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san francisco streets, soon home to self driving taxis?
No Free Rides

Self-driving taxis get the go-ahead in California to start charging for rides

tree-lined street in los angeles, one section that will be covered under tree canopy lab
Shady Deal

Google debuts an AI tool for tracking tree canopy coverage in L.A.

interior of Parsley Health, showing people in lounge chairs
Biophilic Practice

Alda Ly helps Parsley Health establish itself with subdued hues and saturated accents

Interior a noodle shop in LA, ninth street ramen
Mise-en-Scène

A new Los Angeles slurp shop draws on the visual vocabulary of films like Blade Runner

An aerial photo of the newly renovated Space Needle's Top House.
Way Out West

This week in facades: Panoramic views and power plant news

The interior of a purple-and-pink Haewah Dal
Cosmic Beauty

Inspired by traditional Korean screens, this Southern Californian restaurant creates a world of depth in a small space

bungalow court in los angeles, an example of low-rise housing in l.a.
Return of the L.A. Low-Rise

Los Angeles launches design challenge seeking new models of affordable, low-rise housing

The cantilevering plant sciences building in Washington, with a massive cantilever
Sprouting High

LMN Architects’ cantilevering Plant Sciences Building opens at Washington State University

A man sitting behind a mic, roman mars
Always Read The Plaque

Roman Mars on ten years of 99% Invisible and his latest book

a unique building with a faux rock facade base, the enclave
Yabba Dabba Dorms

LCA Architects shares a first look at UC Berkeley’s completed Enclave Apartments

Image of the Portland Building's entrance and sculpture
December 3

Facades+: Enclosure Innovations on the West Coast will highlight emerging trends and exemplary case studies

a self-driving waymo car on public streets
NOT Making My Way Downtown

Waymo, anticipating election protests, docks its self-driving cars in San Francisco

A landscape designed by terremoto with people sitting on wood planks
On The Ground

AN visits TERREMOTO, designers of landscapes both conceptual and principled

photograph of spotfire training
Friendly Fire

It’s time for designers to embrace fire as the ecological and cultural force that it is.

exterior photograph of a contemporary glass government building with landscape and paving
Services For All

Frederick Fisher & Partners’ addition to Santa Monica City Hall touts its net-zero bona fides

a motel 6 sign, of the type to house a homekey project
Plenty of Room at the Inn

California Governor Gavin Newsom pledges $200 million for hotel-to-housing conversion program

illustration of a bridge crossing a port area with a mountain in the background, the new West Seattle Bridge
Don’t Knock On Wood

B+H Architects wants to replace the shuttered West Seattle Bridge with a sleek mass timber and steel span

a modernist home in the desert
Hey, Big Spenders ...

Neutra’s iconic Kaufmann House in Palm Springs hits the market for $25 million

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