California

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 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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Public housing is an essential part of the solution to the housing crisis in the US, California politician Alex Lee tells Dezeen in this interview conducted as part of our Social Housing Revival series. California State Assembly member Lee is one of a small number of voices leading calls for a new social-housing programme to

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