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Midcentury Mecca: A Look at Modern Homes in Los Angeles

Famous for its sun-drenched glitziness, the City of Angels is also an epicenter of modernism, and features a multitude of homes designed or inspired by the likes of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and A. Quincy Jones.

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The home doesn't hide its extensive renovations: with all-new windows, installed to maximize both views and solar exposure, it is quite visible where old meets new.
The home doesn't hide its extensive renovations: with all-new windows, installed to maximize both views and solar exposure, it is quite visible where old meets new.
When midcentury enthusiast Margaret Riley purchased a rundown Los Angeles ranch, she turned to architect Cory Buckner to remodel the home after nearby modernist icons. Along with redwood siding, sliding glass doors, and a butterfly roof, Buckner added a second floor balcony with views of Santa Monica Bay.
When midcentury enthusiast Margaret Riley purchased a rundown Los Angeles ranch, she turned to architect Cory Buckner to remodel the home after nearby modernist icons. Along with redwood siding, sliding glass doors, and a butterfly roof, Buckner added a second floor balcony with views of Santa Monica Bay.
Though not as publicly celebrated as some of his contemporaries such as Frank Gehry and Eric Owen Moss, architect Ray Kappe has artfully embodied similar ideals, working to create homes that encourage residents to engage with nature as well as their structural surroundings. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. A controlled explosion of space, the house spills out over multiple levels, and is intersected by vertical planes of glass, wood, and concrete.
Though not as publicly celebrated as some of his contemporaries such as Frank Gehry and Eric Owen Moss, architect Ray Kappe has artfully embodied similar ideals, working to create homes that encourage residents to engage with nature as well as their structural surroundings. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. A controlled explosion of space, the house spills out over multiple levels, and is intersected by vertical planes of glass, wood, and concrete.
Crestwood Hills, in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, is an endangered enclave of midcentury post-and-beam houses designed by A. Quincy Jones and Whitney R. Smith.
Crestwood Hills, in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, is an endangered enclave of midcentury post-and-beam houses designed by A. Quincy Jones and Whitney R. Smith.