An Eccentric Pop of Blue Accents a Modern Villa in Los Angeles
Architect Barbara Bestor layers surprises throughout the home, which she designed to fit within the partial footprint of an existing cottage.
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"The idea of that element of color is to draw your eye up and through the opening," says architect Barbara Bestor, describing the bright-blue volume that rises playfully—like a tiny house on top of a house—from the second story of the residence she designed for a mother and son in the Venice neighborhood of L.A.
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Stephen Zacks
Stephen Zacks is an advocacy journalist, architecture critic, urbanist, and organizer based in New York City.
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