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510 Cabin by Hunter Leggitt Studio

510 Cabin by Hunter Leggitt Studio Location: Wofford Heights, California, USA Year: 2012 Area: 1,090 sqft Photo courtesy: Hunter Leggitt Studio Description: Hunter Leggitt Studio spent 12 months designing and building this custom cabin near Lake Isabella, CA. Bringing on seven architectural student apprentices to help build, this...

Atherton Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects

Atherton Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects Location: Atherton, California, USA Year: 2008 Photo courtesy: David Wakely Description: Located on the peninsula south of San Francisco, this house sits on an internal suburban flag lot. The previous 1950s house, removed due to structural problems, featured mature landscaping...

Eclectically Modern Downtown Loft by BAM Design Lab

Eclectically Modern Downtown Loft by BAM Design Lab Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Year: 2014 Photo courtesy: BAM Design Lab Description: We approached this project by streamlining and modernizing this downtown LA industrial loft. Storage and privacy are two very key elements in loft living. The double...

Brentwood Residence by Jamie Bush & Co.

Brentwood Residence by Jamie Bush & Co. Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Year: 2009 Photo courtesy: Jamie Bush & Co. Description: The owners of this home had a taste for mid century pieces, some with pops of colors and some more on the natural side. They have...

Monte Vista by H3K Design

Monte Vista by H3K Design Location: Palm Springs, California, USA Photo courtesy: Patrick Ketchum Description: The clients originally hired us to design a casita or an expansion on the existing foot print of the house but didn’t want to give up the beautiful yard and lush...

Beverly Hills House by Jendretzki

Beverly Hills House by Jendretzki Location: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA Area: 5,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Jendretzki Description: Full reconfiguration of a Hal Levitt 50’s house. Partitions were replaced with shelving units to open up and connect all spaces. New ipe interior flooring extends out to...

Ralston Avenue Residence by Urrutia Design

Ralston Avenue Residence by Urrutia Design Location: Mill Valley, Marin County, California, USA Year: 2011 Price: $4.85 million Photo courtesy: Sotheby’s ...

Silver Strand Beach House by ROBERT KERR architecture design

Silver Strand Beach House by ROBERT KERR architecture design Location: Oxnard, California, USA Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: ROBERT KERR architecture design Thank you for reading this article!

Brentwood Residence by Belzberg Architects

Brentwood Residence by Belzberg Architects Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Area: 12,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Art Gray Photography, Fotoworks Benny Chan Photography Description: The Brentwood Residence is located on a large picturesque lot in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Because the lot did not offer...

The Hilltop House by Safdie Rabines

The Hilltop House by Safdie Rabines Location: Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA Area: 10,000 sqft Price: $7 million Photo courtesy: Safdie Rabines Description: The home was designed to maximize the 360 degree views from its hilltop location, just north of San Diego. An open plan in the public...

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