Lawrence Li
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Lawrence Li
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"The soil is alive… if we can feed the soil… then we can naturally thrive in our local ecosystem

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Hawai‘i Farmers Turn to Korean Natural Farming to Revive Soil and Strengthen Local Food Systems - Overstory
Korean Natural Farming has attracted farmers and gardeners who want to use fewer imported, synthetic chemicals and better nurture the lands they care for.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Unit A1305 of the Nakagin Capsule Tower; The future site of Sixth Street PARC; David Geffen Galleries for LACMA

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Year in review, part one: the best rooms of 2025
Featuring Mecanoo, Pedro Ignacio Alonso, SANAA, Iman Fayyad, Kisho Kurokawa, and more
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January 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"open standard for smart locks and digital keys that provides a standardized way for smart locks to communicate with smartphones and watches, regardless of manufacturer or platform

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Aliro arrives – the smart lock standard is set to launch this year
smarter locks
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January 7, 2026 at 5:03 AM
'The project demonstrated that restraint can generate richness – that focusing deeply on one material or idea can produce a diversity of spaces, mood, and experiences

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Laboratorio de Arquitectura designs Mexican home around concrete block
Local studio Laboratorio de Arquitectura completed a house with custom concrete blocks that drive the design in Querétaro, Mexico
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January 7, 2026 at 4:57 AM
"But Los Angeles remains—stubbornly, fundamentally—a city of houses

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Year in review, part two: Los Angeles the bellwether
As we near the first anniversary of the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires, it’s become clear that L.A.’s future is your future too; “any place can burn down”
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January 6, 2026 at 7:27 AM
"Views from the higher floors include the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, the Massachusetts State House and the Seaport District. Some residents can watch planes taking off from Logan Airport from their windows

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New Life Emerges Atop Boston’s South Station
A massive mixed-use tower, with 166 high-end condominiums, is altering the skyline while improving one of the city’s transit centers.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:33 AM
“The 67-story project benefited from Senate Bill 423, which fast-tracks approval for projects near transit and with affordable housing, plus California’s density bonus law

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January 4, 2026 at 6:10 AM
“It’s impossible to solve the global housing crisis doing things the way we’ve been doing them

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‘Can You Print a House?’: God, Robots and the U.S. Housing Crisis
Jason Ballard, an entrepreneur who once thought he would be a preacher, believes 3-D printing is the solution to fill the affordable housing gap in the United States.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:01 AM
"This is an important step for LGBTQ seniors who deserve stability, dignity, and access to housing in the city they call home

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LGBTQ Senior Housing Concern Openhouse to Build New 15-Story Tower Near Castro Neighborhood
The organization that built an LGBTQ-focused senior housing complex on Laguna Street in the last decade secured funding earlier this month for a significant expansion on the other side of Market…
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January 4, 2026 at 5:59 AM
“The Stahl House earns its quintessential Los Angeles-ness precisely by its distance, and even its estrangement, from the city around it

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What the Stahl House says about L.A.
For a cool $25m, the most famous of the Case Study designs can be yours
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January 4, 2026 at 5:49 AM
"Nonprofit campuses thrive when they connect with their surrounding communities…Public green spaces, retail storefronts, and vocational training facilities invite neighbors to engage with the campus, not just as visitors, but as participants

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How Design Can Advance Diverse Nonprofit Missions
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 56 offices and 6,000+ professionals across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, and APME.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Conventional shelters…often fall short. Unfortunately, these crowded spaces often lead to re-traumatization rather than healing, perpetuating the cycle of trauma among shelter residents

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How Two Innovative Shelters Reimagine Refuge for the Homeless in Chicago
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 56 offices and 6,000+ professionals across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, and APME.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“This wasn’t just about restoring a wall. It was about restoring the connection — to ʻāina, to history, and to one another

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Photo Essay: Building A Hawaiian Fishpond Wall To Connect People
Roughly 2,000 volunteers helped build the final 380 feet of a wall enclosing an 800-year-old Hawaiian fishpond in Kāneʻohe.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The paintings in the exhibition, populated with figures inspired by art history as much as by hokey Americana, focus on the relationship between the artist and the collector and the role of the artist working under fascism

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December 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"“In the face of extremism and cultural erasure...speak brilliantly to the moment we’re living in

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Tuan Andrew Nguyen Wins High Line Commission
On the High Line Plinth next spring, the Vietnam-based artist will resurrect an ancient Buddha, destroyed by the Taliban, as a vision of resilience.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM