(b r e n t– flickr/creative commons license) Louis I. Kahn designed The Salk Institute for Biological Studies on La Jolla beach in Southern California. Completede in 1966, the formal symmetry of the open and complex concrete forms set a …
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The Fremont Union School Disrict in Sunnyvale, California began installing solar panels at five locations, a project that totals $42 million. Like more and more solar projects, the panels lie atop shelter structures in parking lots, providing shade as well …
(Jeremy Levine Design– flickr/creative commons license) The Morgenthau Residence in Silver Lake California is a two story Bungalow by Jeremy Levine Design, remodel completed in 2006. Decks, trellis elements, and sliding glass were added to the original house to soften …
For my masters thesis in architecture, I designed a concept youth community center for San Francisco. I first became interested in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco because of the role it serves in a community near where …
(Ken Lund– flickr/creative commons license) Charles and Henry Greene designed the Gamble House as a winter residence for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter and Gamble Company, completed in 1909 near Los Angeles. The David B. Gamble House is …
(lavocado@sbcglobal.net– flickr/creative commons license) Coop Himmelblau designed the Central Los Angeles High School #9 for the visual and performing arts in LA, California, completed in 2009. Located on the side of highway 101, the swooping metal tower reacts to the …
Mario Botta designed the SF MOMA in San Francisco, completed in 1995. With artworks by Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp, Ansel Adams, and Andy Warhol, this is one of the world’s leading modern art museums. It has five floors …
(Sarah_Ackerman– flickr/creative commons license) Herzog and de Meuron designed the Dominus Winery in Yountville, Napa Valley California. It was completed in 1997. De Meuron employs a technique used for retaining structures on highways, steel cages called gabions containing locally produced …
(MarkDoliner – flickr/creative commons license) Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed the Cathedral of Light, which opened in 2008. A symbol of spiritual and civic renewal in the troubled city Oakland, the building seeks a sense of permanency with a stone …
(bnhsu– flickr/wikipedia/creative commons license) Rafael Viñoly designed the facilities for the CNSI Nanosystems Institute at the University of California Lose Angeles in southern California. Brick core sections of the building provide a coherent hierarchy of private laboratories and more open …