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See-Through House / Koning Eizenberg Architecture

03:00 - 18 March, 2019

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Architects

Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Location

Santa Monica, United States
Category

Houses
Lead Architect

Julie Eizenberg
Area

3100.0 ft2
Project Year

2015
Photographs

Eric Staudenmaier

Big And Tiny / Zooco Estudio

17:00 - 16 January, 2019

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Architects

Zooco Estudio
Location

11731 Ocean park blvd.Santa Monica. California 90405, United States
Category

Kindergarten
Authors

Sixto Martín Martínez, Javier Guzmán Benito, Miguel Crespo Picot
Collaborators

Maria Larriba, Teresa Castillo, Jorge Alonso
Area

2109.73 ft2
Project Year

2018
Photographs

Aaron & Jon Photographers

Pico Branch Library / Koning Eizenberg Architecture

15:00 - 30 January, 2018

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Architects

Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Location

Santa Monica, CA, United States
Category

Library
Lead Architects

Julie Eizenberg, FAIA
Project Designer

Nathan Bishop, LEED AP
Area

8700.0 ft2
Project Year

2014

Taslimi Residence / Fleetwood Fernandez Architects

11:00 - 30 January, 2018

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Architects

Fleetwood Fernandez Architects
Location

Santa Monica, United States
Category

Houses
Architects in Charge

Hunter Fleetwood, Mariapaz Fernandez
Area

5600.0 ft2
Project Year

2013
Photographs

Benny Chan

New Renderings Show Gehry's Ocean Avenue Tower Shortened to 12 Stories

12:00 - 5 January, 2018

New renderings have been revealed showing an updated design for Frank Gehry’s ‘Ocean Avenue Project’ in Santa Monica, California.

Originally conceived as as 22-story hotel and residential tower, the project has now been shortened to 12 stories (130 feet) to meet restrictions imposed by the city’s Downtown Community Plan, which calls for “aggressively slow growth” and a “lower scale downtown” of mainly 4-5 story tall buildings.

Downtown Santa Monica Hotels / Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio + Gene Fong Associates

17:00 - 15 September, 2017

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Architects

Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio, Gene Fong Associates
Location

Santa Monica, CA, United States
Category

Hotels
Architect in Charge

Gwynne Pugh, Gene Fong
Area

158000.0 ft2
Project Year

2017
Photographs

John Edward Linden Photography, Christine Gatti/Dylan Cross

AD Classics: The Entenza House (Case Study #9) / Charles & Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen & Associates

04:00 - 14 August, 2017

Nestled in the verdant seaside hills of the Pacific Palisades in southern California, the Entenza House is the ninth of the famous Case Study Houses built between 1945 and 1962. With a vast, open-plan living room that connects to the backyard through floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors, the house brings its natural surroundings into a metal Modernist box, allowing the two to coexist as one harmonious space.

Like its peers in the Case Study Program, the house was designed not only to serve as a comfortable and functional residence, but to showcase how modular steel construction could be used to create low-cost housing for a society still recovering from the the Second World War. The man responsible for initiating the program was John Entenza, Editor of the magazine Arts and Architecture. The result was a series of minimalist homes that employed steel frames and open plans to reflect the more casual and independent way of life that had arisen in the automotive age.[1]

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Experience Cities From Above With Crystal Clear Drone Videos

08:00 - 2 May, 2017

With rapid advancements in technology and crystal clear imagery, drones have allowed us to experience our cities and landscapes from unimaginable vantage points and perspectives. In its series of videos, YouTube channel Mingomatic uses drones to capture the sights and scenes of predominantly American cities and various locations from above, offering glimpses of skylines, oceans, highways and terrains (and seals!). Check out the 10 videos below for some spectacular views, and find Mingomatic’s full selection, here.

Edmunds.com Headquarters / M+M Creative Studio

16:00 - 1 February, 2017

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Architects

M+M Creative Studio
Location

Santa Monica, CA, United States
Category

Interiors Architecture
Architects in Charge

Chris Mitchell, Sandra Mitchell
Executive Architect

Lewis/Schoeplein architects
Area

145000.0 ft2
Project Year

2016
Photographs

Benny Chan

Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences / Frederick Fisher and Partners

17:00 - 11 October, 2016

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Architects

Frederick Fisher and Partners
Location

Santa Monica, CA, USA
Category

Elementary & Middle school
Design Team

Frederick Fisher, Joseph Coriaty, Hector Semidey, Marisa Kurtzman
Area

25000.0 ft2
Project Year

2015
Photographs

Jeremy Bittermann

This Floating Desalination Megastructure is Designed to Combat California's Water Shortages

09:30 - 25 August, 2016

California is suffering through its 5th year of severe water shortage. Aquifers and rivers continue to dry out as the water provided by melting snowpacks is reduced, and even the heavy rain brought by El Niño this year could not relieve the drought. Authorities are wary of the long-term consequences for California and neighboring areas of the Colorado River, and Santa Monica is now seeing a growing number of initiatives to control the use of potable water and find sustainable solutions.

Most recently, a competition asked architects, artists and scientists to conceive sustainable infrastructure projects to improve Santa Monica’s water supply. Bart//Bratke and studioDE developed a raft structure named “Foram” that illustrates the future of floating platforms in sustainable development.

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Open Call: Santa Monica LAGI 2016: Powering Places in Southern California

14:31 - 4 March, 2016

The Land Art Generator Initiative is delighted to announce that LAGI 2016 will be held in Southern California, with the City of Santa Monica as site partner. This free and open call ideas competition invites individuals or interdisciplinary teams to design a large-scale site-specific work of public art that also serves as clean energy and/or drinking water infrastructure for the City of Santa Monica.

The complete Design Guidelines along with CAD files, photos, and more will be available on January 1, 2016 at http://landartgenerator.org/designcomp

The design site includes the breakwater adjacent to the historic Santa Monica Pier and offers the opportunity to

AD Classics: Nomadic Museum / Shigeru Ban Architects

08:00 - 3 January, 2016

Shigeru Ban, the 2014 Pritzker Prize winner, is an architect often celebrated for his humanitarian and disaster relief structures, constructed out of recycled or recyclable materials. On the other end of spectrum, he is well-known for his meticulously constructed residential and museum projects, more often than not for high-end wealthy clients. The Nomadic Museum, however, combines both of these facets of his practice, using shipping containers and paper tubes to craft a bespoke mobile gallery for Gregory Colbert’s traveling exhibition of photography entitled Ashes and Snow.

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