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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

LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles Architecture

Key Los Angeles Buildings:

Burkbank Media Center, Burkbank
2000
Murphy/Jahn Architects

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters
2004
Morphosis Architecture

Case Study House, Pacific Palisades
1945
Eero Saarinen

Cedar Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
1988
Morphosis Architecture

Culver City
ongoing project
Eric Owen Moss

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

The Getty Center
1984-97
Richard Meier Architects

High School for the Visual and Performing Arts
2006-08
Coop Himmelb(l)au with HMC Architects

Hollyhock House
1917
Frank Lloyd Wright

Imperial Bank Tower Renovation, Costa Mesa
1997-2000
Murphy/Jahn Architects

Irvine Science Library, University of California, Irvine
-
James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates Ltd with IBI Group

Kuhns House, Woodland Hills
1964
Richard Neutra Architect

Lovell Beach House
-
Rudolf Schindler Architect

Lovell House
1929
Richard Neutra Architect

Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral
1996-2000
Rafael Moneo Architects

Prada Epicenter, Beverley Hills
2004-07
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA

Salick Healthcare Office Building
1991
Morphosis Architecture

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

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

Science Center School
2004
Morphosis Architecture

Skirball Museum & Cultural Centre
-
Moshe Safdie Architects

Solar Umbrella Residence, Venice
2008
Pugh + Scarpa
Sustainable energy-neutral building

Strathmore Apartments, Westwood
1938
Richard Neutra Architect

Sunset Boutique, Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood
2006-07
PATTERNS

Calfornian building

University of California
2006
Rafael Vinoly Architects

image from Rafael Viñoly Architects 220107
188,000 sqft
California NanoSystems Institute - CNSI

Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Philharmonic
-
Frank Gehry - Gehry Partners

SACRAMENTO
Key Sacramento Building:

Epic Condominium High-Rise
2004-07
Studio Libeskind

SAN DIEGO
Key San Diego Buildings:

Bond House
1960
Richard Neutra Architect

Eleanor Roosevelt College, University of California
-
Moshe Safdie Architects

Giesel Library - Underground Extension, University of California
-
Gunnar Birkerts with Carrier Johnson

SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco Architecture

Key San Francisco Buildings:

Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio
2007
Gluckman Mayner Architects
Approx. $45m

Contemporary Jewish Museum, Yerba Buena
-
Eric Owen Moss

de Young Museum
2005
Herzog & de Meuron Architects
San Francisco Museum

Federal building
2006
Morphosis Architecture

Moscone Convention Center
-
Diller + Scofidio

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third Street
1995
Mario Botta / HOK

University of California
2008
Rafael Vinoly Architects

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V. C. Morris Gift Shop
1948
Frank Lloyd Wright

SANTA MONICA
Santa Monica Architecture

OTHER
Key Buildings:

Blades Residence, Santa Barbara
1995
Morphosis Architecture

Commons at Mount Burdell, Novato, Marin County
2008
Carrier Johnson + CULTURE
Marin County building

Crawford Residence, Montecito
1990
Morphosis Architecture

The David B. Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena
1908
Greene & Greene

Dominus Winery, Yountville, Napa Valley
1996-98
Herzog & de Meuron Architects
Client: Christian Moueix + Cherise Chen-Moueix, Libourne, France
Partner in Charge: Pierre de Meuron

Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona
1999/2000
Morphosis Architecture

FDA Southwest Regional Lab & District Office
2004
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership

Honeycomb House, Stanford
1936
Frank Lloyd Wright

James H Clark Centre, Stanford University, Palo Alto
2003
Foster & Partners with MBT Architecture

Kaufmann House, Palm Springs
1946
Richard Neutra Architect

Moore House, Ojai
1952
Richard Neutra Architect

Oak Pass House - project, Beverly Hills
2002
RoTo Architects

Orange County Performing Arts Center - Concert Hall
2006
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
$240m

R.J. Neutra Elementary, Naval Air Station, Lemoore
1960
Richard Neutra Architect

St Joseph Hospital, Eureka
2008-
Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz

Eureka building

Sundial Bridge, Turtle Bay, Redding
2004
Santiago Calatrava Architects

Team Disneyland Administration Building, Anaheim
-
Gehry Partners

Von Sternberg House, San Fernando Valley
1935
Richard Neutra Architect

More Californian buildings online soon



Californian architect : Richard Neutra

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

California 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 : Eric Owen Moss



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Californian buildings : John Lautner

City of Vista Civic Center

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