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The article discusses the donation of the archives of architect Frank Gehry to the organization Getty Research Institute. Topics include Gehry's relation to the Los Angeles, California art scene, Gehry's role in the influence of Los Angeles architecture, and plans for the storage of Gehry's architectural models.

Evaluates the Argos for Windows software from Sepialine in San Francisco, California.

Reports the remodeling of an old warehouse into an office building by architect Marmol Radziner and associates in Santa Monica, California. Influences of the architectural design; Removal of the upper floor to reveal laminated structures; Formation of translucent polycarbonate-lined conference and project rooms; Use of natural materials in the projects.

The article reports on the opening of the Nomadic Museum, a temporary art-exhibition space by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, in historic pier in Santa Monica, California on January 14, 2006. It contains a traveling show called "Ashes and Snow," featuring large-scale photographic works by artist Gregory Colbert. The museum is composed of 152 steel cargo containers. The gallery will be disassembled and then reconstructed as the show travels to other destinations.

The article presents news briefs on topics related to architecture and design, including the release of a shelter design for Nepali earthquake refugees, attempts by the city of Los Angeles, California to conserve water, and an exhibition on architect David Adjaye at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The article focuses on the incorporation of a diversity of earthquake-resisting strategies in de Young Museum in San Francisco, California. Corp. of the Fine Arts Museums cites the seismically sensitive location and the need to protect the museum collections as the reason for their decision to require base isolation for the low-rise building that houses the galleries. Two elevator cores compose the tower houses of the museum.

This article discusses various issues related to architectural technology, and reports that by using the latest high-technology tools, preservation architects find the right balance between celebrating a building's treasured history and allowing it to live on into the future. Preservation architects clearly walk a fine line between the realities of the past and the needs of the present, all the while establishing reasoned and consistent justification for their actions for future generations who will one day inherit these cultural legacies. The article further focuses on architectural renovation of San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers.

The Barcelona chair designed by Mies van der Rohe is the mezuzah of American architecture firms, installed by the front door as a symbol of devotion to the tribe of Modernism. It is a pleasant surprise, then, to find it missing from the lobby of the new San Francisco quarters of Huntsman Architectural Group, replaced by a trio of Egg chairs, a lesser-known but still classic icon by midcentury Danish designer Arne Jacobsen. It is telling, too, because the robin's-egg-blue chairs also signal a devotion to high design, yet they convey warmth, comfort, and the atmosphere of hospitality that envelops each area of this clean-lined office. The Huntsman practice moved to this location from offices scattered over several floors in a nearby historic building designed by architect Julia Morgan.

This article presents information on the design and architecture of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California. One of the architects proposed for the project, Frank Gehry, who was eventually selected to design the project, had long worked with the Philharmonic to enhance the Hollywood Bowl and had built two outdoor concert pavilions. A working budget of $115 million was established, but in fact no one at the beginning of 1989 knew what the real scope of the project would be. The Los Angeles design had to be reconciled with the county's desire to add revenue-generating components to the site. A parking garage was to be built under the hall. The final design was announced in 1991 and the project was put on a fast track to meet sponsor Lillian Disney's deadline for the late 1992 ground breaking.

Discusses the design of TBWA/Chiat/Day Offices in Los Angeles, California. Evolution from the virtual office concept; Interventions on the outside elevations; Interior renovations; Use of urban analogy for space organization; Customization of workstations; Flexibility as a key design criterion. INSET: Interview, by James S. Russell..

The article describes the Suntech Townhomes in Santa Monica, California, recipient of the 1983 American Institute of Architects' Honor Awards. The project was designed by architectural firm Urban Forms. The paper also discusses the architectural design, architectural style and key elements of building.

The article describes the renovated California State Capitol in Sacramento, recipient of the 1983 American Institute of Architects' Honor Awards. The project was designed by architectural firm Welton Becket Associates. The paper also discusses the architectural design, architectural style and key elements of building.

This article focuses on a wireless lighting control system under development at the University of California at Berkeley. The Berkeley researchers have assembled a prototype system of programmable wireless switches, each of which can control many individual light fixtures. The scheme uses wireless sensors developed at Berkeley that together form a "mesh network" of distributed switches. Controlling the disparate parts of such schemes, by integrating motion sensing, daylight sensing, remote switches, and central switches, is a complex and expensive undertaking, which is why so few buildings use advanced lighting-control systems.

The article reviews several exhibitions of mid-20th-century design and architecture in Los Angeles, California in winter and spring 2012, including "California Design, 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way,'" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Eames Words" at the A + D Architecture and Design Museum, and "Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981" at the Geffen Contemporary-Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA).

The article profiles the architectural firm Min | Day. The firm was created by architects Jeffrey Day and E.B. Min after they met while attending the University of California in Berkeley, California. The firm operates in Nebraska and San Francisco, California and works with the Fabrication and Construction Team (FACT), a Nebraska construction group. Min discusses the relationship of the natural landscape and architecture. Day comments on the use of color in their designs.

The article discusses the design project for the office building of the State of California Department of Health Services (CDHS) in Richmond, California. Studios Architecture created a new public face for the CDHS, one in keeping with its mission to promote wellness. Studios faced the bigger challenge of how to encourage a sense of community among diverse state agencies integrated under one roof.

This article deals with the emergence of energy-efficient designs in the field of U.S. architecture. For instance at the California Department of Transportation, each face is computer modeled and built to respond to the conditions particular to that side. A lighting control system cuts energy use further. There are several barriers to the widespread implementation of energy-efficient-design strategies, according to Leon Glicksman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Building Technology Program.