Slim wooden slats cover "wild geometry" of renovated Californian house
San Francisco's Blue Truck Studio clad the exterior of this holiday house in Manhattan Beach, California with cedar siding to tone down its unusual geometries. More
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Marc Thorpe designs Case Study 2020 house for Los Angeles
American architect Marc Thorpe has designed this Hollywood Hills residence for an art collector to draw on the modernist Case Study Houses. More
White Twin Gable House by Ryan Leidner Architecture is a remodeled Eichler
Californian firm Ryan Leidner Architecture has used bright white paint and lush greenery to refresh a mid-century modern Eichler home in Silicon Valley that was completed in the 1960s. More
Woodwork and skylights stream light into Noe Valley Residence in San Francisco
American firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has placed skylights over existing wood framing to streak the interiors of this San Francisco house with beams of light. More
Saez Pedraja adds small studio to a fashion designer's Santa Monica residence
California architect Juan Saez Pedraja has added a studio fronted with aluminium panels and cedar shades to the backyard of a remodelled Santa Monica residence. More
Five San Francisco house extensions designed to contrast the original architecture
These five houses in San Francisco are traditional in the front and have contemporary extensions in the back. More
John Lum Architecture reimagines charming San Francisco home with modern extension
San Francisco studio John Lum Architecture has contrasted the look of this cottage-style house in the city with a steel-and-glass extension at the back. More
Faulkner Architects perches Big Barn house on Sonoma Valley hillside
American studio Faulkner Architects has completed a holiday home in California's wine country with an asymmetrical roof and facades wrapped in weathering steel and salvaged wood. More
Mini Inno renovates mid-century home Villa Kuro in Joshua Tree
Los Angeles studio Mini Inno added a Japanese-style tea room to a 1960s property in Joshua Tree National Park while turning it into a holiday home. More
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
Stayner Architects restores modernist Wave House in California
Los Angeles practice Stayner Architects has restored a 1950s house in Palm Desert, California, which was designed by modernist architect Walter S White to feature a wave-shaped roof. More
Hollywood Hills House by Kristen Becker steps down a steep Los Angeles hillside
Medieval castles and industrial buildings influenced the design of this multi-storey California home by Kristen Becker of architecture firm Mutuus Studio, which is intended to have "a modest footprint". More
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reveal Californian house designed by Axel Vervoordt
Kim Kardashian has revealed a glimpse of the "minimal style" Calabasas house that Axel Vervoordt and Vincent Van Duysen designed for the reality television star and her rapper husband Kanye West. More
Six striking houses in California's Silicon Valley
While commonly known as a tech hub, Silicon Valley is home to a number of impressive residential designs. US reporter Bridget Cogley picks out six stand-out homes in the area. More
Angular terrace tops Clive Wilkinson's self-designed Los Angeles home
Los Angeles architect Clive Wilkinson has designed his own family home atop a hilly site to draw cues from nearby modern dwellings that resemble "spaceships on stilts". More
Echo House by Aaron Neubert Architects steps down slope in Los Angeles
Sliding glass walls front the living area of this Los Angeles house by US firm Aaron Neubert Architects and open onto a terrace designed to make the most of the surrounding views. More
Bridge House by architect Dan Brunn straddles natural stream in Los Angeles
For his own residence, California architect Dan Brunn has designed a long, slender home that stretches over a brook on a wooded property in Los Angeles. More
FAR adds studio with corrugated plastic door to artist's Los Angeles residence
This artist's studio, which architecture firm FAR has added to a Los Angeles house, includes a large plastic door that folds in half and a rooftop covered in blue tiles. More
Koto and Abodu launch tiny prefab ADUs for San Francisco Bay Area
Prefabricated housing company Koto has designed a cabin-like ADU, or Accessory Dwelling Unit, that can be delivered to sites in San Jose, California in two weeks. More
Field Architecture designs Pinon Ranch to embrace pastoral setting in California
Gabled volumes wrapped in wood and glass form this residence in northern California, which US studio Field Architecture designed to ensure that no trees had to be removed from the site. More