Hopen Place by Whipple Russell Architects
Posted on Feb 21, 2012 by Dave in Architects
Whipple Russell Arcitecths designed the Hopen Place house in the Hollywood Hills of...
Desert House by Marmol Radziner
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 by Dave in Architects
Marmol Radziner designed this house in Desert Hot Springs,...
Frank Gehry’s Schnabel House In Brentwood Restored, Update and For Sale
Posted on Mar 28, 2011 by Barbara Holbrook in Architects, For Sale, Historical
“This is the design I had fantasized about for my own house,” Frank Gehry once said when describing the Schnabel House. Many people agreed. Built in 1989, the Schnabel House in Brentwood was chosen by Living Architecture as one of the 20 Greatest American Houses of the 20th Century. Just over 20 years since it...
Residence on Sunlight Place: High Tech Living in Baldwin Vista
Posted on Mar 02, 2011 by Barbara Holbrook in Architects, Green Home
One tour through this modern, Baldwin Vista home and we’re sure just about any Angeleno will fall in love — automatically. Why automatically, you ask? Because the Sunlight Residence offers complete home automation through a wireless network that lets the homeowner control every last detail from the convenient touch-screen of their iPad. How’s that for...
Cheviot Hills House: A Showcase of Modern Minimalism
Posted on Jan 10, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Architects
Nestled in the heart of Cheviot Hills, this house on Kilrenney Avenue sits deftly on its hillside site. IKONIKO partnered with the builder Becker General Contractors to develop this as a speculative project in this upscale west Los Angeles neighborhood. An existing single story house and disconnected garage, built in 1960, served as the starting point of...
Modern Brentwood Residence by Belzberg Architects
Posted on Dec 16, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, Architects
Completed in 2007, this Brentwood Residence is located on a large picturesque lot in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Because the lot did not offer any immediate views from the buildable area of the property, Belzberg Architects designed the structures to engage each other while focusing attention on the built and natural landscape...
Manhattan Beach House on the Strand by Rockefeller Partners
Posted on Dec 15, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, Architects
Rockefeller Partners created this modern beach 4,500 Square feet house on the Strand in Manhattan Beach. This particular client has never lived more than a few blocks away from the beach. His love of Balinese architecture challenged Rockefeller Partners to create a modern, Californian interpretation. By making use of absolutely every inch of the space...
Hidden House Overlooks L.A., Feels a World Away
Posted on Nov 19, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, Architects, Green Home
The Hidden House is a modern residence by Standard located in the Mount Washington | Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Originally commissioned to design a new home for a young family who had purchased the site, Standard found a way to maintain as much of the existing structure as possible, both minimizing code complications...
Third Hover House Floats Beside L.A.’s Venice Canals
Posted on Nov 18, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, Architects, Green Home
Glen Irani Architects have designed the third in their series of Hover Houses located on the Venice Canals of Los Angeles, California. Hover House 3 represents the third in the architect’s series of Hover Houses which focuses on maximizing outdoor living environments by structurally “hovering” the building envelope above the land. Unlike rooftop living environments, Hover...
