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JFAK Architects Designs a Bike-Repair Hub Suited to a California University's Strong Cycling Culture

Santa Barbara, California

November 6, 2023

At the University of California, Santa Barbara, a new student-owned bike shop is a marked upgrade from the double-wide trailer that it replaces.

JArzm House by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

Los Angeles, California

RECORD Editors

February 28, 2023

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On a steep lot in L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood, John Friedman and Alice Kimm create a home for their family.

LAPD Motor Transport Division + Main Street Parking

New to Downtown L.A.’s developing Gallery Row, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects’ Main Street Parking + Motor Transport Division building for the Los Angeles Police Department sets a glowing standard for utilitarian civic architecture.

Linda C. Lentz

May 16, 2011

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Part of the three-stage master plan for the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters (2009), spearheaded by an AECOM/Roth + Sheppard joint venture in the city’s redeveloping Downtown, the Main Street Parking + Motor Transport Division is the kind of ancillary project that could sever a neighborhood by virtue of its sheer mass and typically unattractive aesthetic.

Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at Caltech (GALCIT)

JFAK’s renovation of the Guggenheim Building at Caltech’s Graduate Aerospace Laboratories is an experiment in florid functionalism.

Sebastian Howard

September 1, 2009

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As you enter the lobby of the California Institute of Tech-nology’s Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT), your eye is drawn upward, where an amoebalike entity clings to the ceiling.

Los Angeles Design Center

Joseph Giovannini

July 2, 2003

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Architects breathe new life into a warehouse complex for a thriving furniture business.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Evaluate emerging restroom design strategies, materials, and specification options that enhance functionality, inclusivity, user comfort, and sustainability.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Explore how privacy curtain systems can enhance occupant comfort, operational efficiency, and sustainability across healthcare, education, hospitality, and senior living environments.