Tag: AIA Santa Barbara

September 9, 2025

Carpinteria’s Heritage Goods & Supply Is Coming to Montecito

Plus: AIA Santa Barbara's annual ArchitecTours event; new Funk Zone art gallery; construction to start on the Milpas/Highway 101 interchange; Shakespeare at Elings Park; one-man show about Frédéric Chopin; the Goleta Lemon Festival is coming up; Drew and Ellie Holcomb to play the Lobero Theatre.

September 25, 2024

A Better Look at the Development Next to the Santa Barbara Cemetery

Plus: New renderings of the apartment building proposed for the former Cantwell's location; self-guided architecture tour; screening of "Memoria," starring Tilda Swinton; confusing signs on the Edison Catway; neat downtown office building for sale. 15

September 3, 2023

AIA Santa Barbara’s Annual Architecture Tour Is Coming Up

Plus: Juniper's new Summerland shop has opened; Santa's Convenience Store debuts today; Taylor Swift's concert film to screen at the Arlington; the reason for the black tarps on the East Beach dunes; an honor to be nominated for "Best of Santa Barbara." 5

September 18, 2022

A Climbing Gym Is Opening in Noleta

Plus: A chance to see inside nine interesting properties; a bold attempt to flip a Pacaso share; interior designer's warehouse sale; Highway 101 offramp reopening early; paintings by Bobbie Burgers at Caldwell Snyder; the Cult is coming to town.

November 7, 2021

More Fallout from the UCSB Dorm Debacle

While the university explained the rationale for its proposed Munger Hall and benefactor Charlie Munger compared the bedrooms to basement restrooms, students protested, architecture history professors started a petition, and local architects blasted the design. Other recent news: Goleta will sue UCSB over the lack of student housing; Carpinteria High School's Warrior statue will not be redesigned; the Rincon Multi-Use Trail moves forward; more study approved for floating wind farms.

August 16, 2021

A Snazzy New Building Downtown

Plus: AIA Santa Barbara's upcoming virtual tour celebrating "design excellence"; new State Street shop buys and sells vintage sports apparel and streetwear; proposal to add gates to the parking lot paseo on Figueroa; city council candidate at the farmers' market; cool show coming up at the Community Arts Workshop. 3

October 17, 2020

New State Street Hotel Moves Forward

Plus: No trick-or-treating on Coast Village Road this year; another bear spotted in east Montecito; Clic shop opens today; architects discuss their dream for a better downtown. 1

August 21, 2020

The Biltmore Now Says It’s Closed for an “Extensive Renovation”

Plus: New home design gallery in Carpinteria; State Street survey results; appeal of a cannabis farm on the western edge of Carp; debris basin update; city seeks members for City Advisory Groups.

March 5, 2020

Architects on How to Fix Downtown Santa Barbara

Other recent news: Election results; Cottage Health opening two urgent-care centers here; local virologist on pandemic survival tactics; Funk Zone restaurant complex approved; Craftsman house on W. Valerio; new shop selling seashell art; parking spat turns ugly.

September 30, 2019

Fitness Studio Opening Next to French Press

Plus: AIA Santa Barbara's annual self-guided architecture tour is coming up; a rare sighting of a diving board; anyone up for a cold plunge?