Californian Architecture Designs
We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Californian Building Designs. 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
Californian Building Designs : S-Z + other (this page)
Towns/Cities listed alphabetically:
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:
California Academy of Sciences
Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Stantec Architecture
Congregation Beth Sholom Synagogue
Stanley Saitowitz / Natoma Architects

photograph : Bruce Damonte
San Francisco Synagogue
Contemporary Jewish Museum, Mission St
Studio Libeskind

photograph © Andrew McRae
Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco
de Young Museum
Herzog & de Meuron Architects
San Francisco Museum
Federal building
Morphosis Architecture
Federal building
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Mario Botta / HOK

picture © Andrew McRae
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Trinity Place, 1188 Mission Street
Arquitectonica

picture from architect
Trinity Place
University of California
Rafael Vinoly Architects

image from Rafael Viñoly Architects
SANTA MONICA
Santa Monica Architecture
OTHER
Key Californian Buildings:
Blades Residence, Santa Barbara
1995
Morphosis Architecture
Branson School Student Commons, Ross, north of San Francisco
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects

photo : David Wakely
Branson School Student Commons
The Branson School Fine Arts Center, Ross, north of San Francisco
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects

photo : David Wakely
Branson School Fine Arts Center
Carmel Valley House, Santa Lucia Preserve
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

photo : Matthew Millman
Carmel Valley House
Commons at Mount Burdell, Novato, Marin County
Carrier Johnson + CULTURE
Marin County building
Crawford Residence, Montecito
1990
Morphosis Architecture
The David B. Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena
1908
Greene & Greene
Desert Houses, Mojave
Platform For Architecture + Research

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Desert Houses California
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
John Spoor Broome Library Building, Camarillo, Ventura County
Foster + Partners

photo : Tim Griffith
John Spoor Broome Library
Kaufmann House, Palm Springs
1946
Richard Neutra Architect
Mineta San Jose Airport Concourse, San Jose
Gensler, in collaboration with Steinberg Architects,

photograph : Sherman Takata Photography
Mineta San Jose Airport - 21 Jul 2009
Gensler, the global architecture, design, and planning firm, today celebrates the opening of the first six gates of the Terminal B Concourse at Mineta San Jose International Airport. With a bold architectural design that expresses the innovative spirit of the Silicon Valley region, the 380,000-square-foot, $342 million concourse is the first element of the airport’s extensive $1.3 billion modernization program, and will ultimately integrate with the new Terminal B opening summer 2010.
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
Saperstein Residence, Hollywood Beach, Oxnard
Enclosures Architects

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Oxnard Residence
St Joseph Hospital, Eureka
Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz

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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
Weekend House, southern California
1967
Craig Ellwood
Working Artists in Ventura Building
2010-
Santos Prescott and Associates / Carde Ten Architects

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Working Artists in Ventura
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