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CCA's new building sets a benchmark in sustainable architecture

November 18, 2024

Designed with sustainability at its core, our newly built hybrid mass timber campus, featuring generous indoor-outdoor spaces, benefits both the environment and students.

Students working in the furniture studio.

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A drawn rendering of futuristic dwellings floating on a river with their anchors visible in the water below.

Sustainable architecture: The greenest solution?

Professors from California College of the Arts explain why they advocate for resilient design to meet the challenges of a warming planet.

Shot CCA's expanded campus on Hooper Street.

CCA's new building recognized as net-positive for the environment long-term

The Architect's Newspaper features CCA's new mass timber building, showcasing its sustainable elements and potential for a closed-loop, net-positive structure.

Five tips to building a winning portfolio

These portfolio tips will help you choose what work to include and what admissions counselors look for.