Catherine Ledner

photographs

Opdahl Remastered

Case Study architect Edward Killingsworth’s masterpiece, the 1957 Opdahl House, fell into ruin, but thanks to a musician with a passion for modernism, it is celebrating its 50th…
Two Houses Are Better Than One

Or is one house better than two? For Santa Monica–based architect Jesse Bornstein and his family, both are true.
True Hollywood Story

For over seventy years, through 7,000 photography sessions, and with 70,000 negatives, Julius Shulman captured the elusive spirit of architecture with an unerring eye and indefatigable character…
Compound Addition

A pair of environmentally attuned architects combined adjoining properties in a Los Angeles canyon to house their modernist menagerie.
New Orleans, LA

As New Orleans struggles to get back on its feet, one architect learns from the past while building for the future.