Celebrating over 22 years of design excellence, 2×8 is organized by Architecture for Communities Los Angeles, a non-profit formed by AIA LA to support the efforts of our schools, institution, and practitioners to inspire, educate, and engage a wider spectrum of society in the design of our built environment.
The 2026 2×8 exhibition will revolve around the theme of “RECLAIM.”
The theme aims to highlight the importance of projects that RECLAIM in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry. Projects that RECLAIM examines how architecture can reassert its role in serving the public good. In the face of environmental challenges, housing pressures, social fragmentation, and growing demands for accountability, the theme encourages proposals that address architecture as both a design discipline and a civic act.
View the winners of 2×8
2026 2×8 Planning Committee
Marco Zhou, Assoc. AIA, Co-chair
Cristian Benoit, Assoc. AIA, Co-chair
Vic Hsu, Graphic Lead
Heather Barker, Assoc. AIA, Director, Higher Education
Alicia Morales, Assoc. AIA, 2025 Co-chair
Marco Marraccini, AIA, 2025 Co-Chair
Carlo Caccavale, Hon. AIA|LA
Andrea Dussan, ACLA Coordinator
John Doe
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