• LA's A+D Architecture + Design Museum hosted the Drylands Design Exhibition, spring 2012.
    LA's A+D Architecture + Design Museum hosted the Drylands Design Exhibition, spring 2012. The exhibition is archived in the Drylands Design Gallery.
  • FresNOW! Drylands Design Competition Entry, 2012.
    FresNOW! Competition Entry, 2012. Alexander DeCicco, Francis Silagon, Hugh Vanho, students; Katherine Rinne and David Fletcher, advisors; California California of the Arts, San Francisco.
  • Drylands Design Conference: Retrofitting the West: Adaptation by Design
    The Drylands Design Conference brought together leaders from across disciplines to explore the integration of water infrastructures with public space. All talks are available through the ALI Video Library.
  • InfraRing Drylands Design Competition entry, 2012.
    infraRING, Drylands Design Competition entry, 2012. Alexia Gaviola, Flori Kryethi, Jeffrey Moody, students; Katherine Rinne and David Fletcher, advisors, California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA.
  • Urban H2OME, Drylands Design Competition entry, David Burwinkel, student, Ohio State.
    Urban H2OME, Drylands Design Competition entry, David Burwinkel, student, Ohio State.
  • Interior, Drylands Design Exhibition, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, Spring 2012.
    Sixty two competition entries were selected for exhibition. Browse them in the online Drylands Design Gallery.
  • Celebrando las Acequias 2012.
    Celebrando las Acequias brings together diverse disciplines to examine the ingenuity of traditional irrigation societies. Learn more in ALI's Video Library.

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Explore the history, culture, and technologies of drylands design throughout history.  ALI's video library makes available approximately 100 hours of lectures by archeologists, anthropologists, engineers, artists, historians, farmers, and scientists, all devoted to the design of adaptation in dry lands.  The Drylands Design Gallery showcases contemporary design work by university and professional teams in response to the Drylands Design Competition of 2011. Check back frequently as we add to the gallery and curate our video playlists.