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Arroyo Bridge Section part of ECC’s exhibition in Venice – “Personal Structures.”
Arroyo Bridge Section (4.4m x 8.5m x 3.9m) is a sculpture exhibited in...
Arroyo Bridge Section Debuts In Venice!
Video courtesy of Redshift by Autodesk Inspired by the award-winning Arroyo Bridge, first developed in a...
Lecture: Carl Magnusson
Wednesday, February 19, 5:30pm 1300 lecture room, A+D StudiosSchool of ArchitectureUniversity of Illinois at Chicago845...
Témenos Featured in Future Architecture
Source Témenos – from the latin ‘portion of sky’, ‘sacred enclosure’ – is a space...
Furniture Design Class Featured in Interior Design
Next Generation Shows Skills at USC’s Furniture Design Class Source In 2005, renowned architect David...
Jason Wu Masterclass Featured on 032c
Source Earlier this year, the New York based JASON WU headed to California to teach a group...
Giving Shelter Featured in Archinect Session
Giving Shelter; A conversation with Sofia Borges & R. Scott Mitchell about architecture's potential to...
Board member spotlight: Karen Hofmann
Our board is comprised of experts in their field, who generously lend their time and...
What they did next: Oli Carillo
MADWORKSHOP recently teamed up with one of fashion’s most prodigious designers, Jason Wu, to lead...
Get to know: Q&A with Ball-Nogues Studio
With the new academic year comes a whole host of brand-new MADWORKSHOP studios. We’re thrilled...
Succulent Walls Featured in urbanNext
With its precarious relationship to water and lack of disaster preparedness, Southern California is in...
Succulent Walls Featured in Archinect
Succulent Walls: Unpacking Southern California’s Fickle Relationship to Water and Disaster Preparedness with UCLA’s Heather...
Succulent Walls Featured in World Architecture Community
UCLA Graduate Students And MADWORKSHOP Developed “Succulent Walls” To Ease Water Crisis Source PLANE-SITE has released...
Jason Wu Workshop Featured in Glass Magazine
Playing with femininity, gender and heritage, Jason Wu’s collaboration with Mary and David Martin’s MADWORKSHOP...
Kingston Creative Exchange Featured in Architect’s Newspaper
Kingston Creative Exchange in Upstate New York links Pratt students with locals Source: The Architect’s...
Jason Wu Featured in Haute Living
Why Jason Wu Decided To Play Fashion Mentor For LA College Students Source: Haute Living...
Succulent Walls Featured in Arch Daily
Source: Arch Daily Succulent Walls tackle how architecture can respond to Southern California’s precarious relationship...
Pratt Creative Xchange Featured in Interior Design
Madworkshop and Pratt Institute Bring Pride of Place to Kingston, NY...
LA Design Festival Talk Featured on Downtownla.com
Source LA Design Festival, ROW DTLA – Bldg 2, Suite #138767 Alameda Street, Los Angeles...
Succulent Walls Featured in The Architect’s Newspaper
ulent Walls tackle how architecture can respond to Southern California’s precarious relationship to water and...
TALK: MADWORKSHOP on Design With Purpose
The Martin Architecture and Design Workshop (MADWORKSHOP) supports students, makers, artists, and architects in the...
Pratt Creative Xchange Featured on Dexigner
MADWORKSHOP and Pratt Institute have come together to establish a new creative education space in...
Jason Wu and MWS Featured on LA Times
Acclaimed fashion designer Jason Wu mentors students for the Otis College of Art and Design...
MADWORKSHOP x UCLA School of Architecture x Succulent Walls
Succulent Walls tackle how architecture can respond to Southern California’s precarious relationship to water and...
Jason Wu Class Featured on KCRW
Source: KCRW Jason Wu goes to school Jason Wu mentors Otis fashion students as they...
Pratt Creative Xchange Featured by Pratt Institute
The shore of the Kingston Point Beach is a gradient of red descending into the...
Jason Wu Studio Featured in Interior Design
Jason Wu works with design students on fittings during his Madworkshop-sponsored master class at Otis...
Shelter Squared Featured in Interior Design’s 20 Big Ideas
Madworkshop, a nonprofit architecture and design foundation in Los Angeles focusing on social and technological...
Shelter Squared Featured on Interior Design
The need for emergency housing isreaching epic proportions. Not just in earthquake-, fire-, and mudslide-prone...
Jason Wu Workshop Featured in The Hollywood Reporter
Veteran Stylists and Designers Prep Otis College Students for Annual Fashion Show Source With a...
MWS Introduces New Fellow, Alberto Altamirano
Alberto was born and raised in Temecula, California, the land of the hot air balloons....
Kingston Creative Exchange Featured on Radio Kingston
MADWORKSHOP’s Kingston Creative Exchange with Pratt Institute Jon Otis and Luka Lucic of Pratt Institute and designer...
Jason Wu Class Featured in LALA Magazine
Fashion designer Jason Wu steps behind the teacher’s desk for a new class at Otis...
Board Member Carl Magnusson Featured on Design Milk
Source: Design Milk Sweden-born Carl Gustav Magnusson is one of the most renowned industrial designers today as...
Homes for Hope Featured in Architectural Digest
Source: Architectural Digest 5 Smart Designs Combating Homelessness From 3D printed houses to flat-pack sleeping...
Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda in Conversation at LACMA Featured in C Social Front
On Friday, October 26, designer Jason Wu joined Sharon Takeda, Senior Curator and Head of the Department...
Jason Wu Masterclass Featured in LA Times
Designer Jason Wu on the importance of looking at the past and why he made...
Jason Wu LACMA Talk Featured in WWD
Jason Wu on Meghan Markle, Next Generation and Letting His Guard Down The designer was...
Jason Wu featured in Wallpaper
Jason Wu is encouraging a touch of LA-based leaning, and is collaborating with the Otis College of...
Conversation with Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda
New York-based fashion designer Jason Wu discusses his creations, career, and current collaboration with Otis...
Jason Wu and LACMA featured in Los Angeles Magazine
Jason Wu and LACMA Teamed Up for a Workshop on How Women Dress for Work...
Conversation with Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda Featured on KCRW
Fashion designer Jason Wu, famed for his designs for First Lady Michelle Obama, joins Sharon...
Homes For Hope Featured on Dezeen!
Tackling homelessness with modular temporary housing: Homes For Hope!...
Fashion Design Masterclass with Jason Wu and LACMA Featured by Unframed!
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LACMA Event with Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda! Get tickets now!
Talk: Conversation with Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda...
Dezeen features Wall and Space by Riccardo Blumer!
Riccardo Blumer Atelier worked with a team of students to create this machine on show...
Riccardo’s exhibition at the Venice Biennale featured in Interior Design Magazine!
Particularly intriguing were the paired projects presented by Riccardo Blumer, architect and professor of architecture...
Automatic Architecture featured on Interior Design Magazine!
Particularly intriguing were the paired projects presented by Riccardo Blumer, architect and professor of architecture...
Riccardo Blumer’s featured on Domusweb!
The director of the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio tells us about his project at...
MADWORKSHOP Welcomes New Board Member Sharon Takeda
Senior curator, head of LACMA Costume and Textiles...
Shelter Squared featured on Interior Design Magazine!
Think shelter and its associated needs: a place to sleep, a place to eat, storage,...
USC Furniture Studio Featured on Interior Design Magazine!
Think shelter and its associated needs: a place to sleep, a place to eat, storage,...
Homes For Hope Featured in LA Magazine
You don’t need us to tell you that the city and county are in the...
Riccardo Blumer’s Wall Exhibit featured on Architects Newspaper!
Wall was designed and realized during Riccardo Blumer’s collaborative workshop at the Academy of Architecture...
Riccardo Blumer’s Wall and Space featured in Azure Magazine!
The 16th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley...
Riccardo Blumer’s Wall Exhibit featured on Designboom!
Wall was designed and realized during Riccardo Blumer’s collaborative workshop at the Academy of Architecture...
Shelter Squared Featured in Archinect
Designed by Jeremy Carman and Jayson Champlain, two of MADWORKSHOP's 2017 fellows, the flat-packed, approximately...
Shelter Squared Featured in ArchDaily
MADWORKSHOP Fellows Jeremy Carman and Jayson Champlain have designed a unique approach to emergency post-disaster shelters....
MADWORKSHOP Featured on LA Curbed!
For close to 100 years, Los Angeles has been a haven of architectural innovation and...
Light Theaters in Architectural Digest Italy
A Villa Panza, a Varese, dieci installazioni esplorano il rapporto tra la luce e l’architettura...
Give Me Shelter Featured in Curbed LA
Finding architectural solutions to LA’s homelessness crisis A new book highlights the work of students...
Give Me Shelter Book Launch
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and Artist Shepard Fairey visit "Homes For Hope" and "Give Me...
Light and Matter Studio Featured in Interior Design
The Villa Panza, Varese’s 18th-century gem housing an extraordinary collection of modern art including works by Dan...
The Next Generation of Furniture Designers at USC
About a decade ago, architect David Martin launched a furniture design studio at the University of Southern California. It took...
MOCA Studio featured on USC News!
The School of Architecture partnered with MADWORKSHOP and ArtCenter College of Design this semester to reimagine and animate the street...
Buy Give Me Shelter Now!
We’re so excited to announce the release of our Homeless Studio’s book titled, “Give Me...
MOCA Studio on USC News!
Particularly intriguing were the paired projects presented by Riccardo Blumer, architect and professor of architecture...
Give Me Shelter Review by Edie Cohen on Interior Design Magazine!
Increasingly aware of LA’s dire homeless situation, David and Mary Martin, founders of Madworkshop, opted...
Pre-order Give Me Shelter Now!
Available on Amazon and in your local Barnes and Noble!...
MADWORKSHOP Board Meeting
On June 22nd 2017, the MADWORKSHOP family came together to talk about current issues, projects,...
Check out our Homes For Hope Video featured on Mashable!
Watch our exclusive video about Homes for Hope made by Mashable!...
Mashable features Homes For Hope!
Homes for Hope was created by USC School of Architecture students during the Fall 2016...
MADWORKSHOP Featured in PBS Episode!
Want to check out our feature? Go here to the full episode!...
Homes For Hope Featured in Los Angeles Daily News!
By: Susan Abram Oct. 12, 2017 http://www.dailynews.com/2017/10/12/these-small-pods-could-bring-a-big-solution-for-la-countys-homeless-crisis/...
Thank you KABC News for featuring our Homes For Hope Project!
New Design For Homeless Shelters Created by USC Architecture Students USC Architecture Students think they...
Congratulations Karen Hofmann on Being Appointed as Interim Provost of ArtCenter!
Congratulations, Karen!...
Thank you KABC for mentioning our Homes For Hope Project!
Check out what KABC had to say about Homes For Hope...
MWS MOCA Studio Featured in Interior Design Magazine!
September 22, 2017 By Edie Cohen...
David Martin’s Joy Ride Lecture + Book Signing at Huntington Library
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Homes For Hope featured on ArchDaily!
Aug. 6, 2017 By: Thomas Musca http://www.archdaily.com/877132/usc-architecture-students-and-madworkshop-collaborate-to-combat-las-homeless-epidemic...
LA Times Reviews David Martin’s book: Joy Ride!
July 25, 2017 By: Agatha French http://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-david-c-martin-joy-ride-20170725-htmlstory.html...
The Press Enterprise Shares The Homeless Studio Video!
July 19, 2017 By: Alicia Robinson http://www.pe.com/2017/07/19/riverside-woman-hops-aboard-tiny-house-trend-by-living-in-old-school-bus/...
Archinect News Shares The Homeless Studio Video!
July 17, 2017 By: Anastasia Tokmakova http://archinect.com/news/article/150017969/usc-s-homeless-studio-debuts-a-new-video...
MADWORKSHOP’s David Martin, Sofia Borges, and R. Scott Mitchell goes to AIA LA as guest speakers!
DESIGN FOR DIGNITY Homelessness | Housing | Neighborhoods Housing An Inclusive Community Friday, July 14 (8am –...
Karen Hofmann Named Provost of ArtCenter College of Design!
Think shelter and its associated needs: a place to sleep, a place to eat, storage,...
매드워크샵 기사가 중앙일보에 나왔습니다. MADWORKSHOP featured on Koreadaily!
June 27, 2017 By: Jiyoon Kim http://m.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=5381389&referer=...
MADWORKSHOP Featured in LA Weekly
Homes for Hope named the #6 way to fix Los Angeles!...
Dwell On Design 2017
This year Dwell on Design invited MADWORKSHOP for their annual convention to showcase our ongoing...
USC visits MADWORKSHOP at Dwell on Design!
June 26, 2017 By: Ron Mackovich http://news.usc.edu/124278/tiny-shelter-built-by-architecture-students-could-offer-a-solution-to-homelessness/...
LA Times Visits MADWORKSHOP at Dwell On Design!
June 25, 2017 By: Meg Bernhard http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-usc-homeless-ln-20170625-story.html ...
MADWORKSHOP featured in ATOD Magazine!
ATOD Magazine Dwell on Design | Madworkshop’s Social Impact MADWORKSHOP to Showcase Social Impact Design at...
David Martin’s Joy Ride Book Signing at Dwell On Design!
David Martin came to join us at Dwell On Design for his book signing event...
MADWORKSHOP will be at the Dwell On Design 2017 Convention!
MADWORKSHOP and The Homeless Studio will be at the 2017 Dwell On Design Convention! The...
Homes For Hope featured on The Building Centre!
The Building Centre https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/homes-for-hope...
MADWORKSHOP featured in Dwell on Design Magazine!
May 26, 2017 By Heather Corcoran https://www.dwell.com/article/how-to-get-architecture-school-student-ideas-from-concept-to-reality-53319e9f...
The Homeless Studio featured on Interior Design by Edie Cohen!
May 6, 2017 By: Edie Cohen http://www.interiordesign.net/articles/13238-students-create-tiny-home-for-madworkshop-auction-to-benefit-the-homeless/...
Karen Hofmann Joins the MADWORKSHOP Family as a Board Member!
Karen Hoffman joins the MADWORKSHOP Family!...
MADWORKSHOP goes to AIA 2017!
Apr. 10, 2017 http://conferenceonarchitecture.com/pro-series-day-1-power-panel/...
Coarchitects features Homes for Hope
Apr. 20, 2017 By: Lois Lee http://coarchitects.com/homes-hope-madworkshop-homeless-studio-usc-school-architecture/...
Homes for Hope won Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award in the Student Category
Mar. 20, 2017 "Our 25 expert judges combed through more than 1,000 entries from around the...
Homeless Studio featured on Archipanic!
Mar. 20, 2017 Read More: http://www.archipanic.com/la-residential/...
Curbed LA: USC students design tiny cabins to house homeless women in LA
Mar. 17, 2017 By: Jenna Chandler http://la.curbed.com/2017/3/17/14671728/tiny-cabins-homeless-housing-usc...
LA Times: Architecture Students Design Temporary Shelter for the Homeless
Mar. 10, 2017 By: Sofia Borges http://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-homeless-measure-h-architecture-nimby-20170310-story.html...
Sanke Project by Sonia Lui plaque installed at MOCA!
Feb. 15, 2017 By: Sonia Lui x MADWORKSHOP x Art Center...
Architect Magazine: Architecture Students Design Temporary Shelter for the Homeless
Feb. 23, 2017 By: Victoria Carodine http://www.architectmagazine.com/design/architecture-students-design-temporary-shelter-for-the-homeless_o...
EMERGENCY ARCHITECTURE: Request for Proposals
MADWORKSHOP announces an open call for two design fellowships for 2017 addressing the theme of Emergency...
Designboom highlights The Homeless Studio
Feb. 21, 2017 By: Philip Steven Read the full article: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/madworkshop-usc-architecture-students-homelessness-crisis-los-angeles-02-21-2017/...
The Architects Newspaper Announces MADWORKSHOP’s New 2017 Fellows!
Feb. 8, 2017 By: Antonio Pacheco Read Full Article Here: https://archpaper.com/2017/02/madworkshop-2017-fellows//...
Acquired Announces MADWORKSHOP’s New 2017 Fellows!
Feb. 7, 2017 Read Full Article Here: http://www.arquired.com.mx/cursos/madworkshop-confirma-a-cinco-becarios-2017/...
The Homeless Studio Featured on Laist!
Feb. 3, 2017 By: Tim Loc Read the full article here: http://laist.com/2017/02/03/usc_house_pods.php#photo-1...
Homes For Hope by The Homeless Studio Featured on Fastcodesign!
Feb. 1, 2017 By: KATHARINE SCHWAB Read The Original Article Here: https://www.fastcodesign.com/3067572/the-25k-pod-that-could-ease-las-homelessness-crisis...
Karen Hoffman Joins the MADWORKSHOP Family as a Board Member!
As Chair of Product Design and Director of the Color, Materials and Trends Exploration Laboratory...
The Homeless Studio Featured on Architectural Record!
MADWORKSHOP Students Develop Modular Homeless Shelters for L.A....
Homeless Studio on USC’s front page!
Architecture students design houses for L.A.’s homeless Trojans apply their skills to social ills, designing...
Homeless Studio Featured on Archinet!
At USC’s ‘Homeless Studio’, Students Work Towards Real Solutions to the City’s Homeless Crisis By:...
Homeless Studio Featured in Azure Magazine!
Architecture Students Imagine Housing Solutions for L.A.’s Homeless Tasked with devising shelters for those living on...
Behnaz Farahi Receives 2016 Innovation Award for Caress of the Gaze!
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WIRED | Strikingly Imaginative Structures for Housing LA’s Homeless
Wired.com | By: Sam Lubell IF YOU’VE RECENTLY driven the streets of Los Angeles, you’ve...
METROPOLIS MAGAZINE
The LA Incubator Inspiring A New Generation of Maker-Designers Founded in 2015, MADWorkshop inspires young...
Sofia Borges Appointed New Acting Director of MADWORKSHOP
Sofia Borges is a practicing writer, architect, designer, curator, and trend consultant. She is a...
Joy Ride By David Martin
Foundation Project, 2016 Joy Ride: An Architect’s Journey to Mexico’s Ancient and Colonial Places is a...
Designer Carl Magnusson Joins MADWORKSHOP Advisory Board
The Martin Architecture and Design Workshop Foundation (MADWORKSHOP) is pleased to announce that renowned industrial...
Mary Klaus Martin New MOCA Board Member
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has elected four new trustees to its...
David Martin appears in LA Magazine’s “Inhabiting a Legacy”
David Martin, along with other children of renowned architects, talk about how the last name...
Joint Venture: MADWORKSHOP & MOCA
Founder and Board Member of MADWORKSHOP, David Martin, FAIA (left) met with a select group...
MADWORKSHOP has been officially granted 501(c)(3) status
We are delighted to announce that MADWORKSHOP has been officially granted 501(c)(3) status. The Foundation...
MADWORKSHOP visits Historic Villa Panza
MADWORKSHOP visits historic Villa Panza, Varese Italy Robert Irwin Art & Architecture Study of Light...
Newly unveiled MADWORKSHOP Foundation offices
Sleek, modern, and cost conscience –the newly unveiled MADWORKSHOP Foundation offices combine the latest in...
Interior Design Magazine features MADWORKSHOP
Look for the article in the March 2015 issue currently on newsstands. For a digital...
Re-Defining Public Furniture & Fixtures Design
Continuing with its mission to support unique educational projects, MADWORKSHOP has sponsored a Topic Studio...
MADWORKSHOP grant recipient, Behnaz Farahi featured speaker.
Behnaz Farahi featured speaker at Mindshare LA’s Fashiontech: The Intersection of Style and Software. MADWORKSHOP is...
MADWORKSHOP Board member, Edie Cohen will be leading two important discussions.
MADWORKSHOP Board member, Edie Cohen (Deputy Editor at Interior Design Magazine) will be leading two...
The Inaugural Board Meeting
Today marks the inaugural Advisory Board Meeting for the MADWORKSHOP Foundation. All board members were...
The Smart Table Lamp
Shihyung “Bobby” Kim MADWORKSHOP Fellow, 2014 Kim’s smart table lamp combines the best of today’s technology while...