On September 23, 2014, LA.IDEA was privileged to host César Pelli at the District Architecture Center for our second Maestros de Arquitectura & Tertulia. Maestros de Arquitectura is a unique lecture series created to recognize renowned Latin American architects for their professional accomplishments and personal journey as Latinos succeeding in the U.S. and around the world. César Pelli was born on October 12, 1926 in the provincial city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, a

Spring was a busy season with multiple inspirational sessions by our talented and dedicated members. LA.IDEA’s Inspire program continued its work giving back to the community and supporting Liberty Promise with volunteers. On April 3rd, Alejandro Gomez attended a session at Roosevelt High School and shared about his professional path as an engineer working on infrastructure projects. His talk was focused on his earlier experience and how he acquired the knowledge necessary to

LA.IDEA’s Inspire program continued developing its partnership with Bethesda Chevy Chase High School during the first quarter of the year. After a successful first session with Pam Marquez, sociologist specializing in international immigration, we were joined by a local architectural leader to provide her insights to the students. On April 11th, 2019, Lorena Checa, from Checa Architects, participated in the program and talked about her journey as an immigrant in the United St