Sarah Amelar

Multifamily Housing 2024

Michael Maltzan’s Latest Supportive Housing Project Pops with Color

May 1, 2024

Named for life's marathon-like challenges, the playful 26 Point 2 apartment complex in Long Beach, California, provides residents with communal spaces and on-site services.

Tribute: Antoine Predock (1936–2024)

Sarah Amelar

March 5, 2024

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The Albuquerque-based AIA Gold Medalist made his mark on New Mexico and the American Southwest—and beyond—with high-profile cultural commissions and academic projects.

Patterns Reinvents a 1940s Supermarket as a Verdant Hub for Wellness

North Hollywood, California

Sarah Amelar

February 1, 2024

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The Los Angeles–based firm convinced its client to reuse the bones of a WWII-era relic in the San Fernando Valley for the home of the Victory Wellness Center.

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

Santa Barbara, California

Sarah Amelar

November 6, 2023

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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.

Koning Eizenberg Architecture Foregrounds Greenery at a Supportive Housing Development in Downtown L.A.

Sarah Amelar

October 23, 2023

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The 98-unit Flor Lofts, dedicated to residents transitioning out of homelessness, fosters a sense of community and well-being though landscaping and communal outdoor spaces.

A Pair of Courtyard Houses by Inaba Williams Architecture Responds Nimbly to Strict Energy Codes

Santa Monica, California

Sarah Amelar

June 16, 2023

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A bicoastal architecture studio finds formal inspiration in California's stringent energy codes, which are intended to make new construction and renovations increasingly sustainable.

Rising from the Ashes: Mass Timber Helps Resurrect a Fire-Torn Town in Rural California

Greenville, California

Sarah Amelar

June 1, 2023

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The Sierra Institute and atelierjones propose the use of fire-hardened, cross-laminated timber to replace the nearly 600 Greenville homes destroyed by California's Dixie Wildfire in 2021.

The tallest primarily mass-timber structure to be tested for seismic resilience on an earthquake shaking table is located at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test

Sarah Amelar

May 16, 2023

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A 10-story mass-timber tower designed by LEVER Architecture in collaboration with several university and industry partners withstood a recent seismic resiliency test at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Lorcan O'Herlihy Packs the House for a New Dance Center

Sarah Amelar

May 1, 2023

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A historic citrus-packing facility is converted into a light-filled dance rehearsal and performance space at Chapman University.

Fearon Hay's Matagouri House Fuses with the Craggy Terrain of New Zealand's South Island

Sarah Amelar

April 14, 2023

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Embedded into a sloping lakeside site, the low-impact dwelling takes its name from long-living native shrubs.

Articles by Sarah Amelar

Michael Maltzan’s Latest Supportive Housing Project Pops with Color

Tribute: Antoine Predock (1936–2024)

Patterns Reinvents a 1940s Supermarket as a Verdant Hub for Wellness

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

Koning Eizenberg Architecture Foregrounds Greenery at a Supportive Housing Development in Downtown L.A.

A Pair of Courtyard Houses by Inaba Williams Architecture Responds Nimbly to Strict Energy Codes

Rising from the Ashes: Mass Timber Helps Resurrect a Fire-Torn Town in Rural California

Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test

Lorcan O'Herlihy Packs the House for a New Dance Center

Fearon Hay's Matagouri House Fuses with the Craggy Terrain of New Zealand's South Island

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