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California
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Viewpoints
Laura Guido-Clark Wants Designers to Stop Being Afraid of Color
METROPOLIS sits down with designer and color expert Laura Guido-Clark to learn more about her nonprofit Project Color Corps and color methodology Love Good Color.
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Profiles
Studio Schicketanz Brings Sensitive, Sustainable Design to the Monterey Bay
The California-based firm is attuned to creating environmentally responsive designs for new homes and historic restorations.
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Creating a New Template For the Vet Experience
Design, Bitches' clinics for growing veterinary chain Modern Animal benefit both humans and their four-legged creatures.
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A Richard Neutra Penthouse in Your Own Backyard?
The Spanish manufacturer Kettal is reviving a design by the California Modernist, offering it in a penthouse and pavilion format.
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When the Great Recession Hit, Studio Blitz Saw an Opportunity
Melissa and Seth Hanley worked closely with clients to define a design practice that moves beyond the basics to address the larger why.
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Facing a Limited Budget, This Community College Still Built a Net-Zero Facility
The design-build project—with architects BNIM and builders Level 10—features extensive passive ventilation driven by thermal chimneys.
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Sliding Shades and Natural Ventilation Help This San Diego Office Aim for LEED Platinum
Designed by architecture firm BNIM, the roughly 53,000-square-foot office also eschewed surface parking in favor of pedestrian spaces.
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On the California Coast, Restaurant Jeune et Jolie Blends Classic French Design with a SoCal Feel
Designed by L.A.–based firm Bells + Whistles and located in Carlsbad, the restaurant respects its local vernacular while using elements of 20th-century French hospitality design.
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NOMA-Nominated: Banc of California Stadium by Gensler Los Angeles
Barbara Bouza, co-managing director of Gensler’s Los Angeles office, explains how her firm’s project served the local community as well as the city at large.
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Bestor Architecture Designs “Luxurious Informality” at Pizzeria Near Santa Barbara
Bettina, located the scenic resort town of Montecito, blends L.A.-based architect Barbara Bestor's brand of California cool with upscale coastal chic.
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L.A.’s Milla Chocolates Pairs Its Luxurious Sweets with a Restrained Jewel Box Interior
Custom-blended dark teal walls and tubular motifs repeated throughout Milla Chocolates incorporate the boutique founders' love of Swedish design and 1920s Bauhaus styling.
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Facing a Tight Budget, a California School Transformed Its Architecture With Color
The 800-student Caliber ChangeMakers Academy, built for $144 per square foot, saw architects, a nonprofit, and students collaborate on a vibrant color palette.
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Miller Hull Leverages Indoor-Outdoor Design for Del Mar, California’s New Civic Center
The building—which includes a town hall and city offices—features a 13,000-square-foot town commons that can host events and gatherings, such as the city's weekly farmer’s market.
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This Napa Valley House Blends Modern Design with Farmhouse Vernacular
Located on a 17-acre former vineyard, the project—designed by Field Architecture—combines steel, concrete, and glass with pitched roofs, overhangs, and other barn-like features.
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Ennead Designs Sustainable Home for Stanford’s New Knight-Hennessy Scholarship Program
The 18,000-square-foot headquarters features mass timber, a rainwater capture system, and landscaping catered to an endangered salamander species.
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An Original 1973 Sea Ranch Retreat Gets a Rejuvenating Refresh
Architect Malcolm Davis updated the 1,400-square-foot house to highlight its ocean vista while staying true to Sea Ranch's architecture.
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Profiles
Forgotten Photographer Marvin Rand Documented Los Angeles Modernism Like No One Else
A recent book from Phaidon delves into the photographer’s little-known contributions to chronicling Modernist architecture in his home state, California.
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Viewpoints
The Hamburger (and Chili Bowl and Donut) That Ate L.A.
California Crazy, recently reissued by Taschen, is an indelible record of the wild, wonderful tradition of roadside architecture.
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Clad in Weathering Steel, This Oakland Hills Remodel Packs Sustainable Features
Designed by Faulkner Architects, the 3,000-square-foot residence strives to visually (and ecologically) defer to its wooded surroundings.
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Inside ARTIC, the Polymer Cathedral Connecting Southern California
Bringing eight modes of transportation together was not the only complex problem at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC). The engineering firm BuroHappold worked with HOK, Parsons Brinckerhoff, a