Award

March 15, 2026

Spinagu is the winner of Small Lots, Big Impacts Design Competition

Spinagu was named a Professional Winner in the Small Lots, Big Impacts competition, organized by cityLAB‑UCLA, LA4LA, and CIty of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office. Their proposal, titled Households, is housing design for five units but feasibly ten households. It’s a subdivision experiment to disrupt the architectural habits of the single family, to find bridges between households, generations, and living arrangements. […]
March 15, 2026Mar 2026
November 1, 2024

Major Grant from Harvey Mudd College Innovation Accelerator

Architectural scholar and curator Jia Yi Gu was awarded a $20,000 seed grant from the Harvey Mudd College Innovation Accelerator for the proposal titled “Third Landscape.” This initiative, co-led with Karen Romero Sandoval, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life, aims to reimagine campus living environments by integrating ecological design principles with human-centered comfort and community engagement. The […]
November 1, 2024Nov 2024