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As Partner of Studio One Eleven, Michael Bohn, AIA, takes an integrated approach to architecture, landscape, and urban design. He leads the studio’s housing practice with an emphasis on transit-oriented developments, affordable housing, and mixed-use projects. His experience in supportive, student and market-rate projects includes adaptive reuse and ground- up developments that serve seniors, families, artists, and the homeless. In addition, Bohn has established an award-winning landscape studio and co-established an urban design practice that uplifts underserved communities. He is a licensed architect and urban designer with over 35 years of experience. A So Cal native, Michael moved to Long Beach when he was one year old. He once chained himself to a building in hopes of preventing its demolition, and he owns a unique collection of postcards and ephemera of the city.
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Shane Reiner-Roth (he/him) is a PhD student in the school of architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a lecturer at the University of Southern California (USC). His essays, interviews, and reviews have appeared in publications including The Architect’s Newspaper, Archinect, Log Journal, Plat, Clog, Mas Context, Manifest, Pidgin and Thresholds. You can find his musings on the built environment on his Instagram page: @everyverything.
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Liz Brown is the author of Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire. Her writing has appeared in 4Columns, Bookforum, Design Observer, Elle Decor, London Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, New York Times Book Review, Slate, T Magazine, and other publications.
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Tanya Ward Goodman is the author of the memoir, “Leaving Tinkertown.” Her essays and articles about travel, art, and the challenges and rewards of caregiving have appeared in numerous publications including The Washington Post, Luxe, Atlas Obscura, Variable West and Statement Magazine. You can learn more at www.tanyawardgoodman.com
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Lyra Kilston is the author of Sun Seekers: The Cure of California (Atelier Éditions, 2019). She enjoys the ancient and affordable cures of sun baths and hot springs.
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Stacey Ravel Abarbanel is a writer, filmmaker, and advisor to museums and other cultural institutions. From 2002–14 she was director of external affairs for the Fowler Museum at UCLA, after ten years in arts-related publishing at Getty Publications and Architectural Digest. In addition to her consulting practice, her award-winning writing about art, culture, and history has appeared in Alta, Smithsonian Magazine, UCLA Magazine, Zócalo Public Square, and other outlets. She is the writer and producer of the documentary UnRaveling (2021), about her grandfather and Pancho Villa.
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Chris Lukather is a fifth-generation Californian, born in Burbank, just north of Los Angeles. He is the author of three books on Mid-century home designers and builders in Southern California, including William Mellenthin’s Birdhouse Ranch homes, Jean Vandruff’s Cinderella homes, and the homes of Robert Byrd. Chris is a CalArts graduate and the editor of the quarterly literary journal The Writing Disorder.
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Linda Dishman has been the leader of the Los Angeles Conservancy since 1992, first as Executive Director and now as President & CEO. Over 31 years, she has tripled the staff and multiplied its budget six-fold, transforming the Conservancy into one of the nation’s foremost local historic preservation organizations. She loves to meet and talk with members at events and tours, especially Last Remaining Seats. Linda‘s success in building support to save historic buildings is her belief that “People make history, People preserve it”.
Photo by Daniel Reichert
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Janet Grey is a photographer and the creative force behind @housesofhollywood, an Instagram feed focused on residential architectural treasures located in and around the greater Los Angeles area. She’s passionate about music and spent decades in the business, marketing “oldies” and creating compilations for Rhino, RCA, Capitol and iTunes. While she’s out exploring neighborhoods and photographing houses, Janet looks out for what she calls “endangered architecture,” and works towards matching these ailing abodes with restoration specialists to bring them back to life, saving them from the dreaded developers. She’s also the Founder of TravelDrivers, a concierge service that vets and books the best private driver-guides worldwide for extraordinary travel adventures.
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As Design Manager, David Ross offers over 30 years of experience as one of FF&P’s leading design visionaries. The longstanding leader of our residential practice, David imbues all his design with a strong sense of domesticity and humanism. In addition to his work on projects of all sizes in the residential, academic, and workspace realms, David has led FF&P’s ongoing efforts in exhibition design at some of Southern California’s premiere cultural institutions, including LACMA, the Getty Museum, and the Skirball Cultural Center. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from SCI-Arc.
