Adaptive re-use. Re-purposing. Remodeling. Addition. Re-habilitating. Restoring. All these phrases are terms that describe breathing new life into older buildings. Some developers and building industry professionals talk of buildings as
Last week the Planning Commission voted to keep the two Activity Centers on Wilshire Boulevard as proposed in the LUCE. This decision was contrary to their own Staff Report that
A controversial Ocean Avenue project debated half a decade ago will be significantly remodeled, not demolished.
Still, some renters' rights advocates and historic preservationists say the distinction is moot.
The Landmarks Commission is poised to designate a two-story Craftsman with a unique Swiss Chalet look.
Last week, the commission delayed a decision to officially protect the Georgina Avenue home
Santa Monica is fortunate to have grown up as a city with a unique housing identity — a setting that symbolized gracious apartment living in the land of orange blossoms and
Santa Monica local Ramin Ghaneeian started Lot Plans with his brother to offer affordable blueprints to future home owners while lifting the audience of architects and contractors. Erik Huberman, CEO
During a previous water crisis, the City passed a law requiring developers of multifamily dwellings to install individual water meters for each unit. This law has been on the books
Architect Jon Adams Jerde, FAIA, who originated "placemaking" in cities around the globe, reinventing the shopping center as an experiential and entertainment destination, died Feb. 9 at his
You might imagine a classical music composer hunched over a piano, madly scribbling eighth-notes on a G-clef staff.
Instead, picture Andrew Norman at Home Depot buying pieces of chain link
CURIOUS CITY -- Curse you, Thane Roberts!
I could've had a 45-foot sailboat floating in its own little lagoon with its own little beach at a crazy too-cool
Owners of Landmarked courtyard apartment buildings on Ocean Avenue want to tear them down, claiming economic hardship, and replace them with condominiums.
The current buildings contain 16 units and were
