Utterly rough

June 7, 2006
We attended the housewarming for Michael Lehrer’s new office, over in Silverlake, a neighborhood I have visited before. Michael had been born, attended school nearby, worked for others, including Frank Gehry, then had gone on his own, to the city’s benefit. Now he had fitted out an existing modest structure as an architectural office. The doors were raised open, out to the garden, the jazz trio was mixing it up, the martinis were flowing, and the architects were hugging each other—and they meant it.

My former Tulane U. classmate, and Gehry-alum, Bob Hale, had taken me to see his old friend Michael’s new professional digs, an event that drew neighbors (Michael Maltzan), other LA architects (John Friedman and Alice Kimm), PR folk (Julie Taylor), and writers (Alison Milionis, who writes for Record).

Robert Ivy, FAIA