The Vedanta Temple in Santa Barbara was commissioned and built in 1956 on the hills just above the city, with a clear view out to the Pacific Ocean. The land was originally an underdeveloped estate owned by Spencer Kellogg, who donated it to the Vedanta Society of Southern California, a branch of the Ramakrishna Order of India. Vedanta is the philosophical foundation of Hinduism and looks to ancient Indian scripture, or the Vedas, for its teachings.more

Built on the western edge of the former Illinois Central Railroad yard, two blocks north of Millenium Park, Aqua is the most architecturally distinguished of more than a dozen high-rise mixed-use structures built in the Lakeshore East neighborhood since development of the 28-acre parcel began in 2001. The 82-story, mixed-use high-rise accommodates commercial and office space, a hotel, and luxury condominiums.more

Completed in 1918, the Safford School remains one of the best surviving examples of the work of architect Anne Graham Rockfellow. Located on the site of the 1888 Plaza School—renamed Safford School in 1904 to honor Arizona Governor A.P.K. Safford—this building housed the first high school of the Tucson Unified School District.more

One dramatic exception to Virginia State University's mostly Georgian Revival buildings is the modernist residence and studio Meredith designed for herself. One of the commonwealth's earliest known Black female architects, she also founded the college's Fine Arts Department in the 1930s. Her concrete-block house, finished in white stucco, has clean geometric forms, a flat roof, and curving bands of glass-block windows emphasizing the rounded corners of the walls. more