US studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a courtyard-style house in California that is closed off to the street yet opens up in the rear, allowing for ample natural light and a connection to the outdoors. Located near downtown Menlo Park, the Modal Home sits at a busy intersection and across the street from a
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New York architecture studio WORKac has completed an office building with a white, layered facade at the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. With eight storeys and 300,000 square feet (27,870 square metres), the building is made of a series of tiered floor plates and “carved-out” terraces meant to echo the California landscape. It is
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Diners pack tightly into this informal Thai restaurant in Los Angeles, which local studio Weiszblüth & Brown has designed to echo the intense flavours of the food served. Holy Basil Market has 16 seats within just 90 square feet (8.4 square metres) of space in Atwater Village, following a highly successful first location Downtown. Chefs
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a submerged concrete and glass house in California, designed by local studio Donaldson + Partners. Seven years in the making, the circular structure features large concrete parabolic arches and was envisioned as a “house for the twenty-first century”. “Those views, yet the house is so introverted” Commenters
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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a submerged concrete and glass house in California, designed by local studio Donaldson + Partners. Seven years in the making, the circular structure features large concrete parabolic arches and was envisioned as a “house for the twenty-first century”. “Those views, yet the house is so introverted” Commenters
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California-based studio Donaldson + Partners has designed a circular house partially embedded in the landscape with large concrete parabolic arches in Montecito, California. Seven years in the making, the 14,000-square foot (1,300-square metre) house is sunken into a four-acre lot between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, outside Santa Barbara. Robin Donaldson, founder
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US studio Kadre Architects has converted two rundown motels in Los Angeles County into The Sierra, a supportive living complex that serves as a “new housing prototype” for people experiencing homelessness. The project is located in Lancaster, a city in the Mojave Desert situated about 70 miles (113 kilometres) north of Los Angeles. The Sierra
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Los Angeles-based studio 22RE has combined metal grids, black and mirrored surfaces, and bold splashes of colour inside this men’s multi-brand boutique in the city’s Arts District. The second Departamento location is situated in the Signal retail enclave, which occupies a series of warehouses southeast of Downtown LA. Using the building’s industrial bones to inform
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A large circular opening offers a glimpse through the white wall in front of this California accessory dwelling unit, designed by architect Yan M Wang of Cover Architecture for his mother. The LA-based architect created the additional unit on his property in Altadena, north of Pasadena, so that his mother and her partner could be
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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features images of Apple’s new events venue in California. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Technology company Apple has completed a new events venue, which was built into the hillside at the Apple Park campus in California. The Observatory opened earlier this week and will serve as a
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