FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Lecture
Mark Lee / Johnston Marklee, Los Angeles – Too Young to Reason, Too Old to Dream
Thursday 19 May 2011, 6.30pmDL Lecture Theatre, CPIT
Marklee, a Los Angeles-based architecture firm whose work often involves collaborations beyond those typical of architecture,
involving contemporary artists, graphic designers, writers and photographers. Since its founding in 1998 by Sharon
Johnston and Mark Lee, the work of Johnston Marklee has included residential, retail, commercial, hospitality, and
institutional projects, and varied in scale from master plans to contemporary buildings and temporary installations.
Having designed art galleries and temporary exhibitions, and frequently worked as curators, their work has shown a
particular focus on the arts and their diverse portfolio has been unified by a conceptual approach to each project.The
firm’s key projects include the structurally innovative Hill House in Pacific Palisades, the conjoined boutiques of
Mameg and Maison Martin Margiela in Beverly Hills, the Writers-in-Residence Studies for the Lannan Foundation in Marfa,
Texas, the nation’s first LEED-certified gas station BP Helios House in Los Angeles, and the sculpted concrete View
House in Rosario, Argentina. Their work has been widely published internationally and has garnered several awards
including the 2002 Progressive Architecture Design Award, the 2004 and 2006 AIA Los Angeles Honor Awards, and P/A Awards
from Architecture magazine.
Both Mark and Sharon have held faculty positions in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA and have
lectured and exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Mark's expertise and immersion in both
historical and contemporary construction methods and building practices has contributed to an award-winning,
internationally exhibited body of work. He has written and lectured widely on his research regarding culture specific
landscapes and new strategies in material form and technology.
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