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“Skyscrapers are irrelevant to architecture” says commenter

March 20, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a black-clad, “modernist” skyscraper completed in downtown Los Angeles by architecture studio Marmol Radziner. The Beaudry is 695-foot-tall (212 metres) and is now the tallest residential structure in California, according to the studio. Readers were split in their reactions. “Skyscrapers are irrelevant to architecture” Commenter Sanda Weisz

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Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires

March 18, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Local firm Studio VARA has completed Fire Country Lookout, a rural retreat in northern California that is wrapped in a protective shell made of standing-seam metal and is equipped to operate off the grid. Located near the town of Healdsburg in Sonoma County, the house sits on a hilltop dotted with oak trees. A long,

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LA chicken restaurant by Preen Inc “glows from within”

March 17, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

American studio Preen Inc has updated a fast-food restaurant in Los Angeles to harken back to Southern California’s roadside diners of the 1960s, when the establishment was originally founded. Dino’s Famous Chicken is run by four sisters who from LA who wanted to pay homage to the city and their Greek family heritage as part

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Marmol Radziner completes California’s tallest residential skyscraper

March 14, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

California architecture studio Marmol Radziner has completed a black-clad, “modernist” skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, which is now the tallest residential structure in the state of California, according to the studio. The Beaudry is a 695-foot-tall (212 metres) luxury residential skyscraper with 64 storeys. It contains 785 residential units, a large outdoor third-floor terrace and

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“The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site”

March 11, 2024 Shane Reiner-Roth 0

Graffiti on the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza towers is a physical manifestation of increasing tensions over the wealth disparities that blight downtown Los Angeles, writes Shane Reiner-Roth. The battle of Oceanwide Plaza is a preview of the social and economic tensions that will increasingly take place across Los Angeles as it sprints towards the 2028 Summer

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Wittman Estes creates “rapid assembly” fire station in southern California

March 5, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Prefabricated steel modules were used to create Fire Station 67, which was designed by architecture studio Wittman Estes to be durable, adaptable and quick to construct and reconfigure. The fire station is located in Rancho Mission Viejo, a census-designated place in Orange County, California. The area consists of ranching operations, new residential developments and 17,000

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Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California

February 21, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

US studio Inaba Williams Architects has created two mirrored houses with courtyards in Santa Monica, California that are clad in white stucco and have net-zero energy use, according to the studio. Completed in 2023, the twin five-bedroom houses measure 3,900 square feet (362 square metres) each and are divided by a privacy wall and rectangular

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Curved Windows Allow This Home To Have Unobstructed Water Views

February 18, 2024 Erin 0

The Wiseman Group has updated a 90’s home in Sausalito, California, that was originally designed by the late architect Donald Olsen. Located on a hillside with waterfront views, the home has been thoughtfully modernized as an elegant family living space that still honors the unique, original structure. A black-framed artistic glass front door welcomes visitors […]

Home Studios uses local materials to renovate Northern California hotel

February 10, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a conference centre in Northern California back into a luxury hotel, as originally intended by the property’s founder: the inventor of the radio. The Lodge at Marconi sits on a 62-acre site next to Tomales Bay, within the picturesque Marconi State Historic Park – a 1.5-hour drive up Highway Route

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SAOTA lines Los Angeles house with white metal screen

February 6, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

South African architecture studio SAOTA has completed an angular residence in the Los Angeles hills meant to provide privacy while drawing in the “calmness and serenity” of the surrounding landscape. The Stradella Ridge house sits on a steep, triangular property in Bel Air, an affluent neighbourhood in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. The

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