November 01 2018 Unfit: Los Angeles and the Empty Glass Box Aaron Cayer, Aaron Cayer Aaron Cayer is currently a PhD candidate in Architecture at UCLA as well as a Senior Research Associate at cityLAB—an urban think tank within UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban design. Trained as an architect, Aaron holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in architecture and sociology from Norwich University in Vermont, and continues to practice architecture in a variety of settings. His research focuses on theories of practice within architecture, and his dissertation examines the economic and cultural forces surrounding the emergence of multi-firm architectural organizations in the 1970s and 1980s. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Dana Cuff Dana Cuff Dana Cuff is a professor, author, and practitioner in architecture. Her work focuses on affordable housing, modernism, suburban studies, the politics of place, and the spatial implications of new computer technologies. Cuff has written and edited a number of books, including Fast Forward Urbanism (with R. sherman, princeton Architectural press) and The Provisional City, and Architecture: The Story of Practice (both mIT press). In addition, she founded the urban research think-tank cityLAB in 2006, and has since concentrated her efforts around issues of the emerging metropolis. Most recently, Cuff headed a multi-disciplinary team in 2013 that has awarded a major grant from the Mellon Foundation called “The Urban Turn: Collective Life in Pacific Rim Megacities" to bring design and the humanities together at UCLA around the study of Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Mexico City. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Aaron Cayer Aaron Cayer is currently a PhD candidate in Architecture at UCLA as well as a Senior Research Associate at cityLAB—an urban think tank within UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban design. Trained as an architect, Aaron holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in architecture and sociology from Norwich University in Vermont, and continues to practice architecture in a variety of settings. His research focuses on theories of practice within architecture, and his dissertation examines the economic and cultural forces surrounding the emergence of multi-firm architectural organizations in the 1970s and 1980s. Dana Cuff Dana Cuff is a professor, author, and practitioner in architecture. Her work focuses on affordable housing, modernism, suburban studies, the politics of place, and the spatial implications of new computer technologies. Cuff has written and edited a number of books, including Fast Forward Urbanism (with R. sherman, princeton Architectural press) and The Provisional City, and Architecture: The Story of Practice (both mIT press). In addition, she founded the urban research think-tank cityLAB in 2006, and has since concentrated her efforts around issues of the emerging metropolis. Most recently, Cuff headed a multi-disciplinary team in 2013 that has awarded a major grant from the Mellon Foundation called “The Urban Turn: Collective Life in Pacific Rim Megacities" to bring design and the humanities together at UCLA around the study of Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Mexico City. Online Issn: 2572-7338 Print Issn: 1091-711X © 2016 Aaron Cayer and Dana Cuff2016Aaron Cayer and Dana Cuff Thresholds (2016) (44): 43–58. https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00114 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Aaron Cayer, Dana Cuff; Unfit: Los Angeles and the Empty Glass Box. Thresholds 2016; (44): 43–58. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00114 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThresholds Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2016 Aaron Cayer and Dana Cuff2016Aaron Cayer and Dana Cuff Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Read more