How trees and white streets could reduce L.A.'s urban heat island effect.
Publication: Gizmodo
View original: The Radical Plan to Cool Down LA as the World Heats Up
For almost 100 years, UCLA has been a leader in solving complex transportation problems, applying multidisciplinary excellence in the heart of a congested city.
Publication: UCLA Magazine
View original: Street Smart
A San Diego architect creates a bold, energy-efficient complement to the Western landscape.
Publication: Dwell
View original: Mountain Song
What are the unintended consequences of building the city of tomorrow?
Publication: UCLA Magazine
View original: Neighborhood Watching
Taking inspiration from local materials and vernacular architecture, Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu remade a rural Chinese village in their image.
Publication: Architect
View original: Renovation of Wencun Village
Can a new model for real estate investment help spread the wealth?
Publication: Curbed
View original: Crowdfunding the Skyscraper
In California’s Central Valley emissions from oil refineries and agriculture make Bakersfield America’s most air-polluted city. Activists fear the Trump administration could undo small but steady improvements.
Publication: The Guardian
The carving up of cities by expressways is still a civil rights problem, but it's being solved as an economic one.
Publication: Landscape Architecture Magazine
View original: Goodbye Highways
the story of Rebuild By Design, a competition – and now its own organisation – based on taking a more proactive approach to disaster response in cities; but how far can you prepare for the effects of climate change?
Publication: The Guardian
Some of L.A.'s wealthiest philanthropists and foundations are setting their sights on solving the city's most chronic social dilemma -- providing housing for those without it. But even the mega-donors can't tackle the problem on their own.
Publication: Los Angeles Magazine
View original: Homefront