In February, the California Division of the State Architect (DSA) completed a new initiative called “7x7x7: Design, Energy, Water,” that highlights ways to “improve the built environment ...

But that’s not the only school with an interesting design backstory. Here are six more. Let us know about LA schools with buildings you admire. 1. Playa Vista Elementary School. As the story goes, the ...

California school districts will now be able to avoid some local regulations when building affordable staff housing on its property. Donate; Newsletters; ... although local building requirements and ...

In this article, originally published in 2 parts on Metropolis Magazine as "Building a University: How 5 California Schools Approach Campus Design" (Part 1 & Part 2), Sherin Wing investigates how ...

The University of California, Berkeley’s Innovation Zone complex is coming into shape with the reveal of one building’s ...

ANNA WERNER: And it's not just the thousands of uncertified school projects. California has another major problem: old schools that were constructed before stricter building codes took effect in 1978.

This summer, California State University Sam Marcos expects to break ground on a 70,000-gsf Integrated Science and Engineering Building. The three-story building will be the campus’ first large-scale ...

California’s seismic construction requirements are designed to protect the lives of those inside. But even with the most modern codes, building to the state’s minimum requirements would leave ...

California lawmakers have passed a bill that would require kindergarten-to-12th-grade schools in the Golden State to test for brain-damaging lead in all drinking water outlets.

These housing projects also will be exempt from some federal and state requirements governing the construction and sale of school property, although local building requirements and design ...