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A Real Seat-Booster

LMN Architects’ new Classroom Building at UC Santa Barbara is the first in over 50 years

Photo of personal protective equipment arranged on shelves in Materials and Applications storefront
PPE on Display

L.A. nonprofit Materials & Applications foregrounds the objects of mutual aid initiatives

a colorful street mural in los angeles, covered under the los angeles African American Historic Places Project
Completing the Incomplete

The Getty and City of Los Angeles launch the Los Angeles African American Historic Places Project

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At An Opening Far Far Away...

Lucas Museum opening delayed to 2023 thanks to COVID slowdowns

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Mid-Year Modernism

Adjusting for COVID, Palm Springs Modernism Week scales back and shifts to April

aerial view of a television studio complex
Renovations, Come On Down!

RIOS to lead $1.25 billion revamp of L.A.’s landmark Television City

a landmark structure made from dynamic steel rods
Catch The Breeze

SMAR Architecture Studio’s Breeze of Innovation wins Silicon Valley landmark design competition

A lengthy timber building, outpost, against the sky
Touch The Skylab

Skylab brings a timber Outpost to Oregon’s waterfront

Inside an Oregon State University College of Forestry made from timber with multistory spaces
Green In Theme And Designer

The Oregon State University College of Forestry defers to the landscape

Aerial photo of the curving Idaho Central Credit Union Arena roof
Let The Timber Flow

Opsis Architecture and StructureCraft are shaping a free-form future for mass timber

a raised drawbridge in seattle
The High Price of Passage

Millions in repairs required for Seattle’s historic drawbridges

Front of the 70-year-old san diego art institute with sign, which will become the Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego
Opening Back Up

San Diego will get a new Institute of Contemporary Art this fall

photograph depicting a new Los Angeles museum with oversized glass dome and staircase at center
The Show Must Go On

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces new opening date and updated details

Photo of 3rd Street Garage from neighboring building
Folded Tissue

IwamotoScott’s Cellular Origami transforms a San Francisco garage

a red brick one-story building
Midtown Maneuvers

Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture unveils new AIA CA offices in Sacramento’s Midtown district

computer rendering of an accessory dwelling unit with a hip roof
ADU and Me

Los Angeles launches bold new ADU program to combat housing shortage

a geodesic-dome building
Dust off Those Walking Shoes

Open House San Diego launches sixth edition, focuses on community and inclusivity

Two people walking towards a multibuilding health complex
Let The Sunshine In

The El Camino Health complex fights claustrophobia with plenty of windows

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