Modern Architect in Los Angeles
Los Angeles has become one of the most recognizable settings for luxury residential houses and modern architectural designs, with its unique combination of warm Southern California climate, luxury lifestyle, community of creatives, coastal and hillside settings, and love of outdoor living.
How Top Art Consultants Curate Contemporary Art Collections for Luxury Residences and Modern Spaces
In exploring the creatives who help to bring our modern homes to life, we spoke with Helene Brown and Tanya Kim of Fresh Paint Art Advisors, a woman-owned, women-led art consulting firm with a mission to transform our environments through art.
Creating Beverly Crest: a Modern Terraced Hillside Mansion in Beverly Hills
In Los Angeles, where the landscape is as much a client as the human resident, architecture becomes an act of translation.
Our California Modern Legacy: 38 Years of Evolving Luxury Resort Style Living
Looking through our design archives at the number of projects and the terrific clients we’ve enjoyed serving over the years, nearly four decades has added up to a body of work that we’re excited to share!
Luis Barragán's Legacy: Transforming Modern Homes into Sanctuaries
A modernist who welcomed the emotional landscape into his architectural designs, Luis Barragán created modern homes as sanctuaries for communing with the self.
Ray Eames: The Unsung Visionary Behind Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces
Designer and artist Ray Eames was instrumental in creating some of the mid-century modern styles and products adored and coveted by a post-World War II America, but in her time received almost no credit for her contributions.
Maximizing Luxury in Minimal Spaces: Indoor-Outdoor Living Under 10,000 Square Feet
Luxury resort style living doesn’t require an enormous home or modern estate, it can be enjoyed in as little as 5,000-10,000 square feet.
Harnessing Water’s Aesthetic Power - Part III
As we continue to explore the aesthetic power of water in architecture, we look here at its use in our own modern designs.
Harnessing Water’s Aesthetic Power - Part II
From the Bauhaus era of architecture (1920s - 30s) on into the present day, the great modernist architects have often integrated water into their architectural designs.
Harnessing Water’s Aesthetic Power - Part I
Water has long been incorporated into the architectural design of cities and homes around the world, as both a necessity and sensory pleasure.
The Genius of Oscar Niemeyer - Part III
Oscar Niemeyer, the modernist architect who brought curves to concrete and a sense of sculpture to public design, famously worked until the end of his life, continuing to go into the office daily, well into his hundreds.
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