We all want our guests to rest happily and comfortably, but that doesn’t mean they can’t do so while staying across the foyer, out the front door, and in a structure all their own. Goodbye spare bedroom down the hall. Hello guest lodge. It’s this kind of thinking that has put a fresh perspective on … Read more

Baz Luhrmann’s remake of “The Great Gatsby”, which brought in $51.1 million in its opening weekend, have left audiences pining for much more than just a glamorous good time with endless champagne. “People are falling in love with Art Deco again,” Frank Pollaro, a custom furniture maker renowned for reproductions of Jazz Age designs, recently … Read more

On May 19, AIA|Los Angeles will host its next home tour, “The Venetian Tour,” featuring newly constructed homes by four leading architects that are at the forefront of the new phase in Venice’s urban landscape. The four homes features traces of the bohemian lifestyle that once characterized Venice but are also excellent examples of urban … Read more

In the 1980s, Los Angeles-based artist Stephen Prina was walking down La Brea Avenue with fellow artist Christopher Williams when they noticed a bright pink ‘object’ in a glowing storefront window. Upon closer inspection they discovered it to be a built-in desk designed by architect Rudolph Schindler. The unit had been taken out of its … Read more

In the excellent video above, acclaimed interior and furniture designer David Netto takes a tour of the Neutra VDL Research Site in Silverlake. Built in three waves — the first two by Richard Neutra in 1932 and 1940 and the third by Richard and Dion Neutra in 1966 following a fire in the 1932 wing — the … Read more

No longer are the architectural plans of mid-century master Richard Neutra merely curatorial elements of an architectural exhibition. Now, courtesy of a new partnership between Dion Neutra (Richard’s long-time partner in the Neutra Office), California Architecture Conservancy (CAC) and the Neutra Office, those plans can serve as the basis for your new home. Neutra (1892-1970), … Read more

A decade undergoing renovations is no light affair, which is why the Netherland’s Queen Beatrix was among thousands of onlookers who attended the official re-opening on April 13 of Rijksmuseum, the national museum of the Netherlands. The radical $500 million makeover, headed by Spanish design firm Cruz y Cruz, succeeded in restoring the 19th-century building’s red-brick … Read more

Architecture with capital letter A is a fascinating short movie produced by viaViLi, featuring many of the pioneering individuals who have helped shape the notion of modern architecture. The film compiles excerpts from interviews, documentaries and speeches of more than a dozen of the most influential architects of our time, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Meier, … Read more

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled more details of its plans for its 300,000 square-foot museum located in the historic May Company Wilshire building at LACMA. The museum is being designed by award-winning architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali, who notably designed The Nightingale Residence. Along with the new renderings, the Academy launched … Read more