m2 and the campus also includes housing for 700 students and faculties.Read more

We are pleased to announce that Moore Ruble Yudell, has been selected as the architect for the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asia School of Business is in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management and Associate Architects GDP Architects. The ASB building is approximate 41,500 m2 and the campus also includes housing for 700 students and faculties.

May 2016

Moore Ruble Yudell will be participating in two sessions at this year's AIA National Conference in Philadalphia.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell will be participating in two sessions at this year's AIA National Conference in Philadalphia.

On Friday, May 20, Michael Martin, AIA, Buzz Yudell, FAIA, and Anthony Wang, AIA will give a presentation on the recently completed Shanghai Tech University Master Plan and Campus titled Shanghai Tech University: Redefining World-Class Innovative Campus Planning in China.

On Thursday, May 19 James Mary O'Connor, FAIA, together with Ken Lee and Suzanne Jaggers from Perkins Eastman, will give a presentation on the Providence Saint John's Health Medical Campus titled "Converging Innovative Health Care Delivery and Green Urban Design.”

May 2016

Our University of California, Riverside Plant Sciences District Plan has been awarded a 2016 SCUP Excellence Award in Planning for a Campus.

March 2016

Moore Ruble Yudell became one of 52 international firms to be an initial signatory in the Arch 2030: China AccordRead more

Moore Ruble Yudell became one of 52 international firms to be an initial signatory in the Arch 2030: China Accord. The signing event took place in Shenyang, China and was hosted by the China Exploration and Design Association Architecture Branch (the CEDAAB) and by Architecture 2030, the leading U.S. organization responsible for issuing the 2030 Challenge energy and emission reduction targets. The common mission was to dramatically reduce carbon emissions in the built environment. The historic meeting culminated with the signing of the China Accord – a commitment to plan and design all cities, towns, developments and buildings to low carbon/carbon neutral standards. Arch 2030 is founded by Edward Mazria, FAIA, Hon. FRAIC, an internationally recognized architect, author, researcher, and educator.

Read principal Christopher Chan's article The China Accord: The Next Step in Stopping Global Warming

March 2016

Together with Lindsay Barker and Ken Lee, Principal James Mary O'Connor, FAIA will give a presentation on the Providence Saint John's Health Center titled “Innovative Healthcare Planning: Green Urban Design” at the APA’s 2016 National Planning Conference on April 3, 2016 at 4pm.

March 2016

Senior Associate and AIA|LA Board Member Carissa Shrock is a recipient of this year's AIA Young Architects AwardRead more

Senior Associate and AIA|LA Board Member Carissa Shrock is a recipient of this year's AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. This award, now in its 23rd year, honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. The Young Architects Award recipients will be honored at the 2016 AIA National Convention in Philadelphia.

March 2016

Principal Neal Matsuno and Senior Associate Adam Padua conduct a session at SCUP 2016's Pacific Regional Conference. Hillman Hall at the Brown School of Social Work and Public Health will serve as a case study in how to address the importance of integrating health and wellness into building and campus design.

March 2016

Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to announce our selection as winners of an international design competition for the new School of Architecture and Design in Wenzhou, together with Tongji Design Institute of Shanghai. Wenzhou Kean University is an ambitious new partnership of American and Chinese institutions, with a new campus currently in development under a master plan originally designed by Michael Graves.The School of Architecture and Design will hold pride of place at the front and center of the plan, and is intended to represent the spirit and vision of the campus as a whole. 

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Moore Ruble Yudell is pleased to announce our selection as winners of an international design competition for the new School of Architecture and Design in Wenzhou, together with Tongji Design Institute of Shanghai. Wenzhou Kean University is an ambitious new partnership of American and Chinese institutions, with a new campus currently in development under a master plan originally designed by Michael Graves.The School of Architecture and Design will hold pride of place at the front and center of the plan, and is intended to represent the spirit and vision of the campus as a whole. 

 

February 2016

Principal James Mary O'Connor, FAIA has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, FAIA has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. The 2016 Fellows will be honored at a ceremony at the AIA Convention in Philadelphia.

December 2015

Principal Mario Violich, AIA co-authored an article about student center projects titled "Shaping Community" in the Society for College and University Planning's (SCUP) journal, Planning for Higher Education. Read article here.

December 2015

Amber Bay Housing has been awarded the 10th Annual KINPAN Award for Best Real Estate and Best Annual Media. Organized by Times House magazine and The Architectural Society of China’s Habitat Environment Committee, the Kinpan Awards are among the most influential property design award programs in China. Projects are selected based on quality, aesthetics, habitat environment and value.

December 2015

We are pleased to announce that our Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project at the University of California, Berkeley is featured in The Architects Newspaper

 

November 2015

We are pleased to announce that HIllman Hall at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis has achieved LEED Platinum certification.

November 2015

Our United States Embassy in Helsinki is featured in the November 2015 issue of Contract Magazine.

November 2015

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA presents at the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, Germany.Read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA presents at the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, Germany. He will give a lecture entitled “Architecture that Connects to Sustainable Regional Development,”  part of a series called “urban planning talks” which deals with the planning and design questions resulting from the urban development in the FrankfurtRheinMain region. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at 7:00 PM and is organized by Professor Julian Weckel from the University of Technology in Darmstadt.

November 2015

Dublin Institute of Technology receives The President's Special Award by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), England. Read more

Dublin Institute of Technology receives The President's Special Award by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), England. The award recognizes long term outstanding achievement in planning and is made to a planning organization, team, office, or individual to recognize their contribution to planning achievement. First awarded in 2000, the Award is not necessarily given every year. The last award was given to The Olympic Delivery Authority and The London Legacy Development Corporation

November 2015

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two AIA LA Next Designs Awards: a Merit Award for the Dublin City Library and Parnell Square Cultural Center and a Citation Award for Providence St. John's Phase 2 Master Plan (in collaboration with Perkins Eastman).Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two AIA LA Next Designs Awards: a Merit Award for the Dublin City Library and Parnell Square Cultural Center and a Citation Award for Providence St. John's Phase 2 Master Plan (in collaboration with Perkins Eastman). Recognizing excellence in design, the AIA|LA Design Awards and Next LA Awards are prestigious honors for Los Angeles-based architects and practices.

November 2015

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a lecture entitled “Architecture that Connects to Place and Culture.” The presentation will take place on Monday, November 9, 2015, at 6:00 PM at the National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) in Hanoi, Vietnam.

November 2015

On Friday, October 30th, Moore Ruble Yudell attended the official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Tepper Quad Project.Read more

On Friday, October 30th, Moore Ruble Yudell attended the official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Tepper Quad Project. This groundbreaking ceremony marks the official launch of the 4.5-acre site as an unprecedented expansion and new “center” for the Carnegie Mellon campus. This major project will interconnect the Tepper School of Business with significant new spaces for the University in a transformative model of community, research, and innovation.

 

 

 

October 2015

Principal James Mary O'Connor is a keynote speaker at the 11th European Council of Town Planners Biennial.Read more

On Thursday, October 15, 2015, principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a keynote lecture presentation titled “Connecting to Place and Culture” at the 11th European Council of Town Planners Biennial event in Dublin, Ireland.

October 2015

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies has awarded The American Architecture Award to our New Trier High School Addition & Alternation (with Legat Architects).
 

October 2015

Moore Ruble Yudell receives two AIA CC Awards in the Urban Design Category: Providence St. John's Phase 2 Master Plan (in collaboration with Perkins Eastman) and Ocean Avenue South (in collaboration with Koning Eizenberg).

September 2015

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new Henry A. and Elvira H. Jubel Hall School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis. This will be a first-class facility housing the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, the school’s second-largest major, and allow for critically needed space for the projected influx of faculty, researchers and students.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new Henry A. and Elvira H. Jubel Hall School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis. This will be a first-class facility housing the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, the school’s second-largest major, and allow for critically needed space for the projected influx of faculty, researchers and students.

August 2015

On September 26, 2015, principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a talk titled “The Transformative Power of Education or Anything is Possible” at this year's TEDx Fulbright event in Santa Monica, CA.

 

July 2015

Winsing AIT Residential Towers has just been printed. This is a 112 page book published and distributed by Images Publishing. It features revelatory essays by various contributors, including principal James Mary O’Connor, partner John Ruble, and the renowned critic Philip Jodidio. View interior spreads  Purchase book here

June 2015

On June 5, 2015, the City of Santa Monica issued the “deemed complete” approval of the Providence Saint John’s Health Center South Campus Phase Two Master Plan application, and Development Review Permit (DRP) applications for eight new buildings. This is a momentous milestone for the project, confirming Providence Saint John’s successful fulfillment of their Development Agreement’s vested rights ensuring that the project will be further developed in its entirety.Read more

On June 5, 2015, the City of Santa Monica issued the “deemed complete” approval of the Providence Saint John’s Health Center South Campus Phase Two Master Plan application, and Development Review Permit (DRP) applications for eight new buildings. This is a momentous milestone for the project, confirming Providence Saint John’s successful fulfillment of their Development Agreement’s vested rights ensuring that the project will be further developed in its entirety.

The vision for Providence Saint John’s South Campus Master Plan was developed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, in collaboration with Perkins Eastman, through a programmatic assessment process and within the framework of a Development Agreement established in 1998 between the City of Santa Monica and Saint John’s Health Center. The South Campus Master Plan creates a world-class Health Center and an integrated North and South campus. It replaces surface parking with thoughtful development and vibrant open spaces that will contribute positively to the City’s existing urban fabric. A major design concept establishes a pedestrian connection that initiates from the existing Mullin Plaza on the North Campus, across Santa Monica Boulevard to a new plaza, Saint John’s Square, on the South Campus, and then along an upgraded 21st Street “living street” that leads to a new South Garden along Broadway. A major goal of the South Campus development is to promote health and wellness programs, and other research and ambulatory services that can contribute to community health initiatives. A strong urbanistic approach was taken, integrated with Providence Saint John’s institutional and medical service needs, to create a setting that is both responsive to the Providence Saint John’s varied constituents, and also to the greater community of Santa Monica.

May 2015

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Authenticity and Place” at the Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning on May 25th, 2015 at 2pm.

May 2015

For Los Angeles' Bike to Work Day, MRY hosted a pit stop in front of its Santa Monica office. Participants from the office traveled a total of 174 miles, which saved 15 parking spaces, 8.7 gallons of gas, and 174 pounds of CO2!Read more

For Los Angeles' Bike to Work Day, MRY hosted a pit stop in Santa Monica for participants. Participants from the office traveled a total of 174 miles, which saved 15 parking spaces, 8.7 gallons of gas, and 174 pounds of CO2!

May 2015

North Palm Drive Housing is awarded the Westside Urban Forum Merit Award in the Multi-Unit Housing category.

May 2015

Ocean Avenue South is awarded the Westside Urban Forum Honor Award in the Master Plan category.

April 2015

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Ocean Avenue South: An Innovative, Sustainable Urban Prototype for Mixed-Income Living” at the 2015 AIA National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.Read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Ocean Avenue South: An Innovative, Sustainable Urban Prototype for Mixed-Income Living” at the 2015 AIA National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The presentation will take place on Friday, May 15, 2015 (7:00 AM-8:00 AM). James will co-present with Julie Eizenberg, AIA, Principal of Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc., and Phoebe H. Yee, AIA, Senior Vice President, Design, of Related California.

April 2015

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for the UC Riverside Master Plan.The Physical Master Plan will develop a vision for the physical environment with future growth to up to 30,000 students from 2015 to 2025. See official press release.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected as the architect for the UC Riverside Master Plan.The Physical Master Plan will develop a vision for the physical environment with future growth to up to 30,000 students from 2015 to 2025. See official press release.

March 2015

UCLA's Engineering VI Dedication and Groundbreaking was held last week.


Photo credit: Tsutsumida Pictures

March 2015

Principal James Mary O'Connor presents at Tsinghua University’s renowned School of Architecture in Beijing, China.Read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA presents at Tsinghua University’s renowned School of Architecture in Beijing, China. He will give a lecture entitled “Authenticity and Place—Cities for People.” Tsinghua University has consistently been ranked alongside Peking University as the top institution of higher learning in China. The presentation will take place on Monday, April 20, 2015 from 3:30–5:00pm. James will be introduced by Assistant Dean, Head of the Office of International Affairs, Professor Wangyi.

March 2015

Moore Ruble Yudell participated in the AIA LA symposium, Powerful: Celebrating Women in Architecture.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell participated in the AIA LA symposium, Powerful: Celebrating Women in Architecture. Krista Becker, FAIA was a member on the panel discussion “Redefining the Arc of a Successful Career,” Carissa Shrock, AIA spoke on the panel “Are Women Led Project Teams More Effective?” moderated by Frances Anderton, and Katie Carley moderated the panel “Diversity: Why Does it Matter?”

In its first ever symposium dedicated to women, AIA Los Angeles brought women in architecture to the spotlight. Motivated by The American Institute of Architects’ effort to re-position itself as a more equitable organization (and inspired by AIA San Francisco’s annual conference The Missing 32 % Project), AIA|LA coordinated a design symposium that highlighted best practices in women leadership in design. The symposium served as a forum to hear from emerging professionals who are currently navigating the pathway towards a successful career. It featured inspirational and energetic presentations that showcase women who are leading the design profession in architecture, art, social impact and innovation. 

The symposium took place on February 27. 2015 at the Skylight Studios–Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City.

See video of conference here.

February 2015

It’s great to our Brown School of Social Work coming out of the ground! You can listen to Dean Eddie Lawlor talk about the aspirations for the Brown School in their new campaign video.

February 2015

Our Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse in Fresno ranks #7 as one of the 30 Most Architecturally Impressive Courthouses in the U.S. The Courthouse is Fresno’s tallest building. The nine story structure is composed of pre-cast concrete in a Brutalist style that references the surrounding Sierra Nevada Mountains through its use of shapely sculpted elements. Covering 400,000 square feet, the courthouse also features a public garden that can be viewed from the lobby. The project has garnered multiple awards since opening in 2005 including the 2007 GSA Design Excellence Honor Award and a 2006 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award.

December 2014

At the Society of College & University Planning's (SCUP) 2015 Pacific Regional Conference, Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on the Ormond Beach Master Plan entitled A New Campus Model for Education, Environment and Economic Planning.Read more

At the Society of College & University Planning's (SCUP) 2015 Pacific Regional Conference, Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on the Ormond Beach Master Plan entitled A New Campus Model for Education, Environment and Economic Planning.

Due to unprecedented environmental challenges of growth and global warming, the California coastline requires new models for development that balance environmental stewardship, education and commercial development. Through a unique partnership between the California State Coastal Conservancy and the University of California the Ormond Beach master plan vision links Oxnard to the coast by combining ecotourism and agricultural tourism that generates a greater economic return than the current agricultural and light industrial uses. The presentation will take place Monday, March 23, 2015, 3:45 PM–4:45 PM at Portland State University's Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 236. More information is available here.

November 2014

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Authenticity and Place” at the University of Sheffield on Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 and at London South Bank University on Monday, November 17th.Read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor, AIA will give a presentation entitled “Authenticity and Place” at the University of Sheffield on Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 and at London South Bank University on Monday, November 17th.

November 2014

Partner John Ruble to speak at UCLA School of Architecture & Urban Design's Distinguished Alumni Lecture on Monday, November 17th at 6:30pm.Read more

Partner John Ruble to speak at UCLA School of Architecture & Urban Design's Distinguished Alumni Lecture on Monday, November 17th at 6:30pm. The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design Distinguished Alumni Lecture series features renowned graduates whose innovation and accomplishments have significantly impacted the field of architecture and or urban design. Monday, November 17, 2014, UCLA Perloff Hall, Reception: 5:45pm, Lecture: 6:30pm.  more info

October 2014

A historically significant milestone was reached on the UC Berkeley Student Union project.Read more

A historically significant milestone was reached on the UC Berkeley Student Union project. On October 14th, 2014, student leadership (dating back to 2007) gathered with UC leadership, the mayor of the city Berkeley and our design and construction leaders to witness the raising of the final structural beam atop Eshleman Hall. Construction workers, students, architects, administrators and local politicians congregated at the center of the plaza and perched on the edges of the partially constructed terraces, bridges and floors as the entire campus celebrated the realization of a vision. The opening of the project is scheduled for Fall of 2015.

September 2014

2802 Pico Affordable Housing is awarded the AIA California Council Merit Award for Residential Housing.
 

September 2014

On Monday, September 8, 2014, the first 1,200 students from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) will be starting classes in renovated historic structures.Read more

On Monday, September 8, 2014, the first 1,200 students from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) will be starting classes in renovated historic structures. After 8 years of planning, design and construction, the Phase 1 landscape, public realm and infrastructure elements are now in place, with construction of new buildings to follow. Eventually, with the completion of the entire campus planned for 2020, DIT will accommodate a population of 21,500 students and 2,500 faculty and staff, with a further potential increase of 30%. The landmark Grangegorman development creates a vibrant new campus on a historic site with facilities for DIT, Ireland’s national healthcare service (the HSE), and amenities for the local community. DIT video  Irish Times video

September 2014

Moir Residence is featured in the Santa Lucia Preserve Volume 3, "An inside look at the new vernacular of the Santa Lucia Preserve."

August 2014

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new home for the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. The 295,000 square-foot building will be the centerpiece of the university's new north campus and will be located on a 4.5-acre site on Pittsburgh's Forbes Avenue. See official press release.Read more

Moore Ruble Yudell has been selected to design the new home for the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. The 295,000 square-foot building will be the centerpiece of the university's new north campus and will be located on a 4.5-acre site on Pittsburgh's Forbes Avenue. This will be the first major building in the David A. Tepper Quadrangle, an expansion initiative at Carnegie Mellon University aimed at creating a new model of integration across the campus' top-ranked academic disciplines. The quad will serve as a new interactive gateway to the university, bringing together campus-wide initiatives in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology-enhanced learning. See official press release.

August 2014

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) announced a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum certification for our United States Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The building is the first overseas U.S. diplomatic facility to achieve the Platinum level of LEED Certification.Read more

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) announced a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum certification for our United States Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The building is the first overseas U.S. diplomatic facility to achieve the Platinum level of LEED Certification.

July 2014

Moore Ruble Yudell exhibits at the annual Society for College and University Planner's (SCUP) 49th Annual, International Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Our booth display included a model of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

July 2014

The MRY office takes a field trip to tour our newly completed Santa Monica Village residential housing project.

May 2014

U.S. Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands officially breaks ground. See press release.

April 2014

Grangegorman: An Urban Quarter with an Open Future has just been printed. This is a 128 page book published and distributed by Gandon Editions in Ireland. It documents the Grangegorman Urban Quarter Master Plan and features 18 essays by various contributors. View interior spreads  Purchase book here