Making Space
A traveling live symposium that explores the nuances of home—how we create it, what gives it meaning, and why it matters—featuring short presentations by leading minds on a given theme.
Details about Making Space’s next iteration, taking place in New York this fall, will be announced in September.
Explore stories from our 2025–2026 theme: “The House I Grew Up In.”
Annie Chu
The architect reflects on her childhood home in Hong Kong by writing a story about it.The House I Grew Up InSam Klemick
“The forms I build now cradle the structures above them in the way my childhood furniture once held me,” the designer says.The House I Grew Up InFrances Anderton
“Our interiors were an ongoing adventure,” says the journalist of her family’s residences in Bath, England.The House I Grew Up InKenturah Davis
Despite losing her childhood home to the Eaton Fire, the artist says, “Altadena remains my anchor.”The House I Grew Up InJoe Dangaran
“We’re all products of our environment, our experiences,” the architect says.The House I Grew Up InErich Joiner
Home is “an environment that shapes our lives—and not just the architecture and the design of it,” the director says.The House I Grew Up InJonathan Nesci
“The materials in that house were good in 1923,” the designer says, “and more than a hundred years later, they still look good.”The House I Grew Up InDavid Michon
The FOR SCALE founder and writer’s childhood dreams, set in an imaginary suburban house, shaped his view of home as a personal mythology.The House I Grew Up In
Join Us for Making Space IRL!
The next edition of Making Space will take place in New York this October and will continue its 2025/2026 theme, “The House I Grew Up In.” Speakers and other details will be announced here in late September.
Past Events
Making Space L.A.: “The House I Grew Up In”
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Hosted by Henrybuilt
806 Mateo Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021
806 Mateo Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021