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LA council provides $103 million with go-ahead for 1,153-room hotel complex near convention centre

Los Angeles politicians have given the go-ahead to construction a 1,153-room hotel complex next to to the Los Angeles Convention Centre, financed with public...
HDR San Francisco offices

HDR moves to new 10,000 sq. ft. San Francisco offices

Architect HDR says its and growth and expansion in northern California over the past eight years have to a recent move to 201 California...

Los Angeles gets first chief design officer

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has appointed Christopher Hawthorne as the city’s first chief design officer to improve the  city’s  quality of civic architecture...
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Dan Whisenhunt – who oversaw Apple Park construction project – is retiring: report

Dan Whisenhunt, Apple’s vice-president of real estate and development, is reportedly retiring from his role. Whisenhunt oversaw the company’s real estate, including the construction...

Mass timber might be solution for California housing crisis

A new report in the Architect's Newspaper suggests that mass timber construction could help California’s gubernatorial candidates in achieving their ambitious goal of adding...
Capitol Annex

Replace State Capitol Annex with new $543 million building: CSHQA

CSHQA in Sacramento has recommended that the California's government demolish the 66-year-old Capitol Annex in Sacramento, and replace the building with a new $543...
USC’s Milton S.F. Curry, speaker

AIA|LA Breakfast Series USC’s Milton S.F. Curry

AIA|Los Angeles will hold its 15th City Leaders Breakfast Series on April 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at HED, 601 South Figueroa...
San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower

Salesforce Tower begins testing of Campbell’s permanent LED light installation

The tip of San Francisco’s tallest building has been glowing in various colors since Feb. 12 to test out the upcoming LED light display...
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David Johnson joins SERA Architects as Bay Area presence grows

David Johnson has joined SERA Architects in San Mateo as a principal for the practice that SERA says in a statement has "recognized leadership in...
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Montage Hotels & Resorts to construct new resort and residences for Sonoma County

Montage Hotels & Resorts has announced its plans to manage and operate a new resort development in California’s Sonoma County. The first phase of development...

Projects and opportunities

Final steel beam placed on SDSU Life Sciences building in topping-out ceremony

California Construction News staff writer Construction of San Diego State University’s new Life Sciences building reached a key milestone Tuesday, April 28, as crews lifted...

Glendale Hyperion Bridge project breaks ground after two decades of planning

California Construction News staff writer Los Angeles marked a major milestone last week with the groundbreaking of the $208 million Glendale Hyperion Bridge Improvement Project,...

Los Angeles to issue RFI May 7 for expanded “Small Lots, Big Impacts” missing...

California Construction News staff writer Los Angeles is broadening its effort to increase starter-home supply with a new phase of the “Small Lots, Big Impacts”...