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• Tudor-esque 1931 Estate in Northern California

  Architect David Adler was renowned for his historic designs such as this northern California Tudor-style mansion featuring 12 fireplaces, 12 bedrooms, 12 full baths, and a library with 17th-century paneling imported from England. The new homeowners will join the list of prestigious people who have...

• Architect Tom Kundig Designs a Funereal Urn

  Seattle's Tom Kundig designs for the dead with a new steel urn.

• L.A. Exhibition Shows What Might Have Been

  Sam Lubell’s “Never Built Los Angeles” now showing at the city’s Museum of Architecture and Design.

• The March Jobs Report: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Add Jobs

  In the BLS’s disappointing March 2013 employment report, the economy added only 88,000 jobs. The architectural and engineering services sector, however, added 2,100 jobs, and the construction industry added a somewhat less-enthusiastic 18,000 new jobs.

• Architect Interview With Denise Scott Brown

  Denise Scott Brown, co-founder of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, talks to ARCHITECT about a petition launched by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Women in Design Group demanding that the Pritzker Architecture Prize committee recognize her contributions to the field.

• ADP: 158,000 Jobs Added in March, but No New Construction Jobs

  ADP and Moody’s Analytics released their monthly employment report on Wednesday morning, which says that the U.S. economy added 158,000 jobs in March. There were, however, no net jobs added in the construction industry, a first in half a year.

• McDonald's Seeks New Master Architect

  McDonald's wants to hire a new master architect. Don't laugh: The fast-food giant's architectural pedigree is more real than you might expect.

• Vote Now for 'ARCHITECT Live' Co-Host

  The AIA has opened voting for the person who will join Stephen Chung, AIA, as the co-host of 'ARCHITECT Live' at the 2013 AIA National Convention in Denver this June.

• Christo Designs Largest Inflated Envelope

  Christo's new inflatable envelope is next example of the resurgence of inflatable architecture, attractive for its potential to create maximum effect with minimal material.

• Connecticut Mansion on 75 Acres

  Designed in the 1920s by Charles Lewis Bowman, this renovated English Tudor-style estate features a walk-in fireplace, a hedge maze, a life-size chess board, a columned pergola, 17th-century paneling, and leaded glass windows among other interesting details. The house encompasses nearly 16,000...