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SM.a.r.t Column: Bring Back The Music 2.0
This is an update of the article appearing in the SM Mirror on Feb 1, 2025 On January 28th, 2025,...
Letter to the Editor: Close the Fairview Library??
By the Santa Monica Public Library Board, Judith Meister, Chair, Dana Newman, Vice Chair Antonio Spears, Boardmember Daniel Cody, Board Member...
SM.a.r.t Column: Fire Safety in Los Angeles: Reimagining an Age of Megafires
Los Angeles stands at a critical juncture in its relationship with fire. It is true that climate change intensified vegetations...
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium: The Cultural Icon Santa Monica Needs
Santa Monica is a city of innovation, creativity, and world-class attractions, yet it lacks a central cultural destination that reflects...
SM.a.r.t Column: The Perils of Passing the Buck: How Self-Certification Threatens Public Safety in Building Design and Construction
In the bustling city of Santa Monica, California, a quiet revolution is underway in the world of building design and...
SM.a.r.t Column: Bring Back The Music
On January 28th, 2025, the City Council did a wise thing and agreed to continue the process, for 30 days,...
SM.a.r.t Column: The Water Crisis Behind LA’s Fire Disaster: A Legacy of Outdated Infrastructure
A firefighter filling a trash can with pool water during the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires tells a story more...
SM.a.r.t Column: California’s Fire Safety Evolution: Meeting Modern Wildfire Challenges
The devastating fires that struck Los Angeles in January 2025 echo a pattern of increasingly destructive wildfires reshaping California’s approach...
SM.a.r.t Column: Peril, Prevention, and the Path Forward
The recent Palisades and Altadena fires brought Los Angeles’ inherent contradictions into sharp focus as residents fled their homes in...
SM.a.r.t Column: A New Path Ahead
The recent Palisades Fire is profoundly impacting the people of Los Angeles, displacing families, destroying property, and creating an enduring...
SM.a.r.t. Column: Adaptive Liveability
You know, sometimes you walk by a building and think, that place has some stories to tell. What if those...
SM.a.r.t Column: Happy Holidays
S.M.a.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) is wishing you a wonderful holiday season. We hope you are surrounded...
SM.a.r.t. Column: Preserving Santa Monica
Since Giving Tuesday I’m sure you have been bombarded with appeals from countless organizations, local, national, or even international that...
SM.a.r.t Column: Climbing The Vertical Learning Curve
The city is facing a financial crisis, the roots of which stretch back decades but have been made worse by...
SM.a.r.t Column: It’s Time To Inspect Balconies
About nine years ago, a fifth-floor balcony in a Berkeley apartment building collapsed, tragically killing several students gathered on it...
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