Escher GuneWardena, founded in Los Angeles in 1996, came to international recognition for their creative and flexible approaches to a wide range of projects, bringing their diverse interests and talents into play, and cross-polinating one architectural or artistic discipline with another to achieve innovative solutions. Commercial spaces are treated as conceptual art works, hillside residences emerge as poetic responses to difficult sites. Historic preservation projects, including such icons as the Eames House and John Lautner's Chemosphere, testify to Escher GuneWardena's sensitivity to, and expertise in, 20th century architectural history. Their presence in the world of contemporary art is confirmed by their numerous collaborations with artists such as Sharon Lockhart, Mike Kelley, and Stephen Prina. Inhabiting both the worlds of architectural history and of contemporary art, the work of Escher GuneWardena reflects the unique conditions of Los Angeles, which has been a stage for 20th-century architecture and is, today, a hub for contemporary art. Escher and GuneWardena have been guest professors at Cal Poly Pomona, Univeristy of Oregon, University of Southern California (Escher) and EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Their monograph, Clocks and Clouds: The Architecture of Escher GuneWardena, was published in 2017.

Frank Escher, trained at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH, Zürich), is the editor of the monograph “John Lautner, Architect,” was the administrator for the John Lautner Archive (1995-2007), and serves on the board of the John Lautner Foundation, the advisory boards of Julius Shulman Institute and the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. He serves on the Conservation Committee for the Rudolph Schindler Kings Road House.

Ravi GuneWardena, FAIA, originally from Sri Lanka, studied architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and art history in Florence, Italy, and served on the Hollywood Public Art Advisory Panel for the CRA/LA. He is a former director of the Los Angeles branch of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana.

Zeke Jones, Associate, Washington native and graduate of the University of Washington (BArch) and UT Austin (MArch), Zeke has been an integral part of the team at EGA since 2021. He has acted as project manager on numerous projects, including The St. Michael’s housing project and the ongoing restoration of Richard Neutra’s Lovell House in Los Feliz. In 2024, Zeke was promoted to Associate of Escher GuneWardena Architecture.

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