SCI-Arc Spring Show 2026

The SCI-Arc Spring Show is the annual public exhibition of graduating student work at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, held at the school’s Arts District campus in late April. SCI-Arc occupies a distinctive position within American architectural education, with a programme that foregrounds computational methods, speculative theory and formal experimentation as core concerns, producing graduates whose work typically operates at the research edge of the discipline.

The show serves a dual function as a demonstration of the school’s intellectual position and as the primary recruitment event for Los Angeles firms and studios looking to hire from SCI-Arc’s graduating cohort. The work on display spans thesis projects, advanced studios and technical research, giving visiting practitioners a comprehensive view of how the school is currently framing the questions it considers worth asking.

For practices interested in hiring designers with strong computational and theoretical backgrounds, the SCI-Arc Spring Show provides direct access to the graduating class in a context that makes comparison and conversation straightforward. The event is open to the public and free to attend.