Longtime beloved SCI-Arc faculty member Robert Mangurian passes away
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has announced the recent passing of influential longtime faculty member Robert Mangurian in Los Angeles at the age of 82. Mangurian came to the west coast from Baltimore and began his own Los Angeles-based practice called Studio Works Architects in 1969, following the completion of his studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford, respectively. Mangurian also lectured at Yale, Rice, Harvard, the University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia in addition to his decades-long tenure at the SCI-Arc, which ended in 2018. He was awarded the prestigious Chrysler Design Award in 2001 and was later inducted into the American Academy in Rome along with his practice partner and fellow SCI-Arc faculty member, Mary-Ann Ray. Mangurian, along with Frederick Fisher, Eric Owen Moss, Coy Howard, Craig Hodgetts, Thom Mayne, and Frank Gehry on Venice Beach in i1980. Photo: Ave Pildas / Southern California Institute o...
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has announced the recent passing of influential longtime faculty member Robert Mangurian in Los Angeles at the age of 82.
Mangurian came to the west coast from Baltimore and began his own Los Angeles-based practice called Studio Works Architects in 1969, following the completion of his studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford, respectively.
Mangurian also lectured at Yale, Rice, Harvard, the University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia in addition to his decades-long tenure at the SCI-Arc, which ended in 2018. He was awarded the prestigious Chrysler Design Award in 2001 and was later inducted into the American Academy in Rome along with his practice partner and fellow SCI-Arc faculty member, Mary-Ann Ray.
