Lila Cohen, AIA

Lila Cohen practices architecture in San Francisco, CA. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). Her architecture work is committed to collaborating with community nonprofits who serve the Bay Area’s most vulnerable populations through supportive housing and multipurpose developments. She co-authored with Herb Greene “Generations: Six Decades of Collage Art and Architecture Generated with Perspectives from Science” (ORO Editions, 2015). She has presented Greene’s work at the Monterey Design Conference, Palm Springs Modernism Week, the Architecture + The City Festival in San Francisco, UCSF, The School of Architecture at Taliesin, and the University of Oklahoma. Lila is a board member of the Prairie House Preservation Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoration preservation and development of Herb Greene’s Prairie House built in 1961 in Norman, OK. A designer of small spaces that promote the use of repurposed materials, she appeared on “Tiny House Hunting” and has worked with international organizations like the Mmofra Foundation in Accra, Ghana to promote Herb Greene’s Armature concept. Lila is currently working on directing and producing a feature-length documentary film about organic architecture through the lens of Herb Greene’s life and career. Cohen earned an Architecture degree, cum laude, from the University of Arizona.