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In a space that used to be a gravel, 1 De Haro designed by architecture Perks&Will is the first cross-laminated timber (CLT) building in San Francisco and the first multistory, fully mass timber building in California...

Reclaimed materials, a world-class art collection and an indoor/outdoor lifestyle combine in this recently completed Los Angeles residence designed by Santa Monica-based firm Conner + Perry Architects...

Pritzker Prize-winning architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron just unveiled plans for the new Berggruen Institute campus, which will be constructed along a lush green ridge in the Santa Monica Mountains...

The existing house is a 2,058-square-foot residence which required an update to better suit the needs of a busy family. It features large glass surfaces that create a dynamic relationship between the inside and the outside,...

From the outside, this mid-century home appears to be little more than a quaint, plain, and well-kept residence in the heart of Redwood City, California...

Located just outside of downtown Los Angeles, in the little-known neighborhood of Hermon, a 1920s bungalow has been given a modern facelift by architect Martin Fenlon...

Perched atop a 150-ft cinder cone on the edge of the Mojave desert, the Volcano House appears ready to take off to planets far away at any second. For architecture buffs who have always dreamed of living on the moon, the...

When you're an architect, you have the unique ability to make sure that your own house rocks as much as your clients' homes do. For Albert Frey, that meant building a home in the rocks—well, in the boulders, at least. His...

The two wings of the house offer very different experiences – in the main living space the large room has polished concrete floors that extend outside, while the bedroom wing rests on a piece of terrain that slopes downwards,...

The new 35,000-square-foot Studio Art Hall will be home to various disciplines of the art-making process and was built to provide a tranquil, collaborative atmosphere to explore new innovative ideas and artistic production...

The house is constructed on steel stilts and oriented to form three large apertures towards the most attractive views of the surroundings. By using standard sized sheet material such as plywood and oriented strand board,...

The 28th Street YMCA was listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006 and was acquired by nonprofit developer Clifford Beers Housing (CBH) in 2009...

The house was completed in 1993 but its interior designer, John Vugrin, spent another few years with the finishing touches. It is an otherworldly space made of concrete, steel and glass, nestled into a rocky hillside in the...

The house was completed in 1993 but its interior designer, John Vugrin, spent another few years with the finishing touches. It is an otherworldly space made of concrete, steel and glass, nestled into a rocky hillside in the...

NVIDIAs massive new headquarters is set to rival those of California tech giants Apple and Facebook. The 250,000 square foot triangular structures conceived by Gensler, are designed to facilitate the flow of people and information....