LA Forum for Architecture and
Urban Design
Founded in January of 1987, the Forum plays a vital role in Los Angeles
by initiating and supporting events, publications, and symposia in this city
and beyond.
The Forum has produced lecture series, special events, a theory reading group, a quarterly newsletter, nine pamphlet-sized books, and initiated a number of book projects published with major presses.
The Forum has received financial support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Music and Performing Arts Commission, the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, and from many members over the years.
LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design is represented in Civic Matters by Tom Marble, Vice President Publications
Tom Marble is a native Angeleno who studied architecture at UC Berkeley
and Yale before working for a variety of firms throughout Southern California.
Over the last ten years he has designed buildings, planned communities, written
screenplays, and created public art -- all part of an ongoing project that
explores how architects and urban thinkers help form the urban mythology
of a place like Los Angeles, and how that mythology in turn forms and informs
their work in that city. Tom opened his own architecture and urban design
practice in July, 2001 and launched a website,
www.tommarble.com
six months later. Tom has initiated and overseen production of the Forum's
Forumemo cards and portfolio. Board member since 2002.