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• 2012 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project: University of California, Merced Long-Range Development Plan

  UC Merced’s plan for its 815-acre site require a minimum of LEED Gold certification for all structures and aims to make the campus the first net-zero-energy, zero-waste, and net-zero-emission campus in America by 2020.

• BCA Architects Ranks 10th Among Silicon Valley Regional Firms

  Firm’s work with school districts has played a major role in its success, particularly throughout the recession, says BCA Architects president and founder Paul Bunton.

• San Diego Residents Look to Increase City’s Walkability

  In San Diego, there’s no lack of public parks and open space. Residents say the problem, though, is getting to them. Feeling confined to their cars, San Diegans are starting to speak out about the city’s lack of options for pedestrians.

• Earth First

  A pioneering house fares well during sustainability's ascent.

• The L.A. Forum: Still Out There Doing It

  Aaron Betsky looks back at the founding of the L.A. Forum: a group dedicated to documenting and celebrating California's "vital, sleazy, fun, and terrifying mess."

• Build the Train Tracks

  High-speed rail in California has the potential to do great things for the state by helping to connect its spread out cities—but at what cost to taxpayers?

• Gruen Associates and Grimshaw Architects Tapped to Redevelop L.A.’s Union Station

  The team will spearhead the effort to overhaul Union Station by enhancing access for pedestrians, building new lines for high-speed rail, and paving the way for commercial development in the area.

• Incorporating Building Management Systems into Architecture

  Building management systems bring us one step closer to dummy-proofing your clients’ lives—if we can design and program them correctly.

• How to Remediate a Brownfield Site and Revitalize Communities

  Critical in the repositioning of our postindustrial cities, brownfield redevelopments can transform a blemish on the map into a thriving hub of activity—particularly if designers have a say in the process.

• New Amsterdams

  As water levels and the risk profiles of major coastal cities rise, new experts are meeting the challenge.