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Hensel Phelps, CO Architects, and HMC Architects celebrated the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening of the new H...
09/18/2026

Hensel Phelps, CO Architects, and HMC Architects celebrated the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening of the new Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Outpatient Building.

The 373,000 SF facility is part of the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Replacement Program, the largest capital improvement project ever delivered by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. It will serve more than 300,000 patients annually, bringing primary care—including internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics—and specialty care—including cardiology, oncology, with a diagnostic one-stop shop—together under one roof.

📷 Ribbon cutting photos courtesy of Hensel Phelps. Renderings courtesy of CO Architects.

Learn about one of San Pedro's newest waterfront residential communities during this exclusive case study and site visit...
09/16/2026

Learn about one of San Pedro's newest waterfront residential communities during this exclusive case study and site visit with ULI.

Designed by KFA Architecture, Vivo on Harbor is an eight-story building that delivers 137 market-rate and affordable residential units above roughly 1,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space anchoring a third location for local favorite Colossus Bakery.

Residents enjoy sweeping harbor views from private balconies and two rooftop decks, along with a fitness center, dedicated yoga studio, coworking space, and community clubhouse.

Buy tickets for the site visit and learn more about this case study from the development team and KFA senior associate Karen Filippe, AIA: https://la.uli.org/events/detail/E39D6BC9-4253-46EF-8620-9C9208761CDF/

📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
📍 Vivo on Harbor Apartments
511 S Harbor Blvd
San Pedro, CA 90731

In The Plan: El Paradiso, a 1964 Modernist home in Studio City, was originally designed by architect Raphael S. Soriano,...
09/15/2026

In The Plan: El Paradiso, a 1964 Modernist home in Studio City, was originally designed by architect Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, in 1964, for aluminum magnate Albert Grossman.

As the second owner/resident of the house, architect Linda Brettler, AIA, embarked on a renovation in the spirit of the original, transforming it into a home and architecture studio for herself.

To make it more inviting and incorporate her own design vision, she discovered and embellished upon the house’s original sense of whimsy, color, and surprise without compromising the original structure and finishes.

Read more about the thoughtful approach behind El Paradiso’s restoration in The Plan: https://www.theplan.it/eng/architecture/el-paradiso-linda-brettler-studio-city-california-usa

📷 Jim Simmons

In CoStar: For more than 30 years, McIntosh Poris Architects has completed adaptive reuse projects involving previously ...
09/11/2026

In CoStar: For more than 30 years, McIntosh Poris Architects has completed adaptive reuse projects involving previously neglected structures in Detroit.

One project currently in progress is Fisher Body 21, a historic 600,000-square-foot former car-body assembly plant designed by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls and opened in 1919 as the Fisher Body Company’s 21st factory. The plant, one of Detroit’s early poured-concrete industrial buildings, is now being transformed into a mixed-use residential community.

Other projects include Amsterdam Lofts (450 Amsterdam was transformed into a 90-unit apartment community) and Detroit Foundation Hotel (a nearly century-old Detroit Fire Department building was turned into a 100-room hotel).

Read the full piece in CoStar: https://www.costar.com/article/34327265/detroit-architect-tackles-his-biggest-preservation-project-yet

📷 courtesy McIntosh Poris Architects (Fisher 21), Jason Keen (Foundation Hotel), and John D'Angelo (Amsterdam Lofts)

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ICYMI, learn about designing multifamily housing from existing buildings and earn 1 AIA LU in this Architectural Record ...
09/02/2026

ICYMI, learn about designing multifamily housing from existing buildings and earn 1 AIA LU in this Architectural Record webinar.

Through real-world case studies, architects will gain insight into how to balance preservation requirements, code compliance, and energy performance goals while converting underutilized buildings into compelling residential environments.

Erick Rodriguez, AIA, associate at KFA Architecture, discusses the firm's integral role in the city of LA's original Adaptive Reuse Ordinance in 1999, and John Skok, AIA, a principal at McIntosh Poris Architects, shares how MPA has helped save many of Detroit's historic buildings.

💻 View the webinar recording online: https://continuingeducation.bnpmedia.com/architect/courses/tamlyn/adaptive-reuse-reimagined-designing-multifamily-housing-from-existing-buildings

📐 1 AIA LU/HSW

📷 ArchLenz Photography and Jim Simmons Photography (West LA VA Buildings 156, 157 & 158 - KFA), Justin Maconochie (The Assembly - MPA), and John D'Angelo (Amsterdam Lofts - MPA).

Congratulations to Lise Bornstein, AIA, a partner at KFA Architecture, for being a nominee for the LA Times Studios Insp...
09/01/2026

Congratulations to Lise Bornstein, AIA, a partner at KFA Architecture, for being a nominee for the LA Times Studios Inspirational Women Forum & Leadership Awards!

A passionate advocate for design excellence and inclusivity, Lise has devoted her career to placemaking and creating spaces where people and communities thrive. She has accomplished this in her architectural design practice and in her advocacy for professional growth among her staff and career advancement for women in architecture.

Featured in Dezeen, this 1971 Brutalist office building located in Sherman Oaks recently received official Historic-Cult...
08/28/2026

Featured in Dezeen, this 1971 Brutalist office building located in Sherman Oaks recently received official Historic-Cultural Monument designation from the City of Los Angeles.

The 165,00-square-foot building was originally designed by A.C. Martin & Associates to serve as the corporate headquarters of Sunkist Growers.

After IMT Residential acquired the parcel in 2015, Johnson Fain created a masterplan for the site, restored the Brutalist building, and designed several new buildings on the 8.3-acre site, now known as Citrus Commons.

After the building received Historic-Cultural Monument status, IMT plans to utilize recent changes in the city's Adaptive Reuse Ordinance to convert the Sunkist building into residential.

Los Angeles-based KFA Architecture—the architectural voice behind the 1999 Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance—is designing the residential conversion.

Learn more in Ben Dreith's piece in Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/2026/08/25/brutalist-sunkist-building-kfa-imt/

IMT Residential: developer, master planner, entitlements, operator, general contractor, interior designer
Johnson Fain: master planner, renovation architect of historic building, architect of mixed-use residential buildings and parking structure
KFA: architect of adaptive reuse of historic building
BORDER: landscape architect

📷 Julius Shulman ©J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10), The View, and Tom Bonner.

As the country’s first all-electric healthcare campus, UCI Health - Irvine sets a new design standard for the typology.T...
08/27/2026

As the country’s first all-electric healthcare campus, UCI Health - Irvine sets a new design standard for the typology.

The design-build team of Hensel Phelps and CO Architects drew on UCI Health’s mission—“Discover, Teach, Heal”—to guide the design of the new two-building UCI Health-Irvine (UCIH-I) facility for the University of California, Irvine.

The project team created collaborative care environments that connect patient, student, and staff areas to campus open spaces. The building’s siting takes advantage of views toward the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve wildlife sanctuary, strengthening the connection to the surrounding natural landscape. Each patient room has a marsh view, leveraging the documented benefits of biophilic healing.

Learn more in Healthcare Design Magazine by Brooke Bilyj: https://www.nxtbook.com/emerald/healthcaredesign/202608/index.php #/p/22

📷 Tom Bonner

The Amsterdam Lofts, designed by McIntosh Poris Architects, received a retrofit Metamorphosis Award in the Adaptive Reus...
08/26/2026

The Amsterdam Lofts, designed by McIntosh Poris Architects, received a retrofit Metamorphosis Award in the Adaptive Reuse category.

Constructed in 1905, the historic Cadillac Assembly Plant at 450 Amsterdam Ave. in Detroit is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is recognized as the world’s first reinforced-concrete automobile factory.

McIntosh Poris Architects converted the 73,609-square-foot former auto plant into The Amsterdam Lofts, retaining its industrial character while transforming the building into a modern residential community.

See the full list of winners: https://retrofitmagazine.com/metamorphosis-awards-closed/

📷: John D'Angelo

Developer: Greatwater Opportunity Capital
General Contractor: Jonna Construction
Landscape Architect and Civil Engineer: Giffels Webster
Structural Engineer: Resurget Engineering
MEP engineer: Matrix Consulting Engineers
Preservation Consultant: Kidorf Preservation Consulting
Historic Consultant: Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation

Gina Chang, AIA, principal at CO Architects, shares key tenets of cancer center design in The Leaflet."A cancer center n...
08/21/2026

Gina Chang, AIA, principal at CO Architects, shares key tenets of cancer center design in The Leaflet.

"A cancer center needs to flex, because the clinical program will.

It has to flow, because the paths determine the patient experience and the staff experience.

It has to heal, because a person fighting cancer draws from many reservoirs to heal—physical, mental, social, spiritual—and needs to access all of them to gather strength to fight a lifelong relationship with cancer. Cancer care is a marathon.

It has to be a place people want to work, because the scarcest thing in oncology is not technology, space, or brilliant ideas, it’s people.

None of that comes from a template. The answer comes from a process—deep listening to an organization’s mission, deep understanding of what the site has to offer, then testing the answer until it is solid enough to build. Every institution attacks cancer differently. Our job is to find out how, and build the space that makes it happen for years to come."

Learn more in Gina's byline in Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo’s editorial arm, The Leaflet: https://hcarefacilities.com/featured/from-far-to-near-designing-the-academic-cancer-center/

Photos: Tom Bonner (Hope Plaza, UCI Health - Irvine, UCSD Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion)

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