Andrea Cohen Gehring, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C Principal / California Region Design Leader DLR Group WWCOT
Andrea Cohen Gehring, FAIA, LEED-AP BD+C, is a Principal and the California Region Design Leader for DLR Group WWCOT. Her passion for architectural design has been one of the primary driving forces that has positioned DLR Group WWCOT as one of the most recognized award-winning design firms in California.
Andrea is committed to the design of significant architecture that promotes diverse, vibrant communities which is evident through her extensive portfolio that includes civic, educational, healthcare, commercial, hospitality, religious, interior design, and historic renovation projects.
In 2006, she was elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the highest honor the AIA bestows upon its members. Andrea is currently serving as Treasurer on the Executive Board of the Los Angeles Chapter of the AIA, was the former Chair of the AIA/National Practice Management Knowledge Community, one of the AIA’s largest professional interest groups and was also nominated by her peers to serve as a Regent of the California Architectural Foundation
Craig Hodgetts, FAIA
Craig Hodgetts, FAIA, Creative Director of Hodgetts+Fung Design and Architecture is known for employing an imaginative weave of high technology and story-telling to invigorate his designs. With a broad ranging background in automotive design, theater, and architecture grounded by Mid-Western traditions, Hodgetts brings dramatic concepts to life by means of an uncompromising application of constructive methodology. Between 1969 and 1984, Hodgetts published numerous essays and speculative designs in which he anticipated the impact of information technology on the environment and, with partner Robert Mangurian, created the seminal firm of Studio Works, which received three First Design Awards from Progressive Architecture magazine. A shop they created in 1969 for the CBS subsidiary, Creative Playthings, was featured in The Wall Street Journal as the world’s first multi-media entertainment retail environment. In 1984, with conviction that the expanding worlds of the arts, technology, and a then nascent urbanity would demand a fundamental change in the role of the architect, he set out to integrate the design disciplines producing with his partner Hsinming Fung a portfolio of exhibitions, temporary structures and cultural facilities which expanded the boundaries of conventional practice. With the ability to translate multiple disciplines into a personal vernacular, he has produced award-winning projects including: UCLA Towell Library, the new design of the Hollywood Bowl, the renovation of the Egyptian Theater, and Sinclaire Pavilion at Art Center. Hodgetts+Fung has received numerous awards, including the Chrysler Award for design innovation, the 2006 Gold Medal from the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the 2008 AIA CC Firm of the Year Award. Most recent projects include a 35 story mixed use glass tower for the Yamano School in Tokyo, Japan, and a daring new performing arts center in Atherton, California. Mr. Hodgetts is currently a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Edward R. Niles, FAIA
EDUCATION – DEGREES
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
1961 – 5 YEAR DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE
PRIVATE PRACTICE
1967 TO PRESENT
TEACHING AND ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1967 TO PRESENT
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
AWARDED “FELLOWSHIP” AT NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND
EDUCATION – 1980
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD 2001
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
A. CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS
B. HYPER WEST
C. “FREE EXPRESSION HOUSE DESIGN” EDWARD R. NILES
D. HOUSES OF THE MILLENNIUM
E. GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE 1980-2003
F. BRAVE NEW HOUSES
G. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
H. ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST
EXHIBITIONS
BONN GERMANY-1994
A.I.A. CONVENTION 1994
“AN ENDLESS JOURNEY”, HOLLYHOCK HOUSE GALLERY, SOLO EXHIBIT AND
LECTURE, 1997
“MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE” LECTURE SERIES, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
MUSEUM OF ART 1998
G.A. HOUSES PROJECT 1999 EXHIBIT, TOKYO 1999, 2001
2001 LECTURE, NEW ZEALAND, NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION
Andrea Cohen Gehring, FAIA, LEED-AP BD+C, is a Principal and the California Region Design Leader for DLR Group WWCOT. Her passion for architectural design has been one of the primary driving forces that has positioned DLR Group WWCOT as one of the most recognized award-winning design firms in California.
Craig Hodgetts, FAIA, Creative Director of Hodgetts+Fung Design and Architecture is known for employing an imaginative weave of high technology and story-telling to invigorate his designs. With a broad ranging background in automotive design, theater, and architecture grounded by Mid-Western traditions, Hodgetts brings dramatic concepts to life by means of an uncompromising application of constructive methodology. Between 1969 and 1984, Hodgetts published numerous essays and speculative designs in which he anticipated the impact of information technology on the environment and, with partner Robert Mangurian, created the seminal firm of Studio Works, which received three First Design Awards from Progressive Architecture magazine. A shop they created in 1969 for the CBS subsidiary, Creative Playthings, was featured in The Wall Street Journal as the world’s first multi-media entertainment retail environment. In 1984, with conviction that the expanding worlds of the arts, technology, and a then nascent urbanity would demand a fundamental change in the role of the architect, he set out to integrate the design disciplines producing with his partner Hsinming Fung a portfolio of exhibitions, temporary structures and cultural facilities which expanded the boundaries of conventional practice. With the ability to translate multiple disciplines into a personal vernacular, he has produced award-winning projects including: UCLA Towell Library, the new design of the Hollywood Bowl, the renovation of the Egyptian Theater, and Sinclaire Pavilion at Art Center. Hodgetts+Fung has received numerous awards, including the Chrysler Award for design innovation, the 2006 Gold Medal from the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the 2008 AIA CC Firm of the Year Award. Most recent projects include a 35 story mixed use glass tower for the Yamano School in Tokyo, Japan, and a daring new performing arts center in Atherton, California. Mr. Hodgetts is currently a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.