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Book Review: NorCalMod

In his Modern Architecture, Kenneth Frampton distinguishes critical regionalism from regionalism as “a spontaneously produced” vernacular. Critical regionalism is intended...
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Under the Radar: R3 Triangle Building

In 2002, Lloyd Russell, AIA purchased a site in downtown San Diego and began to design a mixed-use structure that...
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. . . and Counting

New (ground-up) LEED certified buildings on UC campuses (1) UC Santa Barbara Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management Zimmer...
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UC Santa Cruz

The Regents authorized the establishment of a new campus in the central coast counties in 1957. The Cowell Ranch site...
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UC Santa Barbara: Instilling Spatial Order

Unlike many campuses, the current campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara began not with undeveloped ground, but...
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UC San Francisco: The DNA of a Campus

Imagine the proverbial tabula rasa for designing a new twenty-first-century university campus. Infuse it with a mission to explore the...
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UC San Diego: Rethinking Design/Build

Founded in 1959, the University of California, San Diego sits on 1,200 acres of prime real estate near La Jolla...
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UC Riverside: Committing to Commissioning

Two hot topics among the Design and Construction Services staff at UC Riverside these days are sustainability (on the positive...
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UC Merced: Regional Catalyst

Why Merced? Many Californians question why the Regents of the University of California and the California State Legislature decided, over...
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Charles “Duke” Oakley: an Interview

Duke Oakley served as Campus Architect for UCLA from 1986 to 2000. Before joining Steven Ehrlich Architects in January 2005,...
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UC Los Angeles: Challenges of Density

At 419 acres, UCLA is the smallest of the general service UC campuses, which means that its 174 buildings form...
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Campus Snapshots

In the fall of 2005, the ten campuses of the University of California served 208,336 students, taught by 14,231 full-time-equivalent...
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Editorial Board, 2019-2024

Shannon Calder
Lucy Campbell, MLIS
Leigh Christy, FAIA
Anne Cotter, AIA
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, Editor
Nicki Dennis Stephens, Hon. AIA
Andres Diaz, AIA
Wyatt Frantom, FAIA

 

Alan Hess
Lisa Matthiessen, FAIA
Ian Merker, AIA
Mark Miller, FAIA
Tibby Rothman, Hon. AIA|LA
Simon Sadler, PhD
Maxine Ward, AIA

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