One of the best-known of the Southern California historicist architects, Reginald Davis Johnson (1882–1952) created some of the most beautiful dwellings in and around Pasadena, as well as further north in Santa Barbara and Montecito. Johnson’s projects always possess a confidence and assuredness in

Heinz Legler and Veronique Lievre—a multi-hyphenate creative couple with broad experience in residential and leisure design/build projects, film sets and more recently, their gloriously remote boutique hotel, Venana, overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the mountains near Puerto Vallarta—have put their

Just minutes from both Joshua Tree and Palm Springs- and with wide-ranging views of the surrounding mountains- this secluded mid-century ranch is the perfect place for memorable desert sojourns. With a flexible layout on a very private 2.5-acre lot, it’s also been a successful and fully functioning

We love seeing projects by young entrepreneurs succeed—visually and financially—and this beautifully re-invented Westchester house from the designer-developer Taylor Walker is a perfect example. Represented by realtor Limor Etgar-Zamir, the gut-renovated (and now move-in ready) project went “pending

It’s a California dream—a self-sufficient and sustainable place in the hills of Sonoma County, with just enough of a vineyard to make some wine and an organic garden for produce, room for friends and entertaining, all set in world-class architecture. Built in 2002, this particular dream compound, wi

The homes of architect Paul Revere Williams are among the most coveted dwellings in Los Angeles. Each is a master class in graceful living with their subtly traditional and elegant details showing a range of European styles that mirrored the aspirations of his prosperous (often celebrity) clientele.

Pacific Palisades has long been one of the most sought-after residential neighborhoods in L.A., and despite January’s tragic wildfires, it remains just that. Recently completed and with views to the Pacific Ocean, this exceptional 7-bed, 11-bath, 10-car garage California Farmhouse is the work of arc

The home of architect Jared Brunk, architect/artist Channa Yates is a perfect example of the design-driven reinvention of one’s living and working spaces in the 21st Century in L.A. Done in collaboration with Mike Nesbit, the multidisciplinary couple created a compound that met both their esthetic a

The Star Residence—a Post + Beam classic originally designed in 1956 by USC educator and architect William Mann—has been immaculately rescripted by developer/designer Andreas E. G. Larsson of HabHouse, noted for his sensitive and exemplary restoration of previously overlooked properties by architect

Palm Springs has a great tradition of its own Desert Modernism, and Jill Lewis, of the eponymous San Francisco/Palm Springs-based architectural design firm, has brought a timeless synthesis of classic International Style to a boulder-strewn landscape at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. Unlike

The 1970s were a boom time in Southern California. A period when prosperous business people were willing and able to build new dwellings that reflected their success. Often ego-driven, the results varied; not all have survived either the tests of time and/or insensitive updating when fashions change

Tiburon is no stranger to outstanding mid-century design—like much of California, the 1960s were a boom time there—and this wonderfully restored delta-roofed, canal-front home is a perfect example. Comprehensively reworked over the past four years by Jack Byron and his expert team at Suprstructur, t

We’re not exactly sure who Mrs. Chimorro was (or even her first name) but in 1926 she commissioned this house from Roy Selden Price, one of LA’s most successful architects of the period—referred to in David Gebhard and Robert Winter’s magisterial An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles as “one of

In the decades following the Civil War, Midwesterners—well-chilled by the brutal winters—migrated to Southern California. Among them was William Taylor Clapp, one of Pasadena’s founders. Clapp would go on to prosper with orange groves and real estate speculation and in 1882, built a grand residence

What do you get when an artist and architect collaborate on their home? You could get chaos and strife, but in the hands of this couple, the result is an absolutely serene retreat, the perfect venue for a life well-lived in a 3-bed, 3.5-bath home, arranged around a central courtyard with a deep conn

In terms of design and a radical rethinking of Postwar urbanism, the Modernique Homes by the pioneering L.A. Modernist Gregory Ain were groundbreaking in their day—and one of them is on the market and open this weekend. Having worked with Richard Neutra for years and fully invested in California’s u

Born in Vienna, Rudolph Schindler [1887-1953] has become one of the most admired—and mythic—California Modernist architects, in part because so few of his projects have survived intact. His own home in West Hollywood, now beautifully restored, is widely considered his finest extant work. Schindler w

Not all of L.A.’s condominiums are created equal. Some are unbelievably mundane, and some, like this dwelling on the market at Canyon5 in Franklin Village, are extraordinary. Designed in 2019 by architect Lorcan O’Herlihy, Canyon5 was built by developer Leeor Maciborski under L.A.’s Small Lot Initia

Overlooking one of California’s most charming small cities, this sophisticated Mill District Penthouse becomes the perfect venue for enjoying art, design and wineAbove the credenza is Kelsey Overstreet’s Like A Wave To The Sea (2023), acrylic on canvas. Above the fireplace is Sebastian Pochan’s Stac

When a sculptor makes his own home, you can expect it to have an unconventional vision. This is certainly true of sculptor Alma Allen’s former desert dwelling and studio spaces in Joshua Tree, comprising a pair of wood structures contained within a hand-laid stone wall. Now available for the first t