Explore - Douglas Fir

A dramatic trellis adds bravado and a passive cooling element to a recently renovated mid-century ranch house.

Los Angeles architect Ray Kappe built a multilevel house for his family back in 1967, and the results still resonate today.

Most beachfront houses treat the ocean as part of the visual landscape with panoramic views and wraparound balconies. Tom Lloyd-Butler’s beach house by Ernest Born, however, is deeply interior, and...