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A Walk In the Woods

ZGF Architects shares new images of its timber-topped main terminal at the Portland International Airport

overhead view of buildings in historic district in downtown los angeles, and the new Perla on Broadway
Raising the Curtain

The first new high-rise in L.A.’s historic Broadway Theater District in a century makes its debut

Two brutalist buildings in trenton, new jersey, now being demolished
Bye Bye Brutalism?

Two historic Brutalist buildings in Trenton, New Jersey are being demolished for surface parking

Rendering of the Reese Davidson Community and the Venice Grand Canal
Affordable Venice Palazzo

L.A. City Planning Commission approves Eric Owen Moss’s canal-straddling Reese Davidson Community

True Blue

PRODUCTORA and Part Office pay homage to Los Angeles’s modest residential architecture with an extensive renovation

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Google Green Light

Google’s 80-acre Downtown West mega-development scores unanimous approval from San Jose City Council

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Not the Finest Budget

San Diego proposes slashing arts funding by half through 2022

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Farewell, Nightmare Machine

Downtown L.A.’s glass Skyslide gets the axe for U.S. Bank Tower renovation

Image of Parking Structure 3 in Santa Monica at street level
Someone call UNESCO

Santa Monica residents rally against parking garage demolition for affordable housing

Front-facing rendering of a timber-and-glass office building
Concrete Conspiracy?

A new proposal may curtail the use of timber construction in Los Angeles

signage for harvey milk plaza, a transit plaza in san francisco
Doing a Community Good

SWA Group tapped for memorial and LGBTQ+ space at Harvey Milk Plaza

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A Golden Return

Oakland Museum of California will unveil its campus refresh in June after lengthy closure

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Elevating the L.A. Low-Rise

Winners announced in Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles design challenge

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Getting Into the Grove

L.A.’s Barnsdall Art Park Foundation launches major olive tree planting and care initiative

artwork of an explosion in a forest scene on the LED billboard of wiscombe's sunset spectacular
Flying Down Sunset Strip

Tom Wiscombe Architecture’s Sunset Spectacular harnesses aerospace engineering for a 21st-century billboard

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1935 - 2021

Art Gensler passes away at 85

Empowering Designers

Op-ed: Rethinking roles and reforming rules are required to mitigate wildfire risks

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Hide and Seek

VSA’s dynamic web of steel, glass, and vegetation blooms in West L.A.

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