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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

October 20, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. Named Madrone Ridge, the 4,920 square-foot (460 square-metre) house sits within the watershed of northern California’s Russian River. Dry in the summers with heavy rainfall in the winter, the area’s geography informed the design, as

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Anacapa Architecture converts historic building into Drift Santa Barbara hotel

October 16, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco-clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. Located in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara in central California, the 45-key hotel is the second outpost from Drift, with the first located in

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LMN Architects connects learning centre with alumininium walkways

October 9, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has created a university building in Santa Barbara, California, with two separate volumes connected by a series of walkways clad in perforated aluminium. Called the Interactive Learning Pavilion, it is the first building to be built on the University of California Santa Barbara’s campus in more than 50 years. The structure

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ATRA outfits Olson Kundig-designed house in West Hollywood

September 9, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

This townhouse in Los Angeles by US firm Olson Kundig is outfitted by furniture brand ATRA with “the best that Mexico has to offer”. The Garden House, which sits between West Hollywood and Beverley Hills, was designed as one of eight single-family homes that form the Rosewood Houses development. Each of the two-storey residences was

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Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California

September 8, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritises low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco. Called The Science and Environmental Center, the structure is an expansion of the campus for the Nueva School in Hillsborough, Silicon Valley. The campus comprises an 11,600-square-foot (1,077 square-metre) two-storey building on

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Dezeen Debate features Silicon Valley investors’ “nostalgic” city concept

September 7, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a concept for a new city in California unveiled by a group of Silicon Valley investors. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. A group of investors named Flannery Associates has announced plans to convert 50,000 acres of farmland into a city in Solano county, northern California. The

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Silicon Valley investors unveil controversial concept for new city in California

September 5, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Controversial plans to transform over 50,000 acres of farmland into a city in Solano county, northern California, have been unveiled by a group of investors named Flannery Associates. In a collection of colourful illustrations, the city is depicted as a series of walkable neighbourhoods that the group said will offer “a chance for a new

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The LADG upends “traditional” organisation for Los Angeles bungalow remodel

August 30, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Stucco and asphalt are found on the exterior of a 1920s bungalow that has been fully revamped by local firm The LADG, which sought to challenge “traditional notions of how a house should be organised and how it should look”. The project – officially called House in Los Angeles 5 – involved updates and extensions to a

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Yu2e draws upon historic styles to create pink housing block in Los Angeles

August 28, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture and engineering firm Yu2e has completed The Axolotl, a three-storey apartment building near public transit that is meant to be an “evolutionary hybrid of Los Angeles middle housing”. The building is situated on a rectangular property in the Los Feliz neighbourhood, described as a “middle density” area with many two-storey apartment buildings. For the

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Odami creates textured minty interior for Aesop Palisades Village store

August 26, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Mint green materials cover this store for skincare brand Aesop, which Toronto studio Odami designed for the Palisades area of Los Angeles. The Aesop store opened at the end of 2022 in the Palisades, a verdant corner of the city northwest of Santa Monica where several seminal modernist houses are located. “Aesop Palisades Village takes

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