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Sarah Amelar

Sarah Amelar is a Los Angeles–based contributing editor at Architectural Record.
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David Geffen Galleries

Peter Zumthor’s Bold Behemoth for LACMA Finally Opens

Sarah Amelar
April 16, 2026
2 Comments
After decades of controversy, the ambitious, serpentine concrete structure housing the new David Geffen Galleries makes its public debut.
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Maeve
Record Interiors 2026

ArchitectureFirm Fits Out the Common Spaces of a New Residential High-rise in Raleigh’s Booming Downtown

Raleigh, North Carolina
Sarah Amelar
April 10, 2026
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The amenity spaces at Maeve lend a sense of warmth and serenity, contrasting to the hustle-and-bustle of the North Carolina capital city's growing urban core.
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CSA Number 2 House
L.A. Fires, One Year Later

Two Initiatives Resurrect the Fabled Case Study Program

Sarah Amelar
January 7, 2026
One Comment
Case Study: Adapt and Case Study 2.0 offer a fire resilience–oriented riff on the famed midcentury program instigated to address the post-World War II housing shortage.
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Translators’ House
Record Houses 2025

Jacobschang Draws Inspiration from Its Clients’ Linguistic Expertise for a House in Culver City

Culver City, California
Sarah Amelar
September 4, 2025
No Comments
Featuring indoor and outdoor spaces that flow into each other and clad in charred timber, Translators’ House was designed for husband-wife scholars of Japanese and their children.
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Centre Pompidou
Practice Matters

No Contest: Architectural Competitions

Sarah Amelar
June 3, 2025
One Comment
Even with ballooning submission requirements and meager stipends, architects are still drawn to design competitions.
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Commons
Arts & Culture 2024

Frederick Fisher and Partners Reinvigorates L.A.’s Natural History Museum with a Transparent Gateway

Los Angeles
Sarah Amelar
December 5, 2024
No Comments
A glassy addition and inviting garden create a living room for the community—shared with a colossal dinosaur skeleton.
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Business and Humanities District
Colleges & Universities 2024

Lake | Flato’s Mass-Timber Project at Trinity University Builds on the Legacy of Texas Modernism

San Antonio
Sarah Amelar
November 5, 2024
No Comments
The new Business and Humanities District honors O’Neil Ford’s campus design while incorporating advanced materials and systems.
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WayfarersChapel-Lead.jpg

L.A.’s Wayfarers Chapel Awaits New Home Following Meticulous Dismantling Process

Sarah Amelar
September 24, 2024
One Comment
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., the precariously sited (and pop-culture-famous) historic landmark in Rancho Palos Verdes was at risk of total destruction from encroaching landslides.
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Trancas House 2.0
Record Houses 2024

After a Devastating Wildfire, Lorcan O’Herlihy Reimagines His 1987 Trancas House in Malibu

Malibu, California
Sarah Amelar
September 6, 2024
No Comments
Using primarily concrete, the architect rebuilds on the site of a destroyed house he had designed for his parents nearly four decades earlier.
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Four Dioramas - Pavilion of Turkey

Design Vanguard 2024: Nemestudio

Berkeley
Sarah Amelar
June 20, 2024
No Comments
From hempcrete houses to inhabitable dioramas, Neyran Turan and Mete Sönmez highlight the often-overlooked economies of architecture.
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