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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 probably noticed a striking uptick in the city’s already huge homeless population. Encampments are still centered in downtown’s Skid Row,…

November 3, 2016

METROPOLIS MAGAZINE

The LA Incubator Inspiring A New Generation of Maker-Designers Founded in 2015, MADWorkshop inspires young designers to just “make things”—be it homeless shelters or modular furniture—and make a difference. By: Avinash Rajagopal Museum hoppers in downtown…

October 12, 2016

Sofia Borges Appointed New Acting Director of MADWORKSHOP

Sofia Borges is a practicing writer, architect, designer, curator, and trend consultant. She is a faculty member at the USC School of Architecture, a regular contributor to Mark Magazine, and a contributing curator at viction:ary….

October 6, 2016

Joy Ride by David Martin

Foundation Project, 2016

Joy Ride: An Architect’s Journey to Mexico’s Ancient and Colonial Places is a journal of travels through Mexico that uses a series of sketches, photographs, and observations recorded and gathered over an extensive sojourn across the country. David Martin, architect, as a native Californian and itinerant traveler through Mexico, had a fundamental sense of the country’s history, terrain, and culture. It wasn’t until this pivotal trip, with a bit of time and a sketchbook in hand, that David had an epiphany. (continued below)

October 6, 2016

Designer Carl Magnusson Joins MADWORKSHOP Advisory Board

The Martin Architecture and Design Workshop Foundation (MADWORKSHOP) is pleased to announce that renowned industrial designer Carl Gustav Magnusson has joined its Advisory Board.

April 7, 2016