Promotion: Los Angeles architecture school SCI-Arc returns with Making+Meaning, a four-week introduction to architecture programme that will take place in summer 2023. More about SCI-Arc reimagines Making+Meaning course to introduce students to "diverse perspectives" in architecture
Dezeen School Shows: a "living machine" that conserves the water runoff from surrounding cities and a project that explores the application of AI to create new ways of designing landscapes are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at SCI-Arc. More about SCI-Arc spotlights ten architecture and design projects
Two senior faculty members have resigned from Californian architecture school SCI-Arc after an investigation was launched into the labour practices of the school's staff this spring. More about Tom Wiscombe and Marrikka Trotter resign from SCI-Arc amid investigation
Design group Brash Collective has created a sculptural labyrinth of puzzle pieces using CNC milling in a non-traditional way for the Intentionally Opaque installation at SCI-Arc Gallery. More about Intricate puzzle pieces make up brain-like labyrinth at SCI-Arc Gallery
The recent events at SCI-Arc are a flashpoint for industry-wide labor grievances and must lead to systemic change writes Corie Yaguchi, a former student of the Los Angeles architecture school. More about "Suspension and investigation of prominent members of SCI-Arc are not enough"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the hours architecture students work and discussing other top stories. More about "I'm embarrassed for my profession" says commenter
Two SCI-Arc faculty members who were put on administrative leave for suggesting that architecture students should work long hours for low pay have apologised for their comments. More about Tom Wiscombe and Marrikka Trotter apologise for "high-pressure office culture" after being suspended by SCI-Arc
SCI-Arc founding director and celebrated Californian modernist Ray Kappe has passed away aged 92, leaving behind "a body of architecture of the highest level". More about SCI-Arc founding director and "unparalleled" architect Ray Kappe dies aged 92
From a desolate vision of LA burning to a VR experience of a polluted ocean, Dezeen has selected four projects created by graduates of the Fiction and Entertainment masters program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. More about SCI-Arc's Fiction and Entertainment graduates imagine future worlds
Los Angeles university SCI-Arc has granted Frank Gehry an honorary masters degree in recognition of his "unparalleled" impact on architecture. More about SCI-Arc awards Frank Gehry honorary masters degree in architecture
Dezeen promotion: students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture have suggested ways to transform a former jail in Los Angeles, including a park controlled by artificial intelligence and building models designed by 3D printers. More about SCI-Arc students propose self-growing park and parasitic housing to adapt former LA prison
Dezeen promotion: the Southern California Institute of Architecture has extended its full scholarship for a European architecture student to study a masters at the university in Los Angeles. More about SCI-Arc renews full-tuition scholarship for European architecture students
Dezeen promotion: The Southern California Institute of Architecture has put out a final call for architecture students to apply to its masters programme in Los Angeles, starting in autumn 2017. More about Final call for architecture students to apply for SCI-Arc's 2017 masters programme
Students in a design-build program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture have completed a house in a crime-ridden area of Los Angeles, with features included to help occupants feel "safe and secure" (+ slideshow). More about SCI-Arc students build affordable home in low-income Los Angeles neighbourhood
Dezeen promotion: the Southern California Institute of Architecture has launched a scholarship for a European architecture student to study a masters at the university in Los Angeles. More about SCI-Arc scholarship offers European architecture students opportunity to study in LA
News: a masters student at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles has developed a method of using a robotic arm to 3D print objects in a tank of gel, allowing freeform printing without the need for support structures and potentially adding an "undo" function to remove errors (+ movie). More about SCI-Arc student develops freeform 3D printing with "undo" function
Dezeen News: architect Frank Gehry has donated $100,000 to the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) to endow a new annual prize for the best graduate thesis projects. More about Frank Gehry establishes SCI-Arc prize with 0,000 donation
Los Angeles designers Deegan Day Design have created an angular installation framing two dual-projection screens at the SCI-Arc gallery in Los Angeles. More about Blow x Blow by Deegan Day Design