Californian Homes

Unable to expand due to local planning restrictions, a couple ask Shands Studio to make their Fairfax residence feel sunny and streamlined.

Set on just under an acre, the Topanga property packs in four structures and inspiration galore.

A 22-part Dwell series extensively chronicled the home’s multiyear construction process.

A possible Neutra design, the current owners spent the last two decades restoring original details and are now ready to pass on the keys.

A single window and door along the concrete-colored facade are all that hint to what’s in store.

A sun-filled home brings a suburban California site closer to its untamed roots.

The picturesque homestead also includes a decked-out glamping tent and tons of vintage features.

Returning to the Presidio after two decades in New York, an auteur couple and their young daughters work with Geremia Design to create an evocative home.

Tom Marble designs a calm retreat overlooking Silver Lake for a Buddhist devotee and hospice nurse.

The unforgettably colorful exterior hides a calming and contemporary interior.

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

Turnkey ready, the revamped house near Joshua Tree comes with 2.5 acres of complete solitude.

With a portfolio that includes some of San Francisco’s Painted Ladies, Phil Schinman was up to the challenge of a home’s shocking blue stairway.

When your house includes an industrial design studio, architecture office, and metalwork shop, what more do you need?

The late architect David Boone was always one to take his work home with him—he just kept it in the home’s office.

Originally built in 1960, the interior and exterior contrast vintage influence with modern finishes.

Aidlin Darling Design recasts an unremarkable midcentury home as a multigenerational retreat crowned by a living roof.

A couple transform their backyard into a botanical children’s playland and an ideal entertaining spot.

Faulkner Architects creates an expansive home on a challenging mountain slope.

A restrained revamp by Anacapa and Bailey Peace Design emphasizes the rolling landscape.

Designed by Walker Warner Architects and ODADA, this home takes cues from agricultural forms and the pastoral landscape of Woodside, California.

Asking $2M, the hilltop residence is remarkably well preserved—with vintage furnishings, original fixtures, and shag carpeting.

For a couple’s forever home, SB Architects draw from resort design to effortlessly blend indoors and out.

Who says accessibility can’t be stylish? As designer Sherry Hope-Kennedy proves, the varying needs of a multigenerational home can all be answered in one cohesive design.

The flora comes first at a leafy enclave just minutes from downtown Palo Alto.

Dubbed the “Monster House” for its previously unruly condition, this renovated 1905 home just hit the market for $1.2M.

Behind a subdued exterior, a San Francisco townhouse designed by OPA expresses its wild side.

A power couple in the tech world create the home of their dreams—with barely a gadget in sight.

Natural light allows the period details to pop against a crisp white interior.

Listed for $1.75M, the 1922 home features a towering fireplace and 20-foot-high vaulted ceilings.