Anacapa Architecture overhauls Vista Residence to frame views of California landscape
Blackened wood and large stretches of glass form the exterior of a 1970s home that has been renovated by American studio Anacapa Architecture. More
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Commenter calls The Colburn School extension "a love child of Gehry and Koolhaas"
In this week's comments update, readers can't believe that plans to extend The Colburn School in Downtown Los Angeles were designed by architect Frank Gehry and are discussing other top stories. More
LOHA designs Granville1500 student housing in Los Angeles
Three sculptural, metal-clad volumes form a student housing complex by American studio LOHA that is designed to look less bulky than a typical apartment building. More
Frank Gehry releases design for Colburn Center in Los Angeles
The Colburn School has announced plans for a 100,000-square-foot campus expansion in Downtown Los Angeles designed by architect Frank Gehry. More
Mithun revamps iconic 1960s Sea Ranch Lodge in northern California
Architecture studio Mithun, along with design firms The Office of Charles de Lisle and Terremoto, has overhauled a cedar-clad lodge in a famed California community along the Pacific Ocean. More
Klopf Architecture updates San Francisco home with "modern inversion"
Klopf Architecture has reconfigured a San Francisco home to create an open-concept living space that faces onto the backyard. More
SITELAB integrates commercial and public space at 5M in San Francisco
SITELAB Urban Studio has completed the first phases of a mixed-use development called 5M in San Francisco's SoMa neighbourhood with Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) as lead architect. More
Gensler releases plans for winged Flight Test Museum in California
Architecture firm Gensler has released plans for the new Flight Test Museum in Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. More
Mesh canopy shades California desert retreat by Kovac Design Studio
Guest suites cluster around an expansive living area at this California mansion, which Kovac Design Studio designed to emulate a boutique hotel. More
Brooks + Scarpa designs 11 NOHO in California to diverge from typical housing block
Architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has created a North Hollywood apartment building that prioritises social areas over private space and includes units for low-income tenants. More
David Saik gives Emeco a cactus-filled Californian brand home
US furniture brand Emeco has worked with architect David Saik to convert an old sewing factory in Los Angeles into a multipurpose hub and "conversation place" with a cactus growing from the ground indoors. More
AutoCamp opens Airstream glamping site near Joshua Tree National Park
A clubhouse informed by Quonset huts features at an AutoCamp glamping site in southern California designed by American firms HKS and Narrative Design Studio. More
Gluck+ covers Hollywood Hills home with an angular roof
A faceted roof on slender columns tops this home by Gluck+ in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills neighbourhood, covering the residence "like a parasol". More
Disney plans resort-like residential community with a "special brand of magic"
Entertainment and media giant Disney has announced plans to start building mixed-use residential communities in the USA. More
Curved plaster walls feature in bright Los Angeles home by Pentagon
LA studio Pentagon has completed a ground-up residential project in the city's Venice neighbourhood, using rounded walls to create a sculptural composition and enhance the home's natural light. More
Gabled home by Butler Armsden Architects sits on bluff in northern California
Every room was oriented toward views in this house by American studio Butler Armsden Architects, which was designed for a couple transitioning into retirement. More
Frederick Fisher creates stucco buildings for California school hit by wildfire
American firm Frederick Fisher and Partners has completed a trio of hilltop buildings for a California school that was partly destroyed by a wildfire. More
Boulders and pine trees surround High Desert Retreat by Aidlin Darling Design
San Francisco firm Aidlin Darling Design has completed a low-slung home in California's Palm Desert that is intended to contrast the boulders and trees found in its remote setting. More
Adi Goodrich designs surrealist Los Angeles store Dreams with blue rock at its centre
Spatial designer and artist Adi Goodrich has filled the Dreams lifestyle store in Los Angeles' Atwater Village with colourful surrealist details, including a lobster phone and a "glowing" blue rock. More
Sophie Goineau and Enclosures Architects refurbish mid-century house in Beverly Hills
Interior designer Sophie Goineau and Los Angeles studio Enclosures Architects have restored Cove Way House in Beverly Hills by Alfred T Wilkes with updated finishes, "preserving the integrity of original LA modernism". More