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Sarah Amelar

Sarah Amelar is a Los Angeles–based Contributing Editor at Architectural Record.
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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
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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
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The new Business and Humanities District honors O’Neil Ford’s campus design while incorporating advanced materials and systems.
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L.A.’s Wayfarers Chapel Awaits New Home Following Meticulous Dismantling Process

Sarah Amelar
September 24, 2024
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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
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Top 10 Projects of 2024: 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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Design Vanguard 2024: Nemestudio

Berkeley
Sarah Amelar
June 20, 2024
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From hempcrete houses to inhabitable dioramas, Neyran Turan and Mete Sönmez highlight the often-overlooked economies of architecture.
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26 Point 2 Apartments
Multifamily Housing 2024

Michael Maltzan’s Latest Supportive Housing Project Pops with Color

Sarah Amelar
May 1, 2024
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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.
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Antoine Predock

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.
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Victory Wellness Center

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.
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UCSB Associated Students Bike Shop

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

Santa Barbara, California
Sarah Amelar
November 6, 2023
One Comment
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.
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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.


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