The Gates-Thomas Laboratory on Caltech’s campus in Pasadena has just been certified LEED Gold v4 in the BD+C, New Construction category. As part of the USGBC’s pilot program for this newest version of LEED, the project met a more stringent set of criteria becoming the first project in California and the first higher education facility in the United States to reach Gold under BD+C v4.

In a ceremony held on July 7, 2016 a new time capsule was installed in the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice, to be opened in 2116.

Phase II Student Housing project at CSU Northridge received a Merit Award for Design Excellence from the San Fernando Valley Chapter AIA.  The project is designed to provide a variety of open spaces to encourage socialization and to cultivate a campus lifestyle appropriate for freshman students.

The Digital Media Arts Center recently received a design award from the American Institute of Architects, Orange County Chapter. The newest addition to the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University was presented with a Citation Award at the recent ceremony held at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point.

The California Preservation Foundation (CPF) has recently selected the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice as a recipient of a California Preservation Design Award. Through its annual awards program, the CPF recognizes exemplary work in the various areas and categories of historic preservation statewide. The Hall of Justice project will be recognized in the Rehabilitation Category at the awards ceremony to be held in San Francisco in October.

The Center for the Arts at Pasadena City College (PCC) is featured in the PCC Courier article, "Inspired Design of Center for the Arts Wins Architectural Excellence Award." Gail Bouvrie, Design Director at AC Martin and lead designer on the project describes the design process for the AIA award-winning Center for the Arts.

Watch this segment on Wilshire Grand as commercial real estate veteran Hal Bastian profiles the project for "What's Up, Downtown?"

The team from Urbanize LA recently toured the Wilshire Grand site and have posted several exciting photos of the construction progress.