Danish architecture studio BIG has opened an office in Santa Monica in a renovated 1928 Spanish revival building designed by iconic Los Angeles architect Paul R Williams. The 1928 building was refurbished by the team, many of whom will be joining the freshly minted BIG Los Angeles team – recruited both from the New York
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Green fibre-cement siding that blends with the trees is among the modifications made to a century-old house in California that has been revamped by local studio Martin Fenlon Architecture. The project involved updating and expanding a 1920s house situated in Los Angeles’s historic Highland Park neighbourhood. The owners are a designer and an artist with
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Following an increase in land movement surrounding Lloyd Wright’s Wayfarers Chapel outside of Los Angeles, the organization has announced it will disassemble the landmark for preservation. Located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the 100-seat church was completed in 1951 by son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Lloyd Wright, and has remained
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Unprotected historic homes are at risk of demolition where land holds greater value than architectural importance, says conservation group Docomomo US in response to actor Chris Pratt’s tearing down a mid-century home designed by modernist architect Craig Ellwood. Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger drew attention online when news broke that the couple had begun
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A large tree lies at the heart of a cedar-clad residence in southern California designed by US studio Brett Farrow Architect, which used various tactics to “meld nature into the home’s ethos”. Located in the beach town of Encinitas, just north of San Diego, the house was designed to replace a family’s existing ranch-style home
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New York design studio Post Company has revived a historic hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, drawing on the building’s illustrious past and recent acclaim to inform its interiors. The 75-key La Playa Hotel is situated a few blocks from the beach in the town, located on California’s Pacific Coast Highway and renowned for its bohemian spirit.
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New York studio Leong Leong has renovated a 1970s ranch house in Los Angeles by adding a large wall, outdoor spaces and a polycarbonate panel-wrapped second storey. Completed in LA’s Hancock Park neighbourhood in 2023, the 6,000-square foot (558-square metre) Inverse House combines domestic settings with a place for institutional programming and social gatherings. Located
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New York studio Leong Leong has renovated a 1970s ranch house in Los Angeles by adding a large wall, outdoor spaces and a polycarbonate panel-wrapped second storey. Completed in LA’s Hancock Park neighbourhood in 2023, the 6,000-square foot (558-square metre) Inverse House combines domestic settings with a place for institutional programming and social gatherings. Located
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US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco, adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. The residence is located in Mill Valley, a town just north of San Francisco that is known for its natural terrain and cultural
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Providing homes for people with disabilities and formerly houseless LGBTQ+ youth, our next Social Housing Revival case study set out to prove that low-cost housing in the US can look as good as upscale apartments. Located in West Hollywood, the La Brea Affordable Housing complex, designed by architects Patrick Tighe and John Mutlow, is a
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