Frame the Future! LA’s Housing Manifesto + Poster Showdown

Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles (FORT: LA) announces the launch of Frame the Future! LA’s Housing Manifesto + Poster Showdown, an open competition and public exhibition inviting designers, architects, artists, writers, students, and creative thinkers to translate bold housing ideas into a visually striking poster, a punchy slogan, and a short manifesto capable of inspiring a broad public. Responding to Los Angeles’s urgent housing needs, the project centers communication as a civic tool—challenging participants to help Angelenos see what’s possible, and want it.  

The competition opens January 14, 2026, with submissions due March 31; cash prizes will be awarded to top entries ($3,000 for first place, $1,500 for second place, and $500 for third place), and winners will be announced at a public awards celebration and exhibition on April 29, 2026.  

Frame the Future! is produced by FORT: LA with Frances Anderton, in collaboration with community partners including KCRW, L.A. Forum, Westside Urban Forum, the Charles & Ray Eames Foundation, AIA/LA, LA Design Festival, the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design, SoCal NOMA, Abundant Housing LA, and the Ebell of Los Angeles.   

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