Amidst California’s rustic cottages, the Translators’ House in Culver City quietly evokes a certain poetry through a refined architectural translation. Stepping stones wind to its entrance through a small “meadow” of tall grasses. Its modern facade, with a large concrete…
California’s long-awaited high-speed rail is still very much in the public’s sights. A recent poll shows that 62% of registered voters want the project to continue. This is the case even as political disputes and ballooning costs threaten its timeline.Progress…
The devastating forest fires in Los Angeles caused the burning of tens of thousands of homes and mansions, in a historic disaster for the United States of America.But what happened in Malibu, one of the cities of Los Angeles in…
For 24 years, the California College of the Arts’ 33 academic programs were spread across two campuses: the verdant, Victorian-era former James Treadwell estate in Oakland and a converted Greyhound-bus maintenance shed in San Francisco’s emergent Design District. Two art-learning…
✕ When the owners of San Francisco’s Michelin-recognized, contemporary Indian restaurant Rooh decided to open the 2,480-square-foot Pippal restaurant in Emeryville, just across the bay, they had a clear plan. “They really wanted the bar to be the star of…
✕ The SuperBungalows, a new apartment building completed this spring in the hip Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, is not a traditional bungalow. The project is an answer to LA’s need for density and housing, with a nod to…
✕ For many Bay Area residents and visitors, the craggy outcrop in the middle of San Francisco Bay known as Yerba Buena Island is mostly experienced while inside an 88-year-old concrete tunnel. The 10-lane, double-deck Yerba Buena Tunnel carries Interstate…
Architecture Competition: 19th Annual Architecture + the City FestivalCall for program submissions are now open for the 19th annual Architecture + the City Festival. Festival programs currently will offer in-person and virtual experiences; programming subject to change based on COVID-19…
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