Architecture and Urban Design Adjunct Assistant Professor Georgina Huljich and Marcelo Spina are recipients of the 2012 United States Artists (USA) Artist Fellowship, USA Grigor Fellow in Architecture and Design. The fellowship supports America's finest artists throughout all stages of their careers. USA awarded 50 fellowships, which include a $50,000 grant to artists nationwide.
Fellows are nominated to the USA board by an anonymous group of arts leaders, critics, scholars, and artists.
Huljich and Spina founded their architecture firm, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, in Los Angeles in 1999. In their practice, they integrate digital technology with an extensive consideration of form and innovative materials.
Working at various scales, they recently completed a 10-story apartment building in Rosario, Argentina, and a mixed-use corporate headquarters in Chengdu, China. Among their many honors are awards from both the Architectural League of New York (2011) and the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles Chapter (2011). Huljich has been teaching at UCLA since 2005.
