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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

Interior rendering of the new Portland International Airport
PDX Gets More PDX-y

Get an early glimpse of the new timber-topped main terminal at Portland International Airport

a white stucco building
Reimagining the Ranch

The Los Angeles Design Group completes artistic live–work compound in Highland Park

a contemporary home in japan
The Frame Game

JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles will virtually reopen with a window-centric new show

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