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Deltopia, originally known as Floatopia, is a social event that began in 2004 and takes place annually in Isla Vista, California. The event was started by University of California, Santa Barbara students and occurs on the first weekend following the start of UCSB's spring quarter, primarily along Del Playa Drive. Participants are primarily ...
The Surfrider Foundation is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit environmental organization that works to protect and preserve the world's oceans, waves and beaches. [4] It focuses on plastic reduction, water quality , beach access, beach and surf spot preservation , and sustaining marine and coastal ecosystems .
William Francis Cody (1916 – 1978) was an influential desert modern architect working in Palm Springs during the peak of the Modern Architecture Movement. Like many of the architects during the mid-20th century, Cody designed almost anything Palm Springs allowed him to; houses, cluster housing, churches, offices, restaurants, schools, hotels, and club houses.
His enthusiasm for architecture inspired generations of students, including Frank O. Gehry, Pierre Koenig, and many others. Straub lived and worked at the epicentre of the evolving Southern California architecture of his day. He knew Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Mather Green, R.M. Schindler personally and was briefly an employee of Richard Neutra. [3]
The Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design is a college part of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). The college houses over 1,600 students; making it one of largest environmental design programs in the United States. The college offers bachelor's degrees in five departments, as well as three master's ...
Googie was an original architectural style which began in Southern California during the 1940s. Influenced by the coming of the Space Age , the Googie-themed architecture popularity was most notable from the mid-1940s to early 1970s, among motels , coffee houses and gas stations .
Ray Kappe (August 4, 1927 – November 21, 2019) was an American architect and educator.In 1972, he resigned his position as Founding Chair of the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and along with a group of faculty, students and his wife, Shelly Kappe, started what eventually came to be known as the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI ...
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is a private architecture school in Los Angeles, California. [1] SCI-Arc was founded in 1972 when it was initially regarded as both institutionally and artistically avant-garde. [2] It consists of approximately 500 students and 80 faculty members, some of whom are practicing architects.