Olson Kundig designs Los Angeles house "to feel like an adventure"
Retractable walls and numerous terraces feature in this expansive California home designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig. More
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Morphosis unveils contrasting towers for Viper Room nightclub site in Los Angeles
Architecture firm Morphosis has designed a 15-storey mixed-use development in Los Angeles comprising an angular white structure cradling a plant-covered glass tower. More
West Hollywood Edition Hotel by Ian Schrager and John Pawson opens in Los Angeles
Hotelier Ian Schrager has joined forces with British architectural designer John Pawson to create the West Hollywood Edition hotel in Los Angeles. More
Second Home Hollywood by SelgasCano adds 6,500 plants to former Los Angeles car park
The pods that Spanish practice SelgasCano has built to form garden studios in Second Home's first US campus resemble a group of huge yellow lily pads from above. More
Lush courtyards surround 1 Hotel West Hollywood in Los Angeles
The Hollywood Hills' hiking trails informed the verdant gardens and earthen interiors of this hotel along Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. More
Buildings in LA are torn down and rebuilt as fast as movie sets, says Tarantino's production designer
Major high-rise developments are razing the architectural past of Los Angeles at a rapid rate, says the production designer behind the 1960s sets of Quentin Tarantino's movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. More
SPF Architects designed The Line Lofts in Hollywood to enhance apartment living
This urban residential building by Californian firm SPF Architects features design strategies to eliminate a sense of repetition or homogeneity – qualities that can make apartment living "relatively unpleasant". More
SelgasCano designs "most ambitious and bold" Second Home for Los Angeles
Spanish practice SelgasCano has revealed its design for Second Home in Hollywood – a sprawling co-working campus comprising bright yellow work pods interspersed with lush planting. More
Commune incorporates resort-style amenities into Hollywood apartment complex El Centro
Cacti gardens, a yoga studio and a saltwater swimming pool with sunbathing platforms are among the features at a large housing complex in Los Angeles, designed by US firms Commune and VTBS Architects. More
Slats shade LOHA's San Vicente 935 apartment building in West Hollywood
American firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a housing block in Los Angeles that features a central courtyard and open-air stairwell lined with wooden slats and white wire mesh. More
Design, Bitches overhauls LA education centre 9 Dots with plywood built-ins
Los Angeles studio Design, Bitches has refurbished a local building for a nonprofit education organisation, creating a variety of areas to learn, work and develop skills. More
Facets and curves form exterior of Hollywood Hills House by Tighe Architecture
American studio Tighe Architecture has created a sculptural residence on a tree-studded hillside in Los Angeles that is wrapped in plaster and large stretches of glass. More
Acne Studios creates very yellow interior for West Hollywood store
Acne Studios' recently opened "pale acid yellow" store in West Hollywood features a sculpture by artist Daniel Silver that doubles as a fitting room. More
Knoll opens LA store based on Moroccan castle by Johnston Marklee
US furniture brand Knoll has opened a store in Los Angeles designed by local architecture firm Johnston Marklee, with white archways modelled on its former president's home in Morocco. More
Home Studios designs cinematic cocktail bar in West Hollywood
American design firm Home Studios has overhauled a bar in West Hollywood, using ribbed surfaces, soft colours and teardrop-shaped details to create an interior that looks part postmodern cafe and part Viennese speakeasy. More
Richard Neutra's Chuey House up for sale as a developable lot
A midcentury Hollywood Hills home designed by modernist architect Richard Neutra is potentially in jeopardy, as the property has hit the market as "a unique development opportunity". More
Minimal Hollywood house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos juts out from steep hillside
Spanish firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed the off-white angular form of this house so it would "hang from the topography" of the Hollywood Hills. More
The Future Perfect sets up shop in modernist Los Angeles home
New York design gallery The Future Perfect has opened its third showroom, in a Hollywood Hills midcentury house complete with a focal fireplace, sliding glass doors and backyard pool. More
Californian modernism informs Olsen twins' fashion store in Los Angeles
US firm Montalba Architects looked to California's modernist heritage to design this boutique set up by celebrity twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. More
Arshia Architects completes angular white residence in Hollywood Hills
Los Angeles firm Arshia Architects has created a sculptural white hillside residence to comply with the stringent zoning requirements of its exclusive neighbourhood. More