The economy seems to be going strong – although, as The Architects’ Newspaper reports, the Architectural Billings Index dipped in March for the first time in two years. So who knows? Rather than wait until things really head south, the …
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of arcCA Digest
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of arcCA Digest – the online successor to arcCA, the quarterly print journal of AIA California. ArcCA Digest is what it sounds like: a compendium of articles, videos, and podcasts, some of
Looking Back at Operation Breakthrough
[Originally published 4th quarter 2007 in arcCA 07.4, “preFABiana.”]
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Operation Breakthrough was a program of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, authorized by the Housing Law of 1968. Under HUD Secretary George Romney, former …
Coda: Albert Frey Gas Station
arcCA 01.1, “Awarding Honor.”]
Author Lisa Padilla, AIA, is an associate partner in the Los Angeles office of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, where her project focus is urban design and master planning for public and private institutions. …
Havens House: Forgotten Masterpiece of California Modernism
arcCA 01.1, “Awarding Honor.”]
Author John Loomis, AIA, is Chair of the Department of Architecture at CCAC and an executive editor of Design Book Review. He is the author of The Architecture of Revolution: Cuba’s Forgotten Art …
Comparing Categories
arcCA 01.1, “Awarding Honor.”] ___________ Do the categories we use to organize our thoughts merely reflect our values, or do they shape them? Both, perhaps. Just for fun, here are the categories established by 1) an exhibition; 2) …
The Ultimate Design Award? Musing on "At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture"
arcCA 01.1, “Awarding Honor.”]
Author Camille Kirk is the principal of Context Research & Mapping, a consulting firm that provides research, analysis, and strategic planning to clients working with the built environment. Ms. Kirk would like to thank …
