Santa Monica’s Koning Eizenberg Architecture was recently awarded a silver LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for its work on Virginia Avenue Park, the very first park in the country to receive the rating. San Diego-based Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects also worked on the project.
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(Video) The Broad Museum Expansion’s Topping Out Ceremony
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The performances will showcase the diversity and uniqueness of collaborative piano compositions performed by SMC piano students. The Santa Monica College Piano Ensemble will present two concerts in early June featuring four-to-eight-hand piano and piano […]

Curious City 05/22/26: BLUE WAVE? NO, WE NEED A NEW WAVE
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School principals will present strategic goals and performance metrics on May 13. School principals from across the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will present their strategic roadmaps for the upcoming academic year during a special […]
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