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Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc. (MMA) is a full service architectural firm located in Los Angeles, California. Members of the firm share a collective professional experience that encompasses a wide array of building types including educational, arts, performing arts, institutional, commercial, and residential facilities. The firm has won numerous awards from the American Institute of Architects and Progressive Architecture. Since the firm was established in 1995, MMA has been commissioned to design and manage a wide range of projects including the Mark Taper Center/Inner-City Arts School, Harvard/Westlake School's Feldman/Horn Center for the Arts, and the Getty Information Institute Digital Laboratory. Following a national search and extensive selection process, the firm was chosen to design the new Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena, which will include more than 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor exhibits and learning venues. The firm was responsible for the design of MoMA QNS, the temporary exhibition facility on Long Island, New York, and is currently redesigning the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Sonoma County Museum, the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. It was recently awarded a joint commission for the Giardini di Porta Nuova, a cultural campus and park, and the Pirelli Headquarters, both in Milan, Italy. The firm's architectural designs have been featured in a number of publications including Architecture, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Architektur.Aktuell, Artforum, A+U, Domus, Blueprint, GA Houses, Lotus, The Plan, Phaidon Press 10x10, Newsweek, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Wallpaper Magazine. The Hergott/Shepard Residence was included in the "Unprivate House" exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, followed by an international tour to the MAK Center in Vienna, and the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The Kidspace Museum was exhibited at the 8th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2002, and the Leona Drive Residence was included in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's Extreme Textiles Exhibit in 2005. The firm's work was exhibited at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2003, and was the subject of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum's Heinz Architectural Center in Pittsburgh 2005.