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Hsu McCullough orients Los Angeles home around legacy elm tree

February 17, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Hsu McCullough has completed a stucco and ash home with an accessory dwelling unit in Los Angeles’ that wraps around an elm tree. Hsu McCullough created the chevron-shaped home, called Psomas, on a wedge-shaped lot in the city’s Mar Vista district. The irregularly shaped lot provided the primary inspiration for the design. “This ‘pizza

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“The face of Palm Springs is changing” says Modernism Week CEO

February 16, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

As well as being a mecca for modernist architecture, Palm Springs is embracing climate-conscious design, says Modernism Week CEO Lisa Vossler Smith in this interview. Vossler Smith told Dezeen that homes currently being built in the California desert town are combining modernist design principles with energy-saving strategies that include solar power and drought-tolerant landscaping. “We have

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Hollywood puppet theatre becomes Chief LA members’ club

February 5, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A clubhouse for women in business now occupies a 1940s theatre in Los Angeles, following renovation work by JM|A+D and TAP Studio, with interiors by AvroKO. The three studios collaborated to rehabilitate the former Hollywood puppet theatre to create the Los Angeles flagship for Chief, which offers memberships to women in leadership roles. “Designed as

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Montalba Architects prioritises views at hillside home in Santa Monica

February 2, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Binational studio Montalba Architects used ample glazing and a clever siting strategy to provide the best vistas at Canyon Terrace House in southern California. Designed for a family of four, the multi-storey home sits on a sloped site in Santa Monica. Providing a connection to the outdoors – including views of a nearby canyon –

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Bittoni Architects designs co-living project geared toward LA newcomers

January 31, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

California studio Bittoni Architects has completed Common Melrose, a communal living complex with 23 bedrooms that is meant to be an “affordable alternative to traditional living arrangements”. Built on a formerly vacant lot, Common Melrose stretches along a commercial avenue in an area between Central LA and Hollywood. Designed by LA’s Bittoni Architects, it contains

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Design, Bitches creates Venice Beach bungalow that shows “resilience of archetypes”

January 25, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studio Design, Bitches has completed a southern California home that takes cues from the traditional beach cottage and is meant to be “not too precious”. The B+B House is located in Venice Beach, a coastal town known for its mix of century-old bungalows and experimental contemporary architecture. “This specific site is nestled on the

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Feldman Architecture expands home in northern California’s wine region

January 5, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Cedar cladding and large stretches of glass feature in a weekend house called Sonoma Wine Country, which has been enlarged by US studio Feldman Architecture. The project is located in the Sonoma County town of Healdsburg, within the heart of northern California’s wine region. It sits on a 40-acre (16-hectare) property with sweeping views of

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Studio Schicketanz renovates Henry Hill’s mid-century house on the California coast

January 4, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Studio Schicketanz has completed a renovation of the former seaside home of modernist architect Henry Hill. Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, the cedar house was originally constructed in 1961 and expanded in 1969 and again in 1971, with unusually shaped rooms, rounded seating spaces and colourful glass accents. Studio Schicketanz updated the two-bedroom, three-bathroom house in

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Scalloped facade fronts supportive housing facility in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa

January 3, 2023 James Brillon 0

Brooks + Scarpa has completed an apartment building with a scalloped, textured facade in Los Angeles that offers affordable low-cost housing to young adults that are transitioning out of group homes. Brooks + Scarpa was commissioned by a non-profit organisation, the Venice Community Housing Corporation, to redevelop the lot in Venice, CA where their offices

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David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction

December 28, 2022 Kate Mazade 0

Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco, California. The 63,000-square foot (5,850 metre) project – called Tahanan, the Tagalog word for “coming home” – was completed in November 2021 through a financing prototype that aimed to accelerate the

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