Brenda Levin Awarded Prestigious Urbansim Award February 28, 2008 Brenda Levin, FAIA, has been selected by the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Architecture's Architectural Guild to receive the prestigious Parkinson Spirit of Urbanism Award in a ceremony on Wednesday, March 26 at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, designed by Levin & Associates, in downtown Los Angeles. Named in memory of architects John and Donald B. Parkinson, the Parkinson Spirit of Urbanism Award commemorates the early 20th century civic and commercial projects that helped define the urban character of the City of Los Angeles. The twelfth Parkinson Spirit of Urbanism Award will be presented to Brenda Levin, founder and principal of Levin & Associates Architects and world renown for revitalizing the urban, historic and cultural landscape of the city and county of Los Angeles. For over 27 years her architecture and urban planning firm has pioneered the preservation and re-definition of important historic landmarks of the city. One of her most recent projects, Griffith Observatory has received global recognition. Levin has led the architectural preservation and revitalization of Grand Central and Chapman markets; the Oviatt, Fine Arts and Bradbury buildings; the Wiltern Theater, and Los Angeles City Hall. Currently the firm is working on a master plan for Wilshire Boulevard Temple and the design of the new Autry National Center. KCRW radio host and producer Warren Olney will be presented with Esther McCoy Award for his creative education work about architecture and urbanism at the same ceremony. The USC School of Architecture is located in the heart of Los Angeles, a singular laboratory in which to study and understand urban conditions and their architectural implications. Exterior, the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy in Downtown Los Angeles. Education | Arts & Culture | Civic & Social | Urban Revitalization About Levin & Associates | News | Home