Association of University Architects 57th Annual Conference 2012 Los Angeles, June 24-28, 2012 On The Edge... GUEST PROGRAM
On The Edge... 2012 57th Annual Conference WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES th We are glad that you are joining us for AUALA 2012, the 57 gathering of the Association of University Architects. UCLA is pleased to welcome you to our campus and host this year's gathering, along with our coconspirators, USC and Caltech. While the members are hanging out On The Edge, we have planned activities for the guests to explore parts of the vibrantly diverse City of Angels, the second largest metropolis in the United States. We have a structured plan for the first two days of the conference for the guests to get familiar with each other and Los Angeles. The last two days will allow for freedom to explore this dynamic city on your own. We thank you for joining us and truly hope that you enjoy the guest program and your visit to Los Angeles.
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Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:00 am - 2:00 pm Optional Golf Outing 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Opening Reception Sunset Village Terrace at Covel Commons 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Children's Activity: Games and Snacks Covel Commons 7:00 pm Dinner on your own 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm Hospitality Suites Open Courtside Collection Hospitality suites for Adults and Kids 3 On The Edge... 2012 57th Annual Conference
Monday, June 25, 2012 7:00 am - 8:15 am Breakfast//Morning Announcements/Introductions Covel Commons 8:15 am - 8:45 am Campus Tour/Walk to Royce Hall (see member map) 8:45 am - 9:15 am Welcome to UCLA Steve Olsen, Vice Chancellor & CFO Royce Hall Anecdotes Duke Oakley Royce Hall Auditorium 9:15 am - 9:45 am Group photos at Dickson Plaza 9:45am - 10:45 am Load bus and travel to Malibu Royce Hall 10:45 am - 12:00 pm Arrive at Getty Villa, Malibu Visit museum/audio tour http://www.getty.edu/visit/ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch at Getty Villa, additional time on grounds 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Load bus and travel to Santa Monica Getty Villa 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Visit Santa Monica - options include: Third Street Promenade & Santa Monica Place, Shopping http://www.downtownsm.com/index.html Santa Monica Pier including historic carousel http://www.santamonicapier.org/ Pacific Park amusement park on Santa Monica Pier http://www.pacpark.com/ Santa Monica Beach 4:30 pm Load bus and Return to UCLA 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Picnic with Border Grill Food Truck Sunset Canyon Recreation Center 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm Hospitality Suites open Courtside Collection Hospitality suites for Adults and Kids Santa Monica Pier GUEST 4
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:00 am - 8:45 am Breakfast/Morning Announcements (DeNeve Plaza Plaza Ballroom, second floor) 9:00 am - 9:45 am Load bus and travel to Griffith Park (Meeting Place outside DeNeve Plaza lobby) Griffith Park Observatory 10:00 am - 11:30 am Griffith Observatory viewing plaza Interior is closed, but enjoy exterior exhibits and views. California native landscape hike down to lunch (or take bus down) http://www.griffithobservatory.org/ http://www.laparks.org/dos/parks/griffithpk/hiking.htm 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Lunch - Trails Café in Griffith Park 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Load bus and travel to Hollywood & Highland Center 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Tour of Dolby Theater (formerly Kodak Theater), Home of the Oscars Grauman s Chinese Theatres 2:00 pm 3:30 pm Visit on your own - Hollywood & Highland Center, Mann s Chinese Theater, & Hollywood Walk of Fame http://www.hollywoodandhighland.com/experiencehollywood/tourist-information 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Load bus and travel to Beverly Hills 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Photo opportunities Beverly Hills & Rodeo Drive, return to UCLA Dinner on your own 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm Hospitality Suites open Dolby Theater (Formerly Kodak Theater) Rodeo Drive 5 On The Edge... 2012 57th Annual Conference
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:00 am - 9:00 am Guests Only - Self-serve Breakfast Covel Commons Dining Hall (Use room key for swipe) Light fare at Bruin Café until 10:30 am for OPEN TIME - Visit Los Angeles on your own See suggestions listed on Thursday Program OPTIONAL PROGRAM AT ADDITIONAL COST OF $80 Santa Monica Amusement park 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Join Member Program in morning (See Member Schedule) L.A. Breakfast on the road with members Tour of Gamble House http://www.gamblehouse.org/ Visit Caltech 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch with Members Athenaeum Caltech Faculty Club Malibu Beach Pacific Coast Highway 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Load bus and then visit The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens http://www.huntington.org/ 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Load bus and travel to Caltech, then back to UCLA with members Dinner on your own 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm Hospitality Suites open Huntington Botanical Garden GUEST 6
Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast/Announcements Covel Commons 7:45 am - 8:30 am Member Program on UCLA Residential Life Covel Commons (while at breakfast) OPEN TIME - Visit Los Angeles on your own Suggestions for this day: Universal Studios/City Walk - $75 admission http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com Universal Studios Shopping Downtown at the Garment District http://www.fashiondistrict.org http://thesanteealley.com/ Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu/visit/ UCLA Hammer Museum free on Thursdays - a unique, cutting-edge arts institution that connects the classics and the contemporary through its varied collections, wideranging exhibitions, and provocative programs http://hammer.ucla.edu/ UCLA Hammer Museum UCLA Fowler Museum free, open at noon - The Fowler Museum explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on works from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present http://fowler.ucla.edu/visit Museum Row LACMA Los Angeles County Art Museum http://www.lacma.org/ Page Museum and LaBrea Tar Pits http://www.tarpits.org/ Peterson Auto Museum http://petersen.org/ UCLA Fowler Museum Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA) Craft & Folk Art Museum http://www.cafam.org/ Hop on Hop off bus - $40 - catch it by Hammer Museum http://www.starlinetours.com/los-angeles-tour-hoho.asp 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm Kid s Dinner and Childcare for Banquet in Hospitality Suite 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm Closing Banquet Covel Commons Grand Horizon Room & Terrace 9:30 pm - 12:00 am Hospitality Suites Open 7 On The Edge... 2012 57th Annual Conference
Information UCLA Interactive Map - http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/ Public Transit Bus Stops Map - http://www.transportation.ucla.edu/portal/maps/transitmap/index.htm UCLA Botanical Garden RECREATION Guests staying at UCLA are welcome to use the UCLA Recreation facilities free of charge. Hours for all facilities should be confirmed at AUA or Covel Commons Front Desk. There may also be restrictions on unaccompanied minors. Wooden Center Fitness Center, basketball & racquetball courts (summer hours should still be open early to mid-evening) Drake Stadium Track open 7:00am to 10:00pm Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, 25 yard Family Pool M-F, noon 8:00pm, 50 meter Park Pool - M-F, 10:00am 8:00pm. TRANSPORTATION Taxi You need to call a cab in Los Angeles, unlike New York, you can't flag them down on the street Beverly Hills Cab 800-398-5221 Yellow Cab Co. - 877-733-3305 Zipcars There are cars available for rental by the hour, but you need to register and go through www.zipcar.com online. Cars are in the UCLA/Westwood neighborhood. Buses Metro (Los Angeles County Buses) base fare is $1.50 one way o #2 bus Sunset Boulevard, from Downtown, Hollywood to Pacific Palisades, catch it at LeConte & Westwood o #20 bus Wilshire Boulevard, from Downtown to Santa Monica, catch it in Westwood Village at Wilshire & Westwood Use this or #720 if you want to go to Museums like LACMA, Peterson, Page Museum & Tar Pits o #720 Metro Rapid (express bus with limited stops very fast) runs same route as #20 above. Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica Bus) base fare is $1.00 one way, $2.00 for express bus o #1,2,3,8,11,&12 buses from UCLA Ackerman Terminal to various parts of Santa Monica Culver City Bus base fare is $1.00 one way o #6 bus UCLA Ackerman Terminal southbound to Culver City Bicycles There will be a limited number of bikes available to members and guests. Please reserve them with the AUA registration desk. Additional bikes may be available through UCLA Recreation at the John Wooden Center. Also, a fun activity could be renting bikes in Santa Monica and riding along the beach bike path. Numerous bike rental shops are available. GUEST 8
Information DINING ON THE HILL (See Member Program map on page 4) Feast at Rieber $ - Varying menu of Asian cuisine - see Covel Commons front desk about payment. RESTAURANTS IN WALKING DISTANCE IN WESTWOOD VILLAGE (see Westwood Village map on page2) Tanino (Italian) $$$ - 1043 Westwood Blvd. Elegant interior, originally a piano showroom. Now an excellent Italian restaurant - pricey, but best restaurant in walking distance Napa Valley Grill (Californian) $$$ - 1100 Glendon Avenue. Good quality import from Northern California - 2nd best in the Village behind Tanino. Palomino (American) $$$ - 10877 Wilshire Blvd. (enter Glendon & Lindbrook). An enjoyable high quality restaurant. Reliable. 800 Degrees (Pizza) $ - 10889 Lindbrook Drive. Hot (literally) new pizza concept. Informal, inexpensive, but excellent quality. May have to wait in line, but it moves fast. Bombay Bite (Indian) $$ - 1051 Gayley Avenue. Small Indian restaurant, with good quality food. Not busy, but quite tasty. Bibigo (Korean) $ - 1091 Broxton Avenue. First US location of this new chain. Nicely designed, small fast food establishment in an historic building. Good fresh ingredients. Diddy Riese (cookies) $ - 926 Broxton Avenue. A Westwood tradition, Extremely cheap but tasty cookies. Get a cookie ice cream sandwich. A FEW OTHER RESTAURANTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY (Reservations Recommended) Street (Eclectic) $$$ - Mid-Wilshire Area - 742 N. Highland Blvd. Susan Feniger's (Border Grill) creative take on global street food; mostly small plates. Spago (Californian) $$$$ - Beverly Hills - 176 N. Canon Drive. Wolfgang Puck's longtime BH restaurant that began on Sunset Strip - still the place to host your after Oscar party if you are at the top. Red Medicine (Cal-Vietnamese) $$$ - Beverly Hills - 8400 Wilshire Blvd. A modern and delicious twist on Vietnamese food - incredibly inventive and beautiful dishes. A Frame (Eclectic) $$ - Culver City - 12565 W. Washington Blvd. Delicious and fun to share, communal tables in a designer converted IHOP. Tavern (Californian) $$$ - Brentwood, but close to UCLA, 11648 San Vicente Blvd. Delicious California cuisine that attracts the Obamas; comfortable dining room, pricey, but very good. Gjelina (American) $$$ - Venice - 1429 Abbott Kinney Blvd. Very hot (crowded) new restaurant with excellent small plates good for sharing in trendy part of Venice. You won't be disappointed. 9 On The Edge... 2012 57th Annual Conference