Sam Lubell

Brooklyn, Los Angeles

Contributor at The New York Times

Editor-at-Large at Metropolis Magazine

Executive Editor, Metropolis Magazine

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Articles

This Arkansas Institute Brings a Holistic Vision to Health-Care Design

1 week ago | metropolismag.com | Sam Lubell

On a wooded rise just southeast of the sinuous Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, a new 85,000-square-foot building is set to open in May: the Heartland Whole Health Institute. The vision of philanthropist Alice Walton (Walmart heir and founder of both Heartland and the Alice L.
SuperLA Disrupts the American Housing Model

1 month ago | metropolismag.com | Sam Lubell

Founded by Aaron van Schaik, the California homebuilding and development company creates efficient, sustainable housing. Let’s face it. Most American multifamily housing stinks. That mediocrity, according to Aaron van Schaik, founder of California homebuilding and development company SuperLA, can be traced to two key factors: the inefficiency and inhumanity of the traditional development process.
The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

1 month ago | fastcompany.com | Sam Lubell

Architecture is, at its core, about problem-solving: balancing aesthetics, functional needs, and technical constraints to create effective buildings and environments. The most innovative firms in the industry expand this notion, solving pressing issues in new ways that build on or scale up existing techniques and technologies.
Why Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena's Black Arts Legacy?

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Sam Lubell

Before the Eaton fire raced across Altadena, destroying more than 9,000 of its buildings, many, even in nearby Los Angeles, barely knew of the place's existence. This sleepy 42,000-person hamlet hugging the glowing foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains is not part of that city but an unincorporated community of Los Angeles County, and just far enough off the beaten track to blissfully avoid notice.
The design legacy of Los Angeles that fell to the fires

Jan 18, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Sam Lubell

LOS ANGELES — More than a week after Los Angeles’ devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s built heritage than any other single event, said Adrian Scott Fine, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy, which on its website recorded the loss of more than 30 significant structures.
The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires

Jan 15, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Sam Lubell

More than a week after Los Angeles’s devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s built heritage than other single event, according to Adrian Scott Fine, president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Conservancy, which recorded the loss of more than 30 significant structures on its website.
The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires

Jan 15, 2025 | nytimes.com | Sam Lubell

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the FiresThe finality of the wildfires’ destruction has taken 10 more cherished buildings — by Richard Neutra, Gregory Ain, Eric Owen Moss and others. The Altadena Community Church, a Spanish Revival design from 1947 with a stained glass rose window, burned on Jan. 8.
The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires

Jan 15, 2025 | flipboard.com | Sam Lubell

10 hours agoThe road to the NFL’s final four features seven of the eight division winners. Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs open the divisional round weekend against C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans on Saturday afternoon. Rookie sensation Jayden Daniels leads …
Los Angeles’ wildfires are taking down storied architectural gems

Jan 13, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Sam Lubell

LOS ANGELES – To live in Los Angeles is to be regularly reminded that much of what surrounds its residents is fleeting. That pertains, most essentially, to human life and the natural world, as the deadly fires have reminded people. But it also pertains to both the vital everyday structures and the cultural monuments that helped mark this place’s stunning achievements, told its citizens’ stories and embodied its startling confluence of talent, originality and freedom.
Las llamas consumen joyas arquitectónicas, un golpe a la "vieja California"

Jan 9, 2025 | clarin.com | Sam Lubell

LOS ÁNGELES — Vivir en Los Ángeles es recordar constantemente que gran parte de lo que rodea a sus residentes es fugaz. Eso se refiere, en esencia, a la vida humana y al mundo natural, como nos lo recordaron los incendios mortales esta semana.