Recently preserved Belmont Shores Mobile Estates by prominent local Architect Roy Sealey
In-person programs and signature offered events from June 8 to 12, 2022
Long Beach Architecture Week (LBAW) announces its 2022 return and will host another event series from June 8 to 12, 2022. This year’s iteration is the first in-person offering since its inaugural program made a splash in 2019. Featuring a collection of new programs centered on the past, present, and future of Long Beach’s architectural gems, the 2022 calendar also includes signature events back by popular demand. Celebrate diverse histories through tours, events, and educational opportunities. There is something for everyone to enjoy at LBAW 2022. More info: Long Beach Architecture Week website.
Over the course of a long weekend, participants can expect to enjoy experiential events and learning opportunities that highlight Long Beach’s architectural heritage and powerful relationship with art and design. Attendees are invited to experience five days packed with activities kicking off with a premiere launch celebration, the Rat Pack Party at a fabulously restored Paul Tay house, a recent Long Beach Heritage Preservation Award winner. As a series, LBAW gives attendees the opportunity to explore important structures in the city, learn about preservation and sustainability and delve into the future of the built environments of Long Beach.
Showcasing sites that encourage summer fun in indoor-outdoor experiences, signature programs are worth saving the date. Design fans, mark June 9 on your calendars, when architect and inventor Doris Sung gives a keynote talk about innovative sustainable solutions in the Aquarium of the Pacific’s beautiful state-of–the-art immersive Pacific Visions theater. Architecture lovers will not want to miss opportunities to tour the mysterious T.H.U.M.S. Islands in a beloved tour back by popular demand, now featuring exclusive highlights of new research discoveries. On June 12, a recent Mid-Century preservation project is at the center of a tour and talk at the newly restored 1950s Belmont Shores Mobile Estates designed by noted Architect Roy Sealey, pictured above.
This year, LBAW also offers more accessibility through app-based programming. Free virtual walking tours and individually tickets events are accessible via the LB Living app, which organizes event details in one convenient place for users. The LB Living App is available for download on Google Play and in the Apple Store here www.welcometolb.com.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
This festive program series would not be possible without the support from sponsors AiA South Bay, the Aquarium of the Pacific, Dunn Edwards Paints, Long Beach Heritage, and Studio One Eleven.
Sponsorship opportunities are available, and agreements of support come with a host of benefits for businesses, including community exposure through marketing and advertising, VIP ticket packages, and much more. Parties interested in celebrating our beautiful city of Long Beach while gaining exposure and audience reach are welcome to contact LBAW Founder Brian Trimble at lbarchweek@gmail.com
About Long Beach Architecture Week
Mission: Long Beach Architecture Week celebrates and fosters an appreciation of architecture and design in the City of Long Beach. By exploring architecture and design through a multifaceted lens of history, contemporary issues and preservation, Long Beach Architecture week encourages education, sustainable living, and community engagement with diverse audiences in Long Beach.
LBAW gives community members the opportunity to explore important structures in the Long Beach through educational talks, exciting tours, and community events.
Long Beach Architecture Week 501.c.3 organization that hosts a series of tours, events and educational opportunities that celebrate architecture, promote preservation, sustainability, and new developments. Participants can expect both experiential events and learning opportunities geared toward a broad community of both architecture and city of Long Beach enthusiast. Long Beach Architecture Week will be presented in collaboration with LB Living, creating content dedicated to celebrating the incredible history, diversity, and future of the architectural environment in our city.
As all great cities do, Long Beach is changing and expanding. Right now, the city is experiencing one of the greatest building booms in its history. Long Beach Architecture offers the opportunity for residents and visitors to experience the city as a living organism through its cherished, historic buildings that anchor the community. Rehabilitated, restored, and newly built structures that will change how Long Beach looks and feels.