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California Architecture, Los Angeles Building, Architects, United States of America

Californian Architecture : Buildings

Key American Architectural + Property Developments, CA, USA



Architecture in California

We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Californian Architecture. We aim to include projects that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed Californian buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the United States of America. The focus is on contemporary Californian buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

We have 2 pages of California Architecture selections with links to many individual project pages.

Californian Architecture : A-L (this page)

Californian Building Designs : S-Z + other

Californian Building - Latest Designs

Architecture News - latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

The New Stanford Hospital, California, USA
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects
The New Stanford Hospital California
image from architect

The New Stanford Hospital Building - 14 May 2013
Groundbreaking of this new building, part of the Stanford University Medical Center: Project Renewal. University and medical center leadership gathered at an exclusive event to mark this milestone in the project’s construction and design, scheduled for completion in 2017. The new hospital will be open for patient care in early 2018.

Golden State Warriors Arena, California, USA
Design: Snøhetta + AECOM
Golden State Warriors Arena Building
image from architect

Golden State Warriors Arena - 7 May 2013
The Golden State Warriors released the updated design of their new sports and entertainment arena on the waterfront at Piers 30-32 in San Francisco.

UC Davis Art Museum, California, USA
Design: SO – IL
UC Davis Art Museum Sacramento
image from architect

UC Davis Art Museum - 2 May 2013
The new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, will be created by a team of architects and builders intent on redefining the university museum and fostering a new conversation in the arts.

Union Station Master Plan
UNStudio / EE&K / Jacobs Engineering
Los Angeles Union Station Buildings
image : UNStudio

Union Station Los Angeles Master Plan - 27 Apr 2012
UNStudio and EE&K a Perkins Eastman company, and Jacobs Engineering have submitted a proposal for a scope of work to develop a Master Plan of Los Angeles' Union Station.
Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, along with Jonathan Cohn of EE&K, presented their 'Vision Board' - a conceptual rendering in the year 2050, showing Los Angeles Union Station as a multi-modal transit hub with a mix of uses, new development and outdoor spaces.

Four Eyes House, Coachella Valley, southern California
Edward Ogosta Architecture
Four Eyes House
photo © Edward Ogosta Architecture

Four Eyes House - 14 Jan 2012
A weekend desert residence for a family and their dog, the Four Eyes House is an exercise in site-specific experiential programming.

Saperstein Residence, Hollywood Beach, CA
Enclosures Architects - added
Saperstein Residence
photo from architects

Hollywood Beach Residence - added 9 Jan 2012
This 3,000 square foot three story residence is meticulously designed and detailed to make the very most of its privileged ocean front setting on only 2,625 square feet of beach property.

The 747 Wing House, Malibu
Studio of Environmental Architecture
The 747 Wing House
photo : Carson Leh & Laura Doss

The 747 Wing House - 19 Dec 2011
This project exists on a 55-acre property in the remote hills of Malibu with unique topography and panoramic views looking out to a nearby mountain range, a valley, and the Pacific Ocean with islands in the distance.

Solar Plant Towers, Mojave Desert
RAFAA architecture & design
Solar Plant Towers California
image from architects

Solar Plant Towers California

Yucca Crater, Mojave Desert
Ball Nogues Studio
Yucca Crater
picture : Courtesy Ball-Nogues Studio

Mojave Desert Design

Redelco Residence, Studio City
Brooks + Scarpa
Redelco Residence
photo : Marvin Rand

Redelco Residence

Red Building at the Pacific Design Center
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Red Building Pacific Design Center
picture : StudioAMD

Red Building Pacific Design Center

The Broad Art Foundation
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
The Broad Art Foundation
image from architects

The Broad Art Foundation

San Francisco International Airport
Gensler, Architects
San Francisco International Airport
photo Courtesy of Gensler, Architects

San Francisco International Airport

Californian Architecture Designs

Californian Architecture Designs, alphabetical:

LA JOLLA
Jonas Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road
1965
Louis Kahn

La Jolla Playhouse, Play Development and Education Center
2003
RoTo Architects

The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive
1995
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien

Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
SCRM Building
photo : Jason A. Knowles © Fentress Architects
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine

LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles Architecture

Key Los Angeles Buildings:

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters
2004
Morphosis Architecture

Case Study House, Pacific Palisades
1945
Eero Saarinen

Crystal Cathedral
Philip Johnson with John Burgee
Crystal Cathedral
photograph © Andrew McRae
Crystal Cathedral Los Angeles

Culver City
ongoing project
Eric Owen Moss

Emerson Junior High School, West Los Angeles
1938
Richard Neutra Architect

The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive
Richard Meier & Partners
Getty Center Building
photo © Alice McRae
Getty Center Building

High School for the Visual and Performing Arts
2008
Coop Himmelb(l)au with HMC Architects

Hollyhock House
1917
Frank Lloyd Wright

Kuhns House, Woodland Hills
1964
Richard Neutra Architect

Lovell Beach House
-
Rudolf Schindler Architect

Lovell House
1929
Richard Neutra Architect

Openhouse, Hollywood Hills
XTEN Architecture
Hollywood Hills house
photograph : Art Gray
Hollywood Hills house

Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral
2000
Rafael Moneo Architects

Prada Epicenter, Beverley Hills
2007
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA

The Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Research House
1932; 1940; 1966
Richard Neutra Architect; Richard and Dion Neutra Architects
VDL Research House LA
photo : Raymond Richard Neutra
The Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Research House

Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure
2008-
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

Schindler House, 835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood
1922
Rudolf Schindler Architect
MAK Center for Art & Architecture (aka Kings Road House / Schindler-Chace house)

Skirball Museum & Cultural Centre
-
Moshe Safdie Architects

Strathmore Apartments, Westwood
1938
Richard Neutra Architect

Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Frank Gehry - Gehry Partners
Californian Concert Hall
photo © Andrew McRae
Californian Concert Hall

OAKLAND

Cathedral of Christ the Light
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Cathedral of Christ the Light
photo : Timothy Hursley
Cathedral of Christ the Light

More Californian Buildings online soon



 




Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Irving F. Morrow / Gertrude C. Morrow
Golden Gate Bridge
photo © Andrew McRae
Golden Gate Bridge

Californian architect : Richard Neutra

Key Californian Building

Sacramento Tower
2004-07
Studio Libeskind
Also known as the Aura condominium tower
Location: 601 Capitol Mall
Height: 38 storey



California Modern architect : Rudolf Schindler

Frank Gehry: The Architect
Raised in Toronto, Canada, Frank Gehry moved with his family in 1947 to Los Angeles, California
American architect : Frank Gehry

Hans Hollein - Education:
University of California, Berkeley, USA - Masters in Architecture: 1960

California Architect office : Eric Owen Moss

Californian Buildings : John Lautner

Californian Architecture Studio : Morphosis

City of Vista Civic Center

Californian Architects

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California Buildings : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

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