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The mountainous UCSF Parnassus Heights campus
It Can Rock, But Can't Roll

Herzog & de Meuron will design San Francisco’s newest hospital

Aerial view of One Beverly Hills complex
Glitz and a Lot of Green

Plant-wrapped towers, botanical gardens anchor Foster + Partners’ One Beverly Hills

Kanye West-designed metal framing of a dome
We Used Up All Of Our Dome Puns

Kanye West’s affordable housing domes are still on track

Looking down a San Francisco street
High-Speed Bus Route to Nowhere

San Francisco will likely lose most of its bus lines

Photo of the exterior of Compound with a neon sign saying
Compound Coming

Compound, a multipurpose arts and cultural space is coming to Long Beach, California

archival portrait of architect paul r williams
An L.A. Legacy, Preserved

Archive of Paul Revere Williams acquired by USC School of Architecture

Rendering of ocV!BE, a mixed-use development around a stadium
The Mighty Ducks

Anaheim Ducks will turn the area around their stadium into a mega mixed-use district

Street view of Dacelle XV Showplace, a drag bar in Porland
Rhinestones are Forever

Oregon nominates its first LGBTQ establishment to National Register of Historic Places

Photo of The Center in Oakland, California
Public Service

CAW Architects’ new educational kitchen lent a hand to a local food bank

Colorful modular housing in Portland
Planting New Opportunities in the City of Roses

Holst Architecture completes color-drenched co-housing for low-income Portlanders

proposed cityview complex in San Jose
Not Rising From the Ashes This Time

César Pelli’s concrete ‘Sphinx’ in San Jose will meet the wrecking ball

Rendering of the Orange County Museum of Art project from the exterior stair
Wavy Terra-cotta

The new Orange County Museum of Art wants to be a good neighbor

The A+D Museum
Welcome to the Future

Los Angeles’s A+D Museum will shutter its physical space, move online permanently

an empty LA freeway during the COVID-19 pandemic, which Project Héroe will attempt to head off
Live, Cough, Repeat

USC Architecture announces summer research initiative to explore how built solutions could avert future pandemics

virtual reality event illustration
The Show Must Go On (Virtually)

San Francisco Design Week kicks off online

an illustration of a net-zero library design
One for the Books

AIA California announces winners of ninth annual net-zero design competition

illustration of a recuperative care village in los angeles
Healing Vibes

CannonDesign unveils modular Restorative Care Village concept in L.A.

Interior photo of a boring company tunnel
Loop-de-Loop

Elon Musk’s underground transit loop gets the go ahead in San Bernardino