News | CALO News | August 2025

Design contest to help provide temporary shade to LA

Everyone in LA knows one thing is often missing from most bus stations: shade. 

The sun loves to shine upon the city, but sometimes, it shines a little too much while waiting for transportation to arrive. 

As Los Angeles prepares to host a series of major global sporting events, USC Dornsife Public Exchange and the USC School of Architecture are teaming up to launch a student design competition to tackle one of the region’s growing threats: extreme heat.