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An Architect’s Work to Preserve L.A.’s Modernist Crestwood Hills Enclave Starts With Her Own Home

An Architect’s Work to Preserve L.A.’s Modernist Crestwood Hills Enclave Starts With Her Own Home

A Hollywood Hills Midcentury by Three Case Study Legends Gets a New Outlook

A Hollywood Hills Midcentury by Three Case Study Legends Gets a New Outlook

In a Code-Happy Los Angeles Suburb, an Architect Couple Break the Mold—Without Breaking the Law

In a Code-Happy Los Angeles Suburb, an Architect Couple Break the Mold—Without Breaking the Law

An Architect Builds His Family Home on a Steep Malibu Canyon With a View

An Architect Builds His Family Home on a Steep Malibu Canyon With a View

Rental Revamp: After a Breakup, an L.A. Artist Goes Bachelor Mode on a Funky Basement Flat

Rental Revamp: After a Breakup, an L.A. Artist Goes Bachelor Mode on a Funky Basement Flat

A Northern California Couple Renovate a Condo With a Home Office for $464K

A Northern California Couple Renovate a Condo With a Home Office for $464K

Before & After: An L.A. Music Producer’s Latest Collab? Turning a Midcentury Into His Family Home

Before & After: An L.A. Music Producer’s Latest Collab? Turning a Midcentury Into His Family Home

Casa Study House #1

Casa Study House #1

In L.A.’s Silver Lake Neighborhood, a Renovation Takes Advantage of Enviable Views

In L.A.’s Silver Lake Neighborhood, a Renovation Takes Advantage of Enviable Views

Budget Breakdown: You’d Never Guess This Serene Family Home Was a Marijuana Grow House

Budget Breakdown: You’d Never Guess This Serene Family Home Was a Marijuana Grow House

Construction Diary: How a California Designer Crafted His New Family Home—On Top of Their First Home

Construction Diary: How a California Designer Crafted His New Family Home—On Top of Their First Home

The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move In

The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move In

An Earthen Home on the California Coast Bridges the Adirondack and Sea Ranch Styles

An Earthen Home on the California Coast Bridges the Adirondack and Sea Ranch Styles

This Multigenerational Home Near Carmel Is a Slice of Prefab Paradise

This Multigenerational Home Near Carmel Is a Slice of Prefab Paradise

Budget Breakdown: They Built an $830K ADU With Attitude on a Steep Silver Lake Hillside

Budget Breakdown: They Built an $830K ADU With Attitude on a Steep Silver Lake Hillside

A Pristine Bay Area Home by a Lloyd Wright Protégé (Somehow) Had Room for Improvement

A Pristine Bay Area Home by a Lloyd Wright Protégé (Somehow) Had Room for Improvement

Jenni Konner’s Hollywood Pad Is Ready for Its Close-Up

Jenni Konner’s Hollywood Pad Is Ready for Its Close-Up

West African Textiles Inspired This Los Angeles ADU’s Rhythmic Cladding

West African Textiles Inspired This Los Angeles ADU’s Rhythmic Cladding

Bedrooms Step Directly Out Into a Pool at This Sunken Home in Ojai

Bedrooms Step Directly Out Into a Pool at This Sunken Home in Ojai

How Extreme Climate Helped Shape Palm Springs Modernism

How Extreme Climate Helped Shape Palm Springs Modernism

Is GoFundMe the New Insurance?

Is GoFundMe the New Insurance?

Rental Revamp: Kim Swift’s Surreal Silver Lake Home Will Tempt You to Paint Everything

Rental Revamp: Kim Swift’s Surreal Silver Lake Home Will Tempt You to Paint Everything

A Family (Finally) Gives Their Eichler Home a Top-to-Bottom Reboot

A Family (Finally) Gives Their Eichler Home a Top-to-Bottom Reboot

Daft Punk Could Play at This House

Daft Punk Could Play at This House

This Backyard Triumphs Over Trouble to Become an Oasis of Calm

This Backyard Triumphs Over Trouble to Become an Oasis of Calm

A Southern Californian Prefab Is Paradise for the Whole Family

A Southern Californian Prefab Is Paradise for the Whole Family

Before & After: A Falling-Down Farmhouse Gets a Second Chance, Against All Odds

Before & After: A Falling-Down Farmhouse Gets a Second Chance, Against All Odds

What We’re Watching Burn

What We’re Watching Burn

An Idea From the Homeowner’s Father Made Building on This ‘Unbuildable’ Silicon Valley Lot Possible

An Idea From the Homeowner’s Father Made Building on This ‘Unbuildable’ Silicon Valley Lot Possible

Before & After: A Highland Park Fixer-Upper Sings With a New Archway Motif

Before & After: A Highland Park Fixer-Upper Sings With a New Archway Motif

Budget Breakdown: Three Friends Build a $940K Home Near Joshua Tree That Breaks With Boho Vibes

Budget Breakdown: Three Friends Build a $940K Home Near Joshua Tree That Breaks With Boho Vibes

Before & After: A Family (Quite Literally) Fills the Walls of Their Midcentury Home With Memories

Before & After: A Family (Quite Literally) Fills the Walls of Their Midcentury Home With Memories

Rental Revamp: Textile Designer Josie Ford Adds Layers of History to Her 1920s L.A. Apartment

Rental Revamp: Textile Designer Josie Ford Adds Layers of History to Her 1920s L.A. Apartment

Before & After: They Turned a ’70s Tract House Into a Quirky Desert Dream Home

Before & After: They Turned a ’70s Tract House Into a Quirky Desert Dream Home

A Historic Palm Springs Rental Is Transformed With a Riot of Pattern and Color

A Historic Palm Springs Rental Is Transformed With a Riot of Pattern and Color

Budget Breakdown: This $334K Tiny House Popped Up in an L.A. Backyard in Just Two Days

Budget Breakdown: This $334K Tiny House Popped Up in an L.A. Backyard in Just Two Days

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