The Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the hire of Ana Briz as Assistant Director ...

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The Santa Barbara City Council has passed a set of sweeping new design standards intended to bring developers more certainty in the process, while also ...

Imagine driving through California’s sunlit streets, approaching a crosswalk that tells you to “SLOW.” But something’s off — it’s misspelled: “SOLW.” The ...

Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce took the stage Thursday night to talk about what many are calling their best performances to date. “I’m ...

A high-end department store designed by notable mid-century architects, the Macy's at Santa Barbara's La Cumbre Plaza will ...

A Santa Barbara landmark has run out of time and ... the Macy’s building is a mid-century marvel designed by notable architects. It has anchored La Cumbre Plaza, a sprawling 31-acre shopping ...

We may be getting round 2 of The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. In a wide ranging career tribute and ...

IT’S EASY to shorthand Los Angeles as a dream factory, a place populated solely by movie stars, award shows, influencers, and ...

Really dry and boring, right? Wrong. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse epitomizes the Spanish-Moorish architecture that is found across the city. Completed in 1929, the complex impresses ...

A Californian Visual Language” at UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum explores how artists use text to challenge ...