California

Yabu Pushelberg references multi-faceted LA culture in conjoined hotels

April 6, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Canadian design studio Yabu Pushelberg has created the Moxy and AC Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles to encapsulate a variety of references to the surrounding city. The two hotels were placed side by side within a Gensler-designed building in central Los Angeles, with Yabu Pushelberg carrying out the design for both hotels. The designers used

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Faceted panels wrap Line Hotel and Serif building in San Francisco

March 27, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Cladding made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete wraps the exterior of a sculptural, mixed-used building that was designed by US firm Handel Architects for a crowded, triangular site. The 12-storey building houses The Line Hotel and a residential portion called Serif, along with commercial space on the ground level. It sits on a triangular block in San

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Lovers Unite wraps Bar Chelou in Pasadena with expressive drapery

March 26, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude influenced the dramatic drapery around this restaurant in Pasadena, California, designed by Los Angeles studio Lovers Unite. Conceived by chef-owner Douglas Rankin as a take on a Parisian bistro, Bar Chelou opened earlier this year in a building in a Spanish Colonial Revival plaza next to the Pasadena Playhouse. Lovers

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Neal Schwartz includes dovecotes in “chapel-like” California studio

March 20, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

A series of shelters for doves were embedded in the laminated-cedar facade of Neal Schwartz’s self-designed studio, which is an extension of his Sonoma home. Called Mourning Dovecote, the extension is attached to Schwartz’s single-storey home in Sonoma, California. Schwartz worked with his studio Schwartz and Architecture to create the addition, which the architect uses as

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Supreme’s Los Angeles flagship features its first fully floating skate bowl

February 28, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

A team of architects and designers has mixed retail with a skateboard facility for clothing brand Supreme’s Los Angeles flagship store, sited in the building that was once home to the iconic record store Tower Records. The overall design of the he 8,500-square-foot (790-square-metre) store was carried out through a collaboration of London interiors studios

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Low-lying house by Klopf Architecture overlooks California’s Sonoma Valley

February 28, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Klopf Architecture has completed the Sonoma Hilltop New Residence, a horizontal house in wine country that takes cues from mid-century modern architecture and has dangling chains that collect rainwater. The Sonoma Hilltop New Residence is located in Sonoma, a city in the heart of northern California’s wine-growing region. The family residence is perched on a boulder-studded hill,

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Jialun Xiong balances contrasts at “retro-futurist” restaurant in Los Angeles

February 26, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

LA-based furniture designer Jialun Xiong has completed her first restaurant interior in the city for 19 Town, achieving a retro-futurist look by pairing soft hues and metallic surfaces. Serving Chinese fusion food, the 19 Town restaurant is located in an industrial area close to Downtown LA. The name is a play on words from a

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Black staircases link SC Workplace by Behnisch Architekten

February 25, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A variety of black staircases dogleg and spiral between the levels of this office in Southern California, designed by global firm Behnisch Architekten. Tasked with bringing personality to a four-storey “developer box”, Behnisch Architekten 110,000 square feet (10,220 square metres) for an undisclosed client. “We had the opportunity to work with a great client to

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Scalloped concrete walls anchor California house by Laney LA

February 19, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Undulated concrete walls form the lower portion of this Californian house by architecture studio Laney LA, while its top half is wrapped in glass and cedar. The aptly named Scalloped Concrete House sits on a hill in the Manhattan Beach neighbourhood, just south of LAX airport, which affords the property sea views. Its lower storey

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Hsu McCullough orients Los Angeles home around legacy elm tree

February 17, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Hsu McCullough has completed a stucco and ash home with an accessory dwelling unit in Los Angeles’ that wraps around an elm tree. Hsu McCullough created the chevron-shaped home, called Psomas, on a wedge-shaped lot in the city’s Mar Vista district. The irregularly shaped lot provided the primary inspiration for the design. “This ‘pizza

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