Marcelo Spina, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S

P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is an architectural design practice based in Los Angeles with 15 years of building experience. Founded in 1999 and directed by Argentine-born Architects Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S gained international recognition for its subtle approach to architecture: one that seamlessly integrates advanced technology within an extensive consideration of form, novel tectonics, and innovative materials.

With a decidedly global influence and working across multiple scales, programs, and cultures, the office completed projects in the US, South America, and Asia. Its work was exhibited and published worldwide, most notably at the Venice Biennale in Italy, the Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco MOMA, and Vienna MAK Museum, where their work is also part of the permanent collections.

P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S received numerous prizes and awards including two AIA LA Honor Awards, an AIA National Design Review Honorific Mention, first prizes in the competitions for the SCI-Arc Graduation Pavilion, a Temporary Pavilion for MOCA, the Vertical Garden at the Schindler House, the New SCI-Arc Café, and the third prize in the prestigious Young Architect of the Year Award. In 2011, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S integrated the Emerging Voices Series of the Architectural league of New York, and was the recipient of the Arch is Award by the AIA LA Chapter. In 2013, Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich were the recipients of the prestigious USA Fellowship.

In addition to their professional and academic work, Spina and Huljich were the curators of "Matters of Sensation" at Artists Space. One of the most important collective exhibitions in architecture that Artists Space ever organized, the influential show opened to great acclaim in 2008.

Marcelo Spina holds a Professional Degree from the National University of Rosario and a Master in Architecture from Columbia University in New York, where he was the recipient of several honors, including the William Kinne Fellowship and the Honor Award for Excellence in Design. He previously worked for Reiser+Umemoto and Keller Easterling in New York. Marcelo Spina is the Coordinator of the ESTm Postgraduate Program and Design Faculty at SCI-Arc since 2001. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tulane University, the Friedman Visiting Professor at the University of California Berkeley and a Visiting Professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the Technical University of Innsbruck, Austria. He has previously held positions at the National University of Rosario and The Di Tella University in Buenos Aires in Argentina.