A Fresh Dose of Barragán-Inspired Color Livens Up This Los Angeles Midcentury
How a resident, an architect, and a landscape designer turned a dark and beleaguered 1950s house into a family home for the ages.
Text by
Photos by
This story was originally published in Dwell’s July/August 2012 issue.
Try Dwell+ to Continue
Subscribe to Dwell+ to get unlimited access to the very best of Dwell, including a steady stream of subscriber exclusives, ad-free browsing, and more.
Subscribe to Dwell+
You can cancel at any time. Already a Dwell+ subscriber? Sign In
Sarah Amelar
While reporting on Hadley and Peter Arnold's Canyon House, writer and architect Sarah Amelar got to rub shoulders–or rather wings and fins–with the family's menagerie: three dogs, a cat, two rabbits, two birds and a fish.
Published
Last Updated



