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The American Dream, Updated?

In Los Angeles, recent interest in ADUs prompts an honest look at the housing type

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Sea Change

A beloved Puget Sound beach emerges from a $6.3 million redesign that brings resiliency to the forefront

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True Blue

Assembledge+ modifies an ADU into a chic, family-focused project

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Electricity Plus Equity

A new substation in San Francisco by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio and TEF Design powers a more hopeful future for Hunters Point

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Back In Bloom

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in L.A. set to resume public tours on August 18

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To Live and Be Housed in L.A.

John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects focuses on homes, housing, and community-centered efforts in its hometown

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Guarded Optimism

Decision to pause border barrier work at binational Friendship Park welcomed by community advocates

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Seeding Sustainability With Equity

Led by founder Anyeley Hallová, Portland developer Adre creates green, community-focused projects

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More Than Just Reds

Studio Other Spaces’ kaleidoscopic wine tasting pavilion debuts in Sonoma County

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Back to the Wall

Construction work to continue on 30-foot barriers at binational Friendship Park

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The Once and Future Bridge

Can the Sixth Street Viaduct predict the future of Los Angeles?

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Back to the Bruces

L.A. County returns Bruce’s Beach to namesake family nearly a century after racist land grab

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Top This

James Corner Field Operations’ Presidio Tunnel Tops opens to rave reviews from San Franciscans

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Breezin’ Through

Santa Monica City Council green-lights mixed-use oceanfront complex designed by Frank Gehry

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R&R

Paul Revere Williams’ UCLA building gets a refresh and retrofit from CO Architects

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Weiners Circle

Tail o’ the Pup, L.A.’s iconic hot dog–shaped hot dog stand, reopens this month after years in storage

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Angle, Swerve

Radius House by Pentagon is anchored by a central kitchen around which flexible spaces flow

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Turning Inward

Uber focuses on employee needs in new San Francisco headquarters

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