“I was blown away by all the tools and technologies that people were using there,” Ben recalls. “The idea that you had the ability to harness complicated geometries through simple procedures really fit with my style of designing, and I decided that this is the way I wanted to practice architecture.”
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“Looking back to when Lassonde Studios existed solely as an abstract idea… Yazdani stood and told the committee that he’d never designed a building like Lassonde Studios. In fact, given the university’s bold vision for the project, he was confident nobody ever had.”
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Kaiser Permanente's Medical School Pushes Forward in Pasadena -
The new facility is aiming to open in 2020.
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The Serenity Room at UC San Diego Health’s Jacobs Medical Center has received a 2018 International Award for Religious Art & Architecture as part of Faith & Form’s prestigious annual awards program. Specifically, the Serenity Room is recognized for interior design of a liturgical space. A full list of winners is posted on Faith & Form’s website as a photo gallery.

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Mehrdad Yazdani delivered the keynote talk at the architecture + design (a+d) museum’s lecture on Open Building for Resilient Cities on Friday, Dec. 7 and also took part in a panel discussion. The event, hosted by a+d and Woodbury University recognized that planning for resilience and change is an urgent necessity – for the well-being of the built environment, for social institutions, and for every human being.
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