Welcome
Welcome to the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council world-wide-web home page. The Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council formed in 1988 is a nonprofit organization whose members are those individuals who have demonstrated exceptional professional accomplishments in the structural design of tall buildings. The Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council is a liaison organization to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an international nonprofit organization of architects, engineers, planners, developers, and other professionals involved in the design, construction and operation of tall buildings.
Design Guidelines
2024 Los Angeles Tall Buildings Conference
The 2024 LATBSDC conference will be held on October 18, 2024. The conference will cover a variety of topics related to recent advances in the structural design of tall and special buildings. Unique case studies of recent projects will be presented, followed by sessions on the 2024 LATBSDC Guideline updates, construction issues, recent research advances, resilience and functional recovery, and ground motion issues. In addition, Prof. Jack Moehle (UC Berkeley) will give a keynote speech.