The 3-story Robin Donaldson-designed home in the lively Funk Zone has solar panels and a rooftop terrace with a cedar soaking ...

Santa Barbara prides itself on being accessible by foot. The city center is built up around the historic architecture and sites that make Santa Barbara unique, including art galleries and museums.

Architect Fred Sweeney says he supports the Objective Development Design Standards for Santa Barbara and that good architects can create great projects within the form-based planning. Credit ...

Really dry and boring, right? Wrong. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse epitomizes the Spanish-Moorish architecture that is found across the city. Completed in 1929, the complex impresses ...

The hilltop villa, with panoramic coastal and mountain views, was the last residential project of the esteemed architect Jack ...

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Santa Barbara is prized for its Spanish Colonial Revival-style architecture and its near-perfect coastal climate. At the heart of the seaside city, just a couple of blocks from the beach ...