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Monumental And Musical

Charles Moore Foundation acquires the landmark Burns House and its fabled organ

rendering of a beachfront building designed by frank gehry
Breezin’ Through

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

Image of Parking Structure 3 in Santa Monica at street level
Someone call UNESCO

Santa Monica residents rally against parking garage demolition for affordable housing

The titular courtyard of vertical courtyard house
Stacks On Stacks

Montalba Architects’ Vertical Courtyard House mixes fine finishes with an efficient layout

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Services For All

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

an illustration of the planned Art Center at Santa Monica College
Sitting Pretty on Pico

Grimshaw unveils a new arts complex at Santa Monica College

Rendering of a busy third street promenade
Preferred Street Promenade

Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade will undergo transformative master plan

Aerial photo of the square Tongva Park, which is right on the water
Morty's Home

Tongva Park in Santa Monica is Californian through-and-through

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Vidiot Box

Cult-favorite L.A. video store Vidiots will reopen in a renovated theater

A space at the Cayton Children's Museum with kids running in multicolored nets
Nothing But Net

The Cayton Children’s Museum turns an L.A. mall into a playscape

Photo of a stone-clad bathroom interior
For Better or Wearstler

Kelly Wearstler helps turn 1920s building into Santa Monica Proper Hotel

Rendering of a building cantilevering over a plaza
OMA Heads West

Jason Long and Shohei Shigematsu plot inventive works across California

Santa Monica looks to cap Interstate 10 in new downtown plan. (Steve lyon/Wikimedia)
Parks over Parking

Santa Monica looks to cap Interstate 10 in new downtown plan

Frank Gehry halves Santa Monica hotel to meet height restrictions.
Cut to Size

Frank Gehry halves Santa Monica hotel to meet height restrictions

Taking a Bit Off the Top

Controversial OMA development in Santa Monica scaled down

Airport2Park

Santa Monica Airport to become public park in 2029

Green Coast

Santa Monica to make all new single-family residential construction net-zero energy starting in 2017

NIMBY

L.A.’s anti-development “Neighborhood Integrity Initiative” heads to March 2017 ballot

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