The arcCA and arcCA DIGEST Archive



Welcome to the archival site of arcCA (pronounced AR-kuh) and its online successor, arcCA DIGEST, whose mission has been to illuminate the context, broadly conceived, within which California architects practice. Here, you will find the 18 seasons of arcCA DIGEST (2019-2024), a compendium comprising invited articles, articles linked from valued sources, and selections from the arcCA Archive. Season 15 (presented first) collects the 46 print issues of arcCA (2000-2012), along with a history of the journal and acknowledgments of the many people who contributed to it. Issues of Architecture California, the predecessor to arcCA (1980-1999), are available through the U.S. Modernist Architecture Magazine Library.

Architecture California: a Brief History arcCA: Who We Were arcCA 00.1: Zoning Time (on the impact of time on...
Briefing: Building Decarbonization, Leigh Christy, FAIA California’s Climate Resilient Future Depends on Architects, Panama Bartholomy Decarbonized Shadows: How...
Reimagining Spaces: Strip Malls are the Next Housing Opportunity, Omgivning Past into Future: Adaptive Reuse in a Climate-Positive...
Henry VII at the Cannery, Chuck Davis, FAIA Everyone. Deserves. A. Roof., from the Los Angeles Times The...
Building Histories, Ariane Fehrenkamp, AIA, Karana Hattersley-Drayton, Carolyn Kiernat, AIA, Brenda A. Levin, FAIA, and Phoebe Schenker Adapting...
Uncertainty and Innovation in the Context of a Crisis: EHDD’s Early Phase Integrated Carbon Assessment Tool, Jack Rusk...
Resilient Coastal Roads The Sea Ranch Distinguished Architects Awards: Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA, Don Jacobs, FAIA, and Obie Bowman,...
How We House: Central Valley, Maria Ogrydziak, AIA, and David Mogavero, AIA Canal-Shading PVs, from the Materials and...
Beauty as a Call to Justice, Elaine Scarry, PhD, from Harvard’s Think Big 2 Hip Hop Architecture: The Post...
Typology: an Encomium, Tim Culvahouse, FAIA The Typology of Building Production, John Leighton Chase Junk Space, Miti Aiello...
Indigeneity, Wanda Dalla Costa, Bob Easton, AIA, Cathi & Steven House, Johnpaul Jones, FAIA, Angelika Joseph Wood, Earth,...
Concerning California, Frances Anderton, Allison Arieff, Mark Christian, Hon. AIA CA, Kurt Cooknick, Karen Fiene, FAIA, Evelyn Lee,...
Materials: What to Look For, Kevin Fleming, AIA, Aroussiak Gabrielian, PhD, Maria Paz Gutierrez, Dr. Negar Kalantar, Karen...
Motivation: What Students Say, a survey Why Be an Architect?, an Archinect Discussion Forum Fulfilling a Sense of...
Data: What to Look For, Phil Bernstein, FAIA, Nick Carter, Myoung Kang, Andrea Love, AIA, Zigmund Rubel, FAIA,...
Health: What to Look For, Lily Bernheimer, Matthew Faulkner, Rochelle Hayes Neutra, Kathleen Hetrick, Richard J. Jackson, Barbara...
Staying In Business: What to Look For: William Melby, AIA, Phil Bernstein, Richard Pollack, FAIA, Laura Weiss, Benjamin...
Housing: What to Look For, Ric Abramson, FAIA, Paul Adamson, FAIA, Philip Bona, AIA, Hank Koning, FAIA, Michele...