Rebecca Binder

Years of practice

Affiliations/Firms

• R.L. Binder, AIA Architecture and Planning

Professional organizations

• Joined AIA in 1991
• Became AIA fellow in 1991

Major projects

• Ackerman Union Renovation and Expansion, University of California, Los Angeles
• Visual Arts Facility University of California, San Diego
• Outpatient Medical Center Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
• Pacific Condominiums Santa Monica, CA 1982
• Eats Restaurant El Segundo, CA 1983
• Hannsens House Santa Monica, CA 1984
• Bernstein Residence Restoration (original architect unknown), Sherman Oaks, CA 1985

Awards, honors and press

• Honored in the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
• Firm received “Firm of the Year Award” from the AIA California Council
• Recognized by the National AIA NY convention, “The Exceptional One”, 1988
• One of 12 architects recognized in the field: LA’s 12 + 12, 1988
• Speaker, Monterey Design Conference, 1991
• AIA National Honor Award
• California Council AIA Honor Award
• Los Angeles AIA Honor Award

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Biography

Early life and Education

Rebecca Binder received her Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania and continued her studies at the University of Exeter, England.  She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a Masters of Architecture degree in 1975. In 1979 Rebecca became a licensed Architect in California and established her practice. She was a professor of Design and Theory at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC) for ten years (1978-1988) and was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1991.

Career in Architecture

Rebecca Binder founded the firm R.L. Binder, AIA Architecture and Planning in 1979. Her work explores the use of simple building materials in fresh ways. She has taken on many positions in her career, including guest lecturer at universities, design juror for awards programs, panelist at architecture forums, and design critic at universities.

Major Buildings and Projects

• Ackerman Union Renovation and Expansion, University of California, Los Angeles
• Visual Arts Facility University of California, San Diego
• Outpatient Medical Center Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
• Pacific Condominiums Santa Monica, CA 1982
• Eats Restaurant El Segundo, CA 1983
• Hannsens House Santa Monica, CA 1984
• Bernstein Residence Restoration (original architect unknown), Sherman Oaks, CA 1985

Press and Awards

• Honored in the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
• Firm received “Firm of the Year Award” from the AIA California Council
• Recognized by the National AIA NY convention, “The Exceptional One”, 1988
• One of 12 architects recognized in the field: LA’s 12 + 12, 1988
• Speaker, Monterey Design Conference, 1991
• AIA National Honor Award
• California Council AIA Honor Award
• Los Angeles AIA Honor Award

Institutional Affiliations

• Professor, Design & Theory, Southern California Institute of Architecture, 1978-1988
• Represented SCIARC a State Design Conference, Monterey, 1984
• Speaker, Monterey Design Conference, 1991
• Panelist, national AIA conventions, 1985 and 1987

Exhibitions

• Architectural Association, London, England, 1983
• Pompidou Center, Paris, France, 1984
• Olympic Architects Exhibit, Museum of Science & Industry, Los Angeles, 1984
• National AIA Convention, San Francisco, 1985
• State Capital, Sacramento, 1985
• Westweek, Los Angeles, 1985
• State AIA Convention, Monterey, 1985 & 1986
• LA/AIA Convention, Pacific Design Center, LA, 1987
• National AIA Convention, NY, 1988
• LA 12 + 12; Westweek, Los Angeles, 1988
• USIA Soviet Union Exposition, 1989-90
• LACMA, 1989
• Vision Pacific, San Francisco, 1989
• San Diego Design Week Exhibition, 1990
• Monterey Design Conference, 1991