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Colleges & Universities 2024

Morris Adjmi Architects’ Anchor House Welcomes Transfer Students to UC Berkeley

Berkeley, California

November 4, 2024

The 14-story residential complex prioritizes social integration and academic support for an often-overlooked segment of the student population.

California College of the Arts Expansion

Continuing Education: Building Technology

Studio Gang Merges Art and Tech at CCA’s Expanded Campus

Randy Gragg

November 1, 2024

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A hybrid timber structure brings the San Francisco school’s two campus cultures together, while reducing embodied carbon and enhancing seismic performance.

Indidesign Revives Monterey Beach Hotel’s California Modernist Spirit

John Gendall

October 18, 2024

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A thoughtful renovation transforms a rundown roadside motel into a stylish destination—just in time for the Monterey Design Conference on October 25.

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In San Diego, HGA and Akustics Revive a Historic Theater as a World-Class Symphony Hall

San Diego

Clifford A. Pearson

October 7, 2024

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The $125 million renovation of the Jacobs Music Center transformed a 1929 building into a word-class concert hall, harmonizing historic charm with modern acoustic needs.

Record Houses 2024

After a Devastating Wildfire, Lorcan O’Herlihy Reimagines His 1987 Trancas House in Malibu

Malibu, California

Sarah Amelar

September 6, 2024

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Using primarily concrete, the architect rebuilds on the site of a destroyed house he had designed for his parents nearly four decades earlier.

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In the Hills Overlooking Silicon Valley, WOJR’s House of Horns Balances Tranquility with Unorthodoxy

Los Altos Hills, California

Leopoldo Villardi

September 4, 2024

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The first major completed work by the 2013 Design Vanguard firm reuses a preexisting foundation and is capped by a sextet of light monitors.

A Contemporary Indian Restaurant Brings Atypical Cuisine—and High Design—to a Bay Area Mall

Emeryville, California

Clare Jacobson

August 29, 2024

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Pippal at Bay Street Emeryville, with interiors by Studio BANAA, features an enticing bar as its centerpiece.

WRNS Studio’s Mixed-Use Brickline Feels Right at Home in San Mateo

Jennifer Krichels

August 20, 2024

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Taking cues from the existing streetscape, the infill project combines transit-oriented housing and ground-level retail with the new headquarters for a major Bay Area apartment developer.

Lever Architecture's 843 N. Spring Street Portends a Greener Future for Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Ian Volner

August 12, 2024

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Combining office and retail space, the timber-and-steel building challenges the car-centric city's status quo with transit-oriented design.

Featured Houses

Moss Rock by Swatt + Partners

Healdsburg, California

RECORD Editors

July 30, 2024

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The firm returns to a forested Sonoma County property to design a detached, one-room home office that—much like the client's main residence—operates off the grid and sits lightly on the landscape.

Articles Tagged with ''California''

Morris Adjmi Architects’ Anchor House Welcomes Transfer Students to UC Berkeley

Studio Gang Merges Art and Tech at CCA’s Expanded Campus

Indidesign Revives Monterey Beach Hotel’s California Modernist Spirit

In San Diego, HGA and Akustics Revive a Historic Theater as a World-Class Symphony Hall

After a Devastating Wildfire, Lorcan O’Herlihy Reimagines His 1987 Trancas House in Malibu

In the Hills Overlooking Silicon Valley, WOJR’s House of Horns Balances Tranquility with Unorthodoxy

A Contemporary Indian Restaurant Brings Atypical Cuisine—and High Design—to a Bay Area Mall

WRNS Studio’s Mixed-Use Brickline Feels Right at Home in San Mateo

Lever Architecture's 843 N. Spring Street Portends a Greener Future for Los Angeles

Moss Rock by Swatt + Partners

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