Our apartment was robbed.
They stole my laptop.
And my exernal drive.
Which contained EVERYTHING. All my photographs. All my Sketchup models. All my portfolio PDFs. My novel. EVERYTHING.
Years of work. Gone.
They turned out all my drawers.
The place looks like a disaster.
We’ve been waiting for LAPD for HOURS to come and take fingerprints.
I’m blogging you from our neighbor’s computer. She gave us jack and Cokes and told us to make ourselves at home until the cops come.
Our greatest hope is that the security cameras got the guys who were stupid enough to break into our place during the day time.
Please keep us in your prayers as we recover. We WILL recover.
Los Angeles
Tuesday, April 22: Pritzker prize-winning architect and UCLA professor Thom Mayne has earned both respect and notoriety for his fractured, seemingly unfinished buildings. Hear him lecture at UCLA this afternoon. 3 p.m.; UCLA, Westwood Plaza at Charles E Young Dr S; (310) 825-2101.
New York
Thursday, April 17: Kate Stohr is the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, an organization that provides architectural services to communities in need. She is joined by Jens Holm of the Rockwell Group, a New York-based design collective. 6:30-8 p.m.; Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd St.; (212) 956-3535.
San Francisco
Tuesday, April 22: The International Ecocity Conference Series gathers the innovators, engineers, and businesses who are shaping the direction of sustainable cities, their design, planning, and development. Through April 26. Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St.
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