Richard Layton Crowther was a “green” architect back when that term referred either to a color, golf or money.
Mr. Crowther, who died of natural causes Dec. 25 at age 96 at Rose Medical Center, designed homes and offices that he called ecologic and solar.
But he also was a talented designer – he authored the Cooper [...]

After studying landscape architecture at Cornell University in the 1930s, Ruth Shellhorn traveled home to South Pasadena on a mail boat through the Panama Canal. On her journey, she kept a meticulous diary of the exotic plants she encountered in Central and South America: bougainvillea, palm trees, birds of paradise.
With her rigorous training and new [...]

Rhodes + Brito Architects in Orlando will design an 8-acre park in the Oakland neighborhood and improvements to Lake Eva Park, both in Haines City. The Oakland park will include pavilions, restrooms and a maintenance facility. The Lake Eva project includes a 23,000-square-foot multipurpose center for weddings, banquets, seminars and gatherings, a 5,500-square-foot addition to [...]

The American Institute of Architects, California Council, (AIACC) announces George Homsey, FAIA, as the 2006 recipient of the Maybeck Award for lifetime achievement in architectural design. The Maybeck Award honors individual California architects for outstanding achievement in producing consistent, distinguished design for 10 years or more.
Homsey, the lead architect (from 1972-2000) for the San Francisco [...]