Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test Sarah Amelar May 16, 2023 No Comments 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.Read More
Lorcan O'Herlihy Packs the House for a New Dance Center Sarah Amelar May 1, 2023 No Comments A historic citrus-packing facility is converted into a light-filled dance rehearsal and performance space at Chapman University.Read More
Fearon Hay's Matagouri House Fuses with the Craggy Terrain of New Zealand's South Island Sarah Amelar April 14, 2023 No Comments Embedded into a sloping lakeside site, the low-impact dwelling takes its name from long-living native shrubs.Read More
Leddy Maytum Stacy's Science and Environmental Center Embraces its Landscape with Sustainable Goals Hillsborough, California Sarah Amelar January 2, 2023 No Comments The architects' building has become a teaching tool for the California private school.Read More
Morphosis’s Highly Sculpted Art Museum in Orange County Responds to its Urban Context Costa Mesa, California Sarah Amelar December 1, 2022 No Comments Thom Mayne's new museum in Costa Mesa, California, has a wrapper that warps, skews, and bends.Read More
SOM's School of Film and Television and Drollinger Family Stage Shine at Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles Sarah Amelar November 21, 2022 No Comments Working with Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, the architects established a pair of luminous additions for performing arts students.Read More
Lorcan O'Herlihy Re-Envisions his Family's Home in Malibu California Sarah Amelar November 18, 2022 No Comments A 1990s Malibu dwelling is transformed by an architect into a home for his family.Read More
Brooks + Scarpa Brings Dignified Design to Low-Income Apartments in L.A. Los Angeles Sarah Amelar October 3, 2022 One Comment A low-income project in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa counters neighborhood opposition with a crisp design and terrace gardens.Read More
The First Ray Kappe–Designed Residence Completed in Palm Springs Sarah Amelar September 13, 2022 2 Comments RECORD visits the one and only house in Palm Springs by the late L.A. modernist Ray Kappe.Read More
The Triumphal Arches of Michael Maltzan's Sixth Street Viaduct in L.A. Sarah Amelar July 8, 2022 3 Comments The daring viaduct over the Los Angeles River, designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture, has become an instant L.A. icon.Read More