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Shou Sugi Ban House / Sandy Anghie Architect

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Shou Sugi Ban House is a residential architecture project situated in Perth, Western Australia. This distinctive project is named after the key material used in the new addition to a beautiful character home, showcasing a unique blend of traditional and modern elements. The use of Shou Sugi Ban, a traditional Japanese technique of charring wood, adds a striking visual aesthetic to the property.

Claremont McKenna College Robert Day Sciences Center / BIG

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

The new Robert Day Sciences Center at Claremont McKenna College maximizes multidisciplinary integration and interaction: each level of the 135,000-sq-ft building is oriented in a different direction, channeling the flow of people and ideas between the labs, classrooms, and the surrounding campus. Commissioned in 2020, the Robert Day Sciences Center serves a community of 1,400 students. The center is BIG's first built project in Los Angeles, and the first completed building in the BIG-designed masterplan for CMC's Roberts Campus, which envisions a more unified campus shaped by a series of buildings that extend the central mall and adjacent sports bowl currently under construction. Collaborators on the Sciences Center include Saiful Bouquet as Structural Engineer, KPRS Construction as General Contractor, and IDS Real Estate Group as Construction Manager.

BIG's Integrated Sciences Center Breaks Ground at Claremont Mckenna College

Paula Cano — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:30:00 +0000

Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, The Robert Day Sciences Center at CMC in California breaks ground and is expected to be completed in 2024. Featuring an open auditorium, labs, research spaces, and multifunctional roofs with 360-degree views of Mt. Baldy, the building will serve a community of 1,400 students. By literally stacking disciplines together in a Jenga-like composition, the framing of a column-free bar will serve as a multilevel gathering hub of collaboration and a crossroads for scientific thought and also stimulate the rest of the liberal arts students to take a deeper interest in the sciences and vice versa.

Pomona College Student Housing / Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:00:00 +0000

This LEED Platinum certified project was the first student residence hall in California to receive such a rating. The award-winning project consists of two residence halls totaling 81,000 sf, housing 150 students in single bedroom, suite style living units. The North hall houses 73 beds; the South hall houses 77. Both buildings are 2 and 3 stories. The project also includes the headquarters for the campus Outdoor Action program and administration offices for the Campus Sustainability department both located on the ground floor of the South hall in addition to an underground 175 car parking garage with a natural turf field above located directly below the North hall

Roberts Pavilion / John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

Valentina Villa — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:30:00 +0000

With Claremont McKenna College’s new Roberts Pavilion, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) has dramatically redefined what a college athletic venue can be, designing an iconic social hub that brings students and faculty together while demarking a new gateway for the campus that reacts to the push and pull of surrounding buildings, playing fields, and aquatic center.

Claremont Residence / Keen Architecture

Daniela Cardenas — Wed, 25 May 2016 17:00:00 +0000

Our client a house to entertain friends and family whilst having the ability ‘lock and leave’ the house with his busy lifestyle. In terms of an investment, he also wanted to maximise the site yield and take full advantage of potential views.

Claremont Residence / David Barr Architect

Florencia Mena — Tue, 10 May 2016 17:00:00 +0000

This single-level extension to a Claremont ‘federation’ house is based around a series of north-facing brick volumes connected by discreet landscaped areas. The new forms are echoes of the sheds and outhouses that stood on the site prior to the extension, in recognition of the property’s long history and the beautiful garden that has grown around it.

Pomona College Studio Art Hall / WHY Architecture

Igor Fracalossi — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:00:00 +0000

At the heart of Pomona College's mission is to create a balanced, well-rounded education for its graduates. Believing that an exposure to the studio arts is critical within this framework, the 35,000 square foot Studio Art Hall brings art making, art appreciation, and art interaction together under one roof, synergizing many important faces of the school's esteemed identity as a leading liberal arts college.

Claremont University Consortium Administrative Campus / LTL Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This new Administrative Campus Center for the Claremont University Consortium (CUC) consolidates the majority of CUC departments and services, previously dispersed and fragmented across campus, into a single location. Through the adaptive re-use of an under-utilized 42,000 square feet maintenance building, the new Administrative Campus Center allows CUC to create a unique and vibrant work environment with a well-defined public character in an environmentally sensitive manner, and provides a collective gathering place for both the Colleges and the broader community.