Issue Archives IN THIS ISSUE 02_03.28.2012_CA
In This Issue:
  • Crit> Surgical Strike
    Michael W. Folonis Architects designs a light-filled Outpatient Surgery and Oncology Center for UCLA in Santa Monica.
  • Feature> Reuse Renaissance
    Downtown LA's retro-chic makeovers show how retail and restaurants can transform a neighborhood.
  • Review> Ranch Dressing
    Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch House through June 17.
  • Open> Restaurant
    Freeland Buck uses computer-based fabrication to create the richly-layered Maximiliano.
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  • Editorial> A Teaching Moment
    Sam Lubell on the gap between architectural education and practice.
  • Peer Pressure
    GSA may limit peer review in design excellence program.
  • Wood Stock
    Cork, bamboo, and lumber take new shapes but have the same sustainable staying power.
  • Eavesdrop>The Editors
    No flight zone; Clicks beat bricks; A less crowded populous.
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  • Challenging Modernism
    Visitors center opens at renewed Palm Springs icon, Sunnylands.
  • Accidental Oasis
    Unfulfilled plans leave Vegas' new performing arts center isolated in the desert.
  • In Irons
    San Francisco scales down America's Cup ambitions.
  • Art Project
    Michael Maltzan to design Art Center expansion in Pasadena.
  • Q+A> Building with Heart
    AN talks to the 2012 Pritzker laureate Wang Shu.