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Shane Reiner-Roth

is a lecturer at the University of Southern California (USC) and a PhD student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition to writing for publications including Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, KCET, and Thresholds Journal. Reiner-Roth runs the Instagram page @everyverything, a curation of images that highlight the novelties of the mundane and the blunders of luxury.
Latest Stories
aerial view of housing project by kadre architects and lehrer architects
Painted In

Interim housing projects are popping up across L.A. Is this model of affordable development enough?

A Dynamic Courtyard

With Brunson Terrace, Brooks + Scarpa carves out an energy-efficient, mixed-use affordable housing project in Santa Monica, California

view of park
A Park Grows in Wilmington

Sasaki completes the nine-acre Wilmington Waterfront Promenade amid heavy industry

Alleviating Alienation

West of West finds opportunity for social interaction in places with little supply

Dance Factory

LOHA transforms a historic orange-packing house into a diaphanous arts center at Chapman University

Chobani Urbanism

Silicon Valley investors reveal $800 million proposal for a new city in eastern Solano County

House of Illusions

Byben’s renovation of a modest L.A. bungalow invites opportunity for whimsy in every corner

Nightmare for NIMBYs

California may see affordable housing boom as its “builder’s remedy” law is tested by local developers

No Screen Shots

Pressing Matters offers possible new coherencies for paper architecture

Soft Around the Edges

Seeking Zohn at L.A.’s MAK Center draws out the sensitivities of the late modernist Mexican architect Alejandro Zohn

the exchange building under construction floors lifted up
Not Skipping Leg Day

LIFTbuild’s novel floor-lifting technology turns construction sites into fabrication factories

green display table in exhibition
Radical Practicality

Designed by Bestor Architecture, an exhibition at LACMA showcases pleasing and pragmatic Scandinavian experimentation

staircase with white walls and wood doorways
Life in Venice

Part Office breathes life and tranquility into live-work homes against a bustling boardwalk

interior of wood-clad office
Fir Trapping

Commune occupies a wood-clad office of its own design in L.A.’s Westlake

a southern california museum complex pictured at night
In the Shadow of Segerstrom

Morphosis’ Orange County Museum of Art is a human-scaled building among giants

dark interiors a room with red carpet and circular chairs
Motor City Art Ensemble

Design Core Detroit showcases the city’s capacity for 21st century design innovation and community building

a modern house on a california hillside
Constraints as Context

Jensen Architects embraces the complexity of San Francisco as design inspiration

a theater complex with a globe-shaped volume extending from a boxy building
Theater in the Round

OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center lifts theater spaces over a bustling night market

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