Creator of RIDE-Arc bicycle tours
Creator of RIDE-Arc, tours of Los Angeles by bicycle, and graduate of SCI-Arc, Southern California Institute of Architecture. His favorite building is the Watts Towers
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Alex Amerri
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FROM Alex Amerri
Design and Architecture
Do You Want to Ride Your Bicycle? If you think LA is a city of cars and freeways, think again. Rising energy prices, choking traffic and worries about the environment may turn tomorrow’s southland into a world full of commuter cyclists and green roofs. Plus, an ecological designer on green-roof design, a SCI-Arc graduate on his favorite building in Los Angeles, and architect Cesar Pelli talks about his new Segerstrom Hall, opening next month in Orange County.
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Design and Architecture
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