Angela Brooks

Angela Brooks FAIA is an American architect based in Los Angeles, California who is recognized professionally for "leadership in sustainable and socially progressive design." She is the Co-Principal, with Lawrence Scarpa in their Los Angeles-based architecture firm, Brooks + Scarpa, (formerly Pugh + Scarpa) winner of the 2014 Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Award in Architecture, and recipient of the 2010 American Institute of Architects Firm Award. Brooks is a 2009 National AIA Young Architects Award awardee, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. She co-founded and served as President of Livable Places, a nonprofit development company created to stimulate neighborhood revitalization, working to make the city of Los Angeles more environmentally sustainable, and advocates of Smart Growth, which includes pedestrian-friendly streets, accessible public transportation, and affordable housing for low-income families. She is married to American architect Lawrence Scarpa.