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Weathering Steel

Rising from the Ashes: Mass Timber Helps Resurrect a Fire-Torn Town in Rural California

Greenville, California
Sarah Amelar
June 1, 2023
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The Sierra Institute and atelierjones propose the use of fire-hardened, cross-laminated timber to replace the nearly 600 Greenville homes destroyed by California's Dixie Wildfire in 2021.
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 The tallest primarily mass-timber structure to be tested for seismic resilience on an earthquake shaking table is located at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test

Sarah Amelar
May 16, 2023
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A 10-story mass-timber tower designed by LEVER Architecture in collaboration with several university and industry partners withstood a recent seismic resiliency test at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.


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Sandi Simon Center for Dance

Lorcan O'Herlihy Packs the House for a New Dance Center

Sarah Amelar
May 1, 2023
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A historic citrus-packing facility is converted into a light-filled dance rehearsal and performance space at Chapman University.
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Matagouri House

Fearon Hay's Matagouri House Fuses with the Craggy Terrain of New Zealand's South Island

Sarah Amelar
April 14, 2023
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Embedded into a sloping lakeside site, the low-impact dwelling takes its name from long-living native shrubs.
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Nueva School Science and Environmental Center

Leddy Maytum Stacy's Science and Environmental Center Embraces its Landscape with Sustainable Goals

Hillsborough, California
Sarah Amelar
January 2, 2023
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The architects' building has become a teaching tool for the California private school.
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Orange County Museum of Art

Morphosis’s Highly Sculpted Art Museum in Orange County Responds to its Urban Context

Costa Mesa, California
Sarah Amelar
December 1, 2022
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Thom Mayne's new museum in Costa Mesa, California, has a wrapper that warps, skews, and bends.
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Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television

SOM's School of Film and Television and Drollinger Family Stage Shine at Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles
Sarah Amelar
November 21, 2022
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Working with Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, the architects established a pair of luminous additions for performing arts students.
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Highgrove House

Lorcan O'Herlihy Re-Envisions his Family's Home in Malibu

California
Sarah Amelar
November 18, 2022
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A 1990s Malibu dwelling is transformed by an architect into a home for his family.
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Rose Apartments.

Brooks + Scarpa Brings Dignified Design to Low-Income Apartments in L.A.

Los Angeles
Sarah Amelar
October 3, 2022
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A low-income project in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa counters neighborhood opposition with a crisp design and terrace gardens.
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Palm Springs Residence.

The First Ray Kappe–Designed Residence Completed in Palm Springs

Sarah Amelar
September 13, 2022
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RECORD visits the one and only house in Palm Springs by the late L.A. modernist Ray Kappe.
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