Spinagu is an architectural office based in Los Angeles that works on buildings, environments, exhibition design, and furniture. Their approach foregrounds critical ideas in architecture, through materials, craft, aesthetics, and relational practices. The studio is currently working on a 2500 sq. ft museum courtyard redesign for Craft Contemporary; private residences in Los Angeles; an ADU project in Angelino Heights; research into alternative financing; and the design research initiative Material Acts at Craft Contemporary as part of the Getty PST Art and Science Collide initiative.

Directed by Jia Yi Gu and Maxi Spina, Spinagu combines professional activities with academic, research and curatorial projects. Their award-winning practice has been recognized and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Graham Foundation, the Getty Foundation, MacDowell, California Arts Council, LA County Arts Commission, Canadian Centre for Architecture, and American Institute of Architects. Their work and writing have been published in Log, e-flux Architecture, Architectural Digest, Architect’s Record, and Architect Magazine, amongst others.

Jia Yi Gu is Assistant Professor in Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts at Harvey Mudd College. From 2014—2024. she served as Director of Materials & Applications and Director and Curator of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House. Maxi Spina is Design and Applied Studies Faculty and undergraduate thesis coordinator at SCI-Arc. They have held Visiting Professor positions at the California College of Art, the University of Texas in Austin, and Syracuse University, and have lectured widely at Cal Poly Pomona, Columbia GSAPP, Rice University, University of California Los Angeles, University of California Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, and Syracuse University.