Recognitions
Honors, Awards & Grants
Patterns / Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich
2024
Architizer A+ Award Finalist, Adaptive Reuse Category, Victory Wellness Center
2023
AIA LA Honor Award, Built Projects, Adaptive Reuse Category, Victory Wellness Center
2023
AIA LA Honor Award, Next LA, Education Category, Cadigan Building
2023
Fallen Journalists Memorial, Competition Shortlist, Washington DC
2022
First Prize, Sunset Arts Program Competition, Wonderwall, West Hollywood
2020
Rethinking The Future Award, First Prize, Karma Bequia
2020
Rethinking The Future Award, First Prize, Karma Sanctum
2020
First Prize, Sunset Arts Program Competition, Sunset Urban Theater, West Hollywood
2019
AIA Merit Award, Casa del Sol, AIA Los Angeles Chapter, CA
2017
AIA Merit Award, AFH Office Building, AIA Los Angeles Chapter, CA
2016
AIA MerVictory Healthcare, AIA Los Angeles Chapter, CA
2015
Graham Foundation Grant, Forthcoming Book “Mute Icons: The Pressing Dichotomy of Contemporary Architecture”, ACTAR
2015
50 Under 50, Juried Publication featuring emerging architects worldwide
2015
ACSA Faculty Award, Toronto, Canada, “Jujuy Redux”, with Maxi Spina Architects
2014
American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, IL, Jujuy Redux, with MSA
2014
Architizer Award Special Mention, League of Shadows
2014
Architizer Award Finalist, Jujuy Redux, with MSA
2013
United States Artists Grigor Fellow, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Honorable Mention, Jujuy Redux, Annual Design Review, Architect Magazine, AIA, DC
2012
AIA Honor Award, Collective Void Dormitory, AIA Los Angeles Chapter, CA
2012
AIA Merit Award, Jujuy Redux, AIA Los Angeles Chapter, CA
2012
First Prize, SCI-Arc Graduation Pavilion, Invited Competition, Los Angeles, CA
2012
First Prize, MOCA Pavilion, Invited Competition, Los Angeles, US
2012
First Prize, Vertical Garden Invited Competition, MAK Center at the Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
Emerging Voices, Architectural League of New York, NY
2011
Arch is Award, Young Emerging Architects Program, AIA, Los Angeles Chapter, CA
2011
Finalist, Honk Kong Shenzhen Crossing Point & Passenger Terminal, International Competition, Honk Kong, ROC.
2011
10 to Watch Nomination, CA Home + Design, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Iakov Chernikov Prize Finalist, Moscow, Russia
2009
Ordos Prize Finalist, Beijing, China
2008
Graham Foundation Grant, ‘Matters of Sensation’, Artists Space, New York, NY
2008
Best Retail Project, Sunset Boutique, Archetype Review Magazine
2007
Honorific Mention, International Competition, Skopje Concert Hall, Skopje, Macedonia
Marcelo Spina
2004
Design Vanguard Selection, Architectural Record, New York, NY
2003
First Prize, SCI_Arc Café + Boardroom, SCI-Arc Faculty Competition, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Project Selection, Urban Life Exhibition, Architectural League, New York
2003
Third Prize, Young Architect of the Year Award, International Award Competition, Building Design, London, UK
2000
First prize, Private Competition, Soho Lounge Restaurant, Rosario, Argentina
2000
Research Fellow, for project “Unstable Terrains”, UNR, Rosario, Argentina
1999
Honorific Mention, National Competition for School of Engineering and Auditorium UNR, Rosario, Argentina
1997
Honor Award for Excellence in Design, Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, NY
1997
William Kinne Prize, Travelling Fellowship, Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, NY
1997
Nomination for S.O.M. Fellowship Award, Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, NY
1995
Honorable Mention, National Competition for the Catholic University, Argentina In Collab. with Carlos Serra Architects & Hernan Diaz Alonso
1993
First Prize, Regional Competition for New Fast Food Shops Parcel B
1993
Member of Beltramone Architects & Associates.
1993
Second Prize, Regional Competition for New Fast Food Shops Parcel A
1993
Member of Beltramone Architects & Associates.
1993
Second Prize, Regional Competition for New Fast Food Shops Parcel C
1993
Member of Beltramone Architects & Associates.
Publications
Authored Books & Catalogues
2021
Mute Icons & other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture
Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich / PATTERNS with Constance Vale.
By ACTAR Press, Barcelona, Spain. Hardcover, 335 Pages with writings and contributions by Ciro Najle, Brett Steele, Constance Vale and Guillermo Martinez.
2016
Against the Grain
Louis Khan Visiting Assistant Professorship, Yale School of Architecture. Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich Studio. Edited by Nina Rappaport and Jacqueline Kow.
2016
Material Beyond Materials: Composite Tectonics
Edited by Marcelo Spina and Marcelyn Gow, SCI-Arc Press, Los Angeles. 2012 Print. Included work and essays by Greg Lynn, Michelle Addington, Peter Testa, Bill Pearson, Achim Menges among many other pioneering architects, material and manufacturing experts.
2016
Patterns Embedded
1st Ed. Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich, ACDCU, Beijing: Beijing Office/United Asia Art & Design Cooperation, Print. Hardcover, 320 Pages with Essays by Marcelo Spina, Georgina Huljich, John McMorrough, Todd Gannon & Marcelyn Gow.
2016
Matters of Sensation Exhibition Catalogue
Edited by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich. Included Introduction by Benjamin Weil and Essays by Marcelo Spina, Georgina Huljich, Sylvia Lavin, Jeff Kipnis and Peter Zellner. [Unpublished]
2016
SCI-Arc Sessions, Edited by Eric Owen Moss and Julianna Morais.
Los Angeles: Southern California Institute of Architecture, SCI-Arc Press, 2004. 27-50. Print.
2016
Land.Tiles, M&A - Materials & Applications.
By Marcelo Spina / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S with foreword by Michael Speaks. 2003. Print.
Books / Writings and Publications
2024
The Architect's Newspaper - Feb 2024
"PATTERNS: SFV Placid" by Mimi Zeiger - Featuring Victory Wellness Center
2024
Architectural Record 02.24_Restore.Reclad.Reuse
"A Healthy Option" by Sarah Amelar - Featuring Victory Wellness Center for AR's Adaptive Reuse Issue.
2024
METROPOLIS Spring 2024
"The Healthy Transformation of Los Angeles" by Sam Lubell - Featuring Victory Wellness Center.
2016
Pratt Sessions Vol 1, Edited by David Erdman.
“Conversation with Marcelo Spina & Erik Howeler.”
2016
Total Latin American Architecture, By Ana de Brea.
“Jujuy Redux” and “FyF Residence” are featured as part of a large compendium of contemporary architecture in and from Latin America.
2016
M&A Building Something [beyond] Beautiful.
University Art Museum, California State Long Beach. “Land Tiles”. By Marcelo Spina. 2015. 24-27. Print. “Land Tiles”.
2016
Southern California Institute of Architecture. Masterclass: Architecture: Guide to the World’s Leading Graduate Schools.
By Ana Martins and Carmel McNamara. Amsterdam: Frame, 2014. 186-195. Print.
2016
Surmount: Style + Copy II. By Zhu Yuhong. Hong Kong: Tang Art Design & Information Group, 2013. 8-23.
Print. “Jujuy Redux” as part of a select group of international projects.
2016
Fresh Punches, Experimental Architecture Exhibition of Student Work.
Edited by Nathan Hume, Abigail Coover Hume, and Paul Ruppert. Independently Published, 2013.
“Interview with Marcelo Spina”, conducted in the context of SCI-Arc ESTm Studios.
2016
A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture From Southern California.
By Christopher Mount. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2013. 177-184. Print.
2016
Architecture Competition Works. Nanjing: Jiangsu Ren Min Chu Ban She, 2012. 202-207, 264-277.
Print. “Manifold Dubai”, “LTHYW Crossing Point”, and “Kaohsiung Port Cruise Service Center”.
2016
International Style Villa, Zuo Shi, Gong. Hust Press, Beijing, China. 76-81. 2012.
Print. “FyF Residence”.
2016
Forms and Meanings: the World’s Latest Top Cultural Architectures.
Nanjing: Jiangsu Ren Min Chu Ban She, 2012. 174-79. Print. “Prism Contemporary Art.”
2016
Architecture for Transportation, Beijing, China, 2012. 289-301.
Print. “LTHYW Crossing Point” and “Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center”
2016
Pulsation in Architecture. By Eric Goldemberg.
1st ed. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: J. Ross Pub., 2012. 53-61. Print. “P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S”.
2016
100+ Residences. Beijing, China, 2012. Print. “FyF Residence”.
2016
Close To Architecture, Sendpoints Publishing Co., China, 2011. Print. “Prism”.
2016
3Concepts 1e-IDEA; THE BOOK, Edited by Pablo Tellez.
Independently Published, 2011. Print. “Prism Gallery”.
2016
Architectural Shapes = Nuevas Formas En Arquitectura. By Josep Maria Minguet.
Barcelona, Monsa, 2011. 66-75. Print. “Residencia FyF”.
2016
SCI-Arc Gallery 2002-2010.
By Eric Owen Moss, Beijing: AADCU, 2010. Print. “The Element”.
2016
21st Century World Architecture
Liaoning Science and Technology Publishers, Shenyang, China, 2011. Print.
2016
Local Housing, Damdi Publishers, Seoul, Korea. 2010. Prin
2016
Cubo Octaedro. Landscape Architecture, 2009.
2016
1000x World Architects, Salenstein: Braun, 2012. Print.
2016
1000x Landscape Architecture In. Salenstein: Braun, 2012. Print. “Public Space, Korea”.
2016
Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques.
Edited by Lisa Iwamoto. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. 122-23. Print. “UniBodies”.
2016
Hatch: The New Architectural Generation. Long, Kieran.
Laurence King Publishing, London. 2008. 242-43. Print. “P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S”.
2016
Digital Architecture Now: A Global Survey of Emerging Talent. Edited by Neil Spiller.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. 284-94. Print. Includes “Nodeul Island Performing Arts Center”, “The Element” and “UniBodies”.
2016
Digital Diagram: Architecture + Interior. “Casitas Gradient Housing”, “Rooted Flow, Seoul Performing Arts Center”, “Fake Plastic Trees”.
Lee, Yun Jung and Eunjeong Oh. Seoul: Archiworld, 2007. 122-131, 186-197. Print.
Exhibitions
2022
UCLA AUD, Los Angeles, CA. DEMO DEMO (Demolition, Demonstration),
Curated by Dana Cuff & City LAB UCLA AUD. Includes Sunset Public Theater and Victory Blvd.
2021
Hammer Museum, K.A.M.P Family Fundraiser
PATTERNS is one of four artists with interactive architecture project for children
2021
HIGH RISE MID RISE LOW RISE: A Pop-Up Exhibition
Organized by Helms Bakery District & CAL POLY SLO_LA Metro Program // Featuring Olympia, a partnership with SOM
2019
Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Decoys & Depictions: Images of the Digital
Curated by Constance Vale. Includes PATTERNS’s ‘The White Album' and 'Sound Effects’
2019
FRAC Museum, Orleans, France. ‘Architecture Beast’
Curated by Hernan Diaz Alonso. Group exhibition as part of Years of Solitude, Includes PATTERNS’s Bright Solitude.
2016
Close-Up Exhibition. SCI-Arc Gallery
Curated by Hernan Diaz Alonso & David Ruy
Group exhibition Includes PATTERNS’s Fuzzy Monolith.
2015
Chicago Architecture Biennale, “The State of the Art of Architecture”
Chicago Curated by Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima. Includes ‘Oblicuo’, in collaboration with Casey Rehm.
2015
Prague Experimental Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
Video of Textile Room, originally shown at MOCA, Los Angeles.
2014
Vienna for Arts Sake! “Lineas”.
Various Venues, Luciano Benetton Collection, Includes the work “Lineas” among many famous architects and artists. Curator: Peter Noever
2014
Chicago, Architecture Biennial, “Oblicuo”
In collaboration with Casey Rehm
2014
M&A Building Something [beyond] Beautiful
University Art Museum, California State Long Beach, Includes “Land Tiles” University Art Museum, California State Long Beach, Includes “Land Tiles”
2013
Prague Experimental Biennial, “Textile Room”
2010
A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture in Southern California.
2009
Commisioned Project “Textile Room” POP Protocols. “Lineas”.
2008
Venice Biennale 2010 Edition : Curated by Kashujo Seijima
2007
Rethink LA : Curated by Jonathan Louie
2006
Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2010 Edition : Curated by Eric Moss
2005
Matters of Sensation : Edited by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich
2004
Beijing Biennale : Edited by Neil Leach
2014
Beijing Biennale : Edited by Neil Leach
2013
Shenzhen – Hong Kong Biennale : Ed. by Qingyun Ma
2012
Figuration in Contemporary Design : Ed. By Joseph Rosa
2011
Alternate Anatomies : University of Austin, Texas / Introduction by Alicia Imperiale
2010
Entropy : The art in Architects : Ed. By Javier Sanchez
2009
Beijing Biennale : China, Ed. By Neil Leach
2008
Beyond Media, Intimacy : Florence Italy, Ed. by Marco Brizzi
2007
Metamorph / Venice Biennale : Arsenale Ed. By Kurt Foster
2006
Glamour, Fabricating Affluence : San Francisco MOMA, Ed. by Joseph Rosa
2005
Land.Tiles : Installation by PATTERNS at M&A / Introduction by Michael Speaks
2005
Beyond Media, Intimacy : Florence Italy, Ed. by Marco Brizzi
2004
Korean Spanish Sculpture Symposium : Icheon, Korea, Ed. by Lim Seu Young
Books
Mute Icons
2020
Monograph, History, Theory
Against the Grain
2016
Academic Publication
Patterns Embedded
2012
Monograph
Material Beyond Materials
2012
Material Science, Academic Publication
Sessions
1899
Academic Publication
Lectures
2024
Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA
Mute Icons & other Recent Works
2024
The Aimes Gallery, Riyadh, KSA
Mute Icons & other Recent Works
2024
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Mute Icons & other Recent Works
2024
American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Mute Icons & other Recent Works
2024
Istambul Bilgi University, Istambul, Turkey
Mute Icons & other Recent Works
2022
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, LA Metro Program, Helms Bakery, LA
‘Mute Icons’, Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich
2022
Ken State University, School of Architecture, Ken, OH
‘Mute Icons’, Lecture and book signing
2022
University of Calgary, School of Architecture, Alberta, Canada.
Lecture and Conversation with Josh Taron
2022
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
‘Mute Icons’, Lecture and Conversation with Evan Douglis
2022
University of Kentucky, College of Architecture, Lexington, Kentucky.
‘Mute Icons’, Lecture and Workshop by PATTERNS
2022
University of Melbourne, School of Architecture, Melbourne, Australia.
‘Mute Icons’, Lecture and Conversation with Roland Snooks.
2021
Universidad Di Tella, Escuela de Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
‘Mute Icons’, Conversation with Ciro Najle and Georgina Huljich
2021
Pratt Institute, Pratt Parallels, Governors Island, NY
‘From Houses to Icons’, Conversation with David Erdman and Nader Tehrani.
2021
University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design, Philadelphia, PA
'Mute Icons’ & other Dichotomies of the Real in Acrhitecture: Georgina Huljich and Marcelo Spina in Conversation with Ferda Kolatan & Winka Dubledam
2021
Washington University, School of Architecture, St Louis, MO
'Mute Icons’, Lecture and conversation with Constance Vale & Robert McCarter.
2021
Westside Urban Forum, Revitalizing LA aging commercial boulevards.
Participation on Urban Panel about the future of LA Urban Corridors.
2021
SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, CA.
‘Mute Icons’, Book signing
2021
SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, CA. Basecamp. ‘How to make a Book’
Conversation with Tom Wiscombe, Marrikka Trottrer, Mimi Zeiger, Todd Gannon & Joe Day.
2021
UCLA AUD, Los Angeles, CA.
‘Mute Icons’, Book signing
2021
Institute of Architects, Rosario, Argentina.
‘La ciudad que viene’, hosted by the Municipality of Rosario.
2020
Institute of Architects, Rosario, Argentina.
Ephemeral Urbanism, Conversation about the post-pandemic world of public space
2020
A+D Museum, ‘Shortlisted’, Symposium at A+D organized by Frances Anderton.
Discussion with Megan Steinman about the role of Architecture and Iconicity in new LA Cultural Projects.
2020
Washington University, School of Architecture, St Louis, MO
Decoys & Depictions: Images of the Digital Symposium.
2020
SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, CA. Basecamp. ‘How to build an office’:
Conversation with Tom Wiscombe, Peter Testa, Kristy Balliet & Zeina Koreteim
2019
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
‘Iconos Mudos & otras dicotomias de lo Real’, International symposium and lecture series
2018
Colegio de Arquitectos de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
‘Mute Icons & Public forms of Engament’, International symposium and lecture series
2018
Bienal de Arquitectura de Guatemala. Guatemala
‘Mute Icons & Public forms of Engament’, International symposium and lecture series
2018
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
‘I am for Real’, Main lecture series
2018
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. NY.
Sessions: Conversation with Erik Howeler and David Erdman
2017
Cal State Business and Economics, Los Angeles, US
“The Future of DTLA”
2017
IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture, Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain
‘Mute Icons & other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture’
2017
IUAV, Venice, Italy
‘Mute Icons & other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture’
2016
Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
‘Mute Icons: PATTERNS Recent Work’
2016
Penn Design, Philadelphia, US
Under Pressure: Lecture & Housing Symposium
2016
The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Conversation with Nader Tehrani and Vicente Guallart
2016
Universidad Di Tella, Escuela de Arquitectura, Buenos Aires, Argentina
‘Iconos Mudos’
2016
Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
‘Iconos Mudos’
2016
Colegio de Arquitectos de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
Conversaciones
2016
Mexico City Conference, Mexico City, Mexico
‘The problem of the Real’
2015
Universidad Di Tella, Escuela de Arquitectura, Buenos Aires, Argentina
‘Dicotomias’
2015
Milan Polytechnic, Milan, Italy
‘Mute Icons & other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture’
2015
ACSA Panel, University of Toronto, Canada
“Mute Icons”, Panel Moderated by Dora Epstein, Toronto, Canada
2015
Close-Up Exhibition. SCI-Arc Gallery
2015
Exonome : Ed. By Nora and Raul
2014
Chicago, Architecture Biennial, “Oblicuo”
2014
Beijing Biennale : Edited by Neil Leach
2013
Shenzhen – Hong Kong Biennale : Ed. by Qingyun Ma
2013
Prague Experimental Biennial, “Textile Room”
2012
Figuration in Contemporary Design : Ed. By Joseph Rosa
2012
M&A. University Art Museum, Long Beach, “Land Tiles”.
2011
Vienna for Arts Sake! “Lineas”.
2010
A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture in Southern California.
2009
Commisioned Project “Textile Room” POP Protocols. “Lineas”.
2008
Venice Biennale 2010 Edition : Curated by Kashujo Seijima
2007
Rethink LA : Curated by Jonathan Louie
2006
Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2010 Edition : Curated by Eric Moss
2005
Matters of Sensation : Edited by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich
2004
Beijing Biennale : Edited by Neil Leach
2011
Alternate Anatomies : University of Austin, Texas / Introduction by Alicia Imperiale
2010
Entropy : The art in Architects : Ed. By Javier Sanchez
2009
Beijing Biennale : China, Ed. By Neil Leach
2008
Beyond Media, Intimacy : Florence Italy, Ed. by Marco Brizzi
2007
Metamorph / Venice Biennale : Arsenale Ed. By Kurt Foster
2006
Glamour, Fabricating Affluence : San Francisco MOMA, Ed. by Joseph Rosa
2005
Land.Tiles : Installation by PATTERNS at M&A / Introduction by Michael Speaks
2005
Beyond Media, Intimacy : Florence Italy, Ed. by Marco Brizzi
2004
Korean Spanish Sculpture Symposium : Icheon, Korea, Ed. by Lim Seu Young
