Angela Brooks

Angela Brooks FAIA is an American architect based in Los Angeles, California.[1] She is the Co-Principal of the Los Angeles-based architecture firm, Brooks + Scarpa. She co-founded and served as President of Livable Places, a nonprofit development company created to stimulate neighborhood revitalization in Los Angeles.

For the biologist and geneticist, see Angela N. Brooks.
Angela Brooks
Angela Brooks
OccupationArchitect
SpouseLawrence Scarpa
PracticeBrooks + Scarpa
BuildingsSolar Umbrella house
Colorado Court
Bergamot Station
Websitebrooksscarpa.com

Significant works

Brooks was the project architect for Pugh + Scarpa's project Colorado Court in Santa Monica,[2] which was the first multi-family housing project in the USA to be LEED certified. It has 46 units. It is the first large residential complex in the United States to combine advanced sustainability with low-income housing.[2][3][4][5][6] In continuing her commitment to socially progressive design, the program was designed for homeless residents with chronic mental illness as a gathering spot to create a sense of community.[2]

Awards and honors

Brooks is the recipient of the 2022 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal [7] the institutes highest honor. In 2020, Brooks received The Maybeck Award, California's highest honor from the American Institute of Architects California. She is the first woman to receive the award. She was a 2009 National American Institute of Architects Young Architects Award recipient, having made an "exceptional" contribution to architecture early in her career.[8] She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Brooks was also the 2010 honoree of the “Character Approved” Award by USA Network for her “unparalleled ability to marry aesthetics, affordability and sustainability in the built environment”, USA Network officials said.[9] "As buildings are among the chief contributors to energy consumption and landfill waste, the role and the voice of the architect in the future of our planet is a vital one. I hope that this feature will help me raise awareness of the issues of sustainability that have been the main objects of my career."[10] Brooks was a recipient 2010 American Institute of Architects Firm Award.[11]

Brooks + Scarpa was the winner of the 2014 Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Award in Architecture.[12]

Brooks was featured in the book Woman in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design.[13]

Brooks and Scarpa won 2019 Marvin Hall of Fame.[14]

Personal life

Brooks is married to the American architect Lawrence Scarpa, partner in Brooks + Scarpa. Brooks met Scarpa at the University of Florida.[14]

References
  1. Rosenfield, Karissa (May 1, 2014). "Brooks + Scarpa, Witold Rybczynski Win Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award". ArchDaily.
  2. Thornburg, Barbara (April 25, 2009). "Santa Monica homeless apartment complex offers hope". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  3. Stang, Alana (June 30, 2006). "Green, with a high gloss". Los Angeles Times.
  4. Stang, Alanna; Hawthorne, Christopher (2005). The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-56898-481-0. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  5. Price-Robinson, Kathy (August 3, 2003). "Green project wins on its own terms". Los Angeles Times.
  6. Adler, Jerry (March 4, 2007). "How to Design a Healthier Planet". Newsweek.
  7. "Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa 2022 American Institute of Architect GOLD Medal laureates | American Institute of Architects". December 10, 2022.
  8. "AIA honors young architects". Residential Architect. February 3, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  9. "USA Network Announces Second Annual Character Approved Awards Celebrating Cultural Influencers and Trailblazers" (Press release). USA Network. February 5, 2010.
  10. Goldman, Betsy (March 25, 2010). "Venice architect Angela Brooks honored with 'Character Approved' award by USA Network".
  11. Rothman, Tibby (December 4, 2009). "2010 AIA Architecture Firm Award Goes to Pugh + Scarpa".
  12. "2014 National Design Award Winners | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. May 15, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  13. "Angela Brooks, FAIA". LA Design Festival. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  14. "2019 Marvin Hall of Fame: Angela Brooks & Lawrence Scarpa". builderonline.com. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

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