Michael Maltzan Architecture

Michael Maltzan’s RIT Performing Arts Center Adds a Cool Metal to a Staid Campus Palette

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Wrapped in aluminum panels, the multiuse performance space is both a first for New York's Rochester Institute of Technology and for the Los Angeles–based architect.

Michael Maltzan’s Latest Supportive Housing Project Pops with Color

Wed, 01 May 2024 08:20:55 -0400

Named for life's marathon-like challenges, the playful 26 Point 2 apartment complex in Long Beach, California, provides residents with communal spaces and on-site services.

Revisit Michael Maltzan’s Decades-Long Redesign of the Hammer Museum as RECORD Heads to Los Angeles

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

RECORD talks with Ann Philbin, longtime director of the Hammer who is stepping down next year, and Maltzan, a featured speaker at the upcoming Los Angeles edition of Record on the Road on November 13.

Dallas Museum of Art Unveils Finalist Design Concepts for Reimagined Campus

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:06:41 -0400

The shortlisted designs—from David Chipperfield Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Johnston Marklee, Michael Maltzan Architecture, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, and Weiss/Manfredi—are now open for public comment.

Dallas Museum of Art Announces Shortlist for International Design Competition

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:27:28 -0400

The six newly announced finalist teams will participate in a public forum in May ahead of showcasing their plans to revamp the Texas institution at an exhibition this summer.

The Triumphal Arches of Michael Maltzan's Sixth Street Viaduct in L.A.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400

The daring viaduct over the Los Angeles River, designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture, has become an instant L.A. icon.

Malibu House in California by Michael Maltzan Architecture

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Michael Maltzan designs a sculptural house in Malibu to accommodate an art collection.

MIT’s Building Boom Brings New Slate of Major Architects to Campus

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0400

Several projects currently underway at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, institution aim to engage with their surroundings.

Michael Maltzan Designs Custom Partition for Rice University's Moody Center for the Arts

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0400

The central gallery in the 50,000-square-foot Moody Center for the Arts at Houston’s Rice University is used for dance performances and social functions as well as traveling art exhibitions.

Crest Apartments by Michael Maltzan Architecture

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 08:00:00 -0400

An architect designs a fourth low-cost housing project for a longtime client, this one outside the urban core, in Van Nuys, California.

Sixth Street Viaduct by Michael Maltzan Architecture and HNTB

Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:00:00 -0400

In a nod to its predecessor—the 1932 viaduct, demolished in 2016—a new bridge dubbed the “Ribbon of Light” will feature 10 pairs of concrete arches.

One Santa Fe

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:00:00 -0400

The revitalization of Downtown Los Angeles remains a work in progress, with the area still a patchwork of commercial and residential towers, government and cultural facilities, light manufacturing, and parking lots. Lately, its momentum has turned to its eastern fringe, a once-industrial area now dubbed the Arts District.

Star Apartments – Los Angeles

Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400

An architect and a nonprofit client work together for the third time to create housing for the formerly homeless, this time using prefabricated modules.

Playa Vista Park

Mon, 16 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400

On land once inhabited by native Tongva people and, centuries later, by the Hughes Aircraft Company, the planned community of Playa Vista is gradually rising on Los Angeles’s West Side.

Pittman Dowell Residence

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Breaking Conventions: Michael Maltzan designs a house for a nontraditional household.

Inner-City Arts, Phase III

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Walls and courtyards have defined much of Southern California’s architecture since the Spanish built the first missions in the 18th century.

Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum, UCLA

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Like shooting stars against a night sky—or a glowing game of pick-up sticks—thin rods of white light dynamically charge the black-box auditorium of the Billy Wilder Theater in the Hammer Museum at UCLA.

Beach House

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Beach House breaks up monotony and creates private beach.