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Sarah Amelar is a Los Angeles–based Contributing Editor at Architectural Record.

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Courtyard Houses

A Pair of Courtyard Houses by Inaba Williams Architecture Responds Nimbly to Strict Energy Codes

Santa Monica, California

June 16, 2023

A bicoastal architecture studio finds formal inspiration in California's stringent energy codes, which are intended to make new construction and renovations increasingly sustainable.

Weathering Steel

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

Greenville, California

June 1, 2023

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.

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

May 16, 2023

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.

Sandi Simon Center for Dance

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

May 1, 2023

A historic citrus-packing facility is converted into a light-filled dance rehearsal and performance space at Chapman University.

Matagouri House

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

April 14, 2023

Embedded into a sloping lakeside site, the low-impact dwelling takes its name from long-living native shrubs.

Nueva School Science and Environmental Center

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

Hillsborough, California

January 2, 2023

The architects' building has become a teaching tool for the California private school.

Orange County Museum of Art

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

Costa Mesa, California

December 1, 2022

Thom Mayne's new museum in Costa Mesa, California, has a wrapper that warps, skews, and bends.

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

November 21, 2022

Working with Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, the architects established a pair of luminous additions for performing arts students.

Highgrove House

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

California

November 18, 2022

A 1990s Malibu dwelling is transformed by an architect into a home for his family.

Rose Apartments.

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

Los Angeles

October 3, 2022

A low-income project in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa counters neighborhood opposition with a crisp design and terrace gardens.

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