After years of renovating houses and raising three children in Malibu, the owners (he’s a lawyer, she’s an architect) chose Lake Flato Architecture, the award-winning San Antonio firm known for its commitment to sustainability to build their family a house in Malibu’s Point Dume neighborhood. After

In Palm Springs, a dwelling’s provenance is paramount. The names of famous owners, influential architects and interior designers, plus location, sometimes read like Scripture. written by realtors. Here, on the market for the first time since 2017, is the Jerome Factor House, currently owned by busin

Well, that was quick. A classic-but-modest Hollywood stucco cottage—that was built in the 1920s and reworked over the years into a romantic compound and witty work of art—has sold for $21K over asking pirce in just twelve days. Previously owned by the actor Christopher Lloyd, its original transforma

Inside Park Elm Residences, Kristi Will Interior Design transforms two units into contemporary, move-in ready homes—that just hit the market The living room features a sofa by A. Rudin, and the coffee table, side tables and swivel chairs are by Holly Hunt. Photography by Ryan Lahiff. Located in the

Located on one of the most spectacular of sites in Lone Pine—just a few boulder-strewn acres but completely surrounded by Federally protected lands and views of the surrounding mountains—is this 2-bed, 2-bath residence designed by Linda Taalman AIA. Employing her iT house concept vocabulary, the hom

“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness,” Frank O. Gehry. Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers Frank O. Gehry’s Sirmai-Peterson House, is configured of seemingly random masonry and stucco structures that evoke memories of ancient Italian hill towns—but in a California

The Perry House, one of Pacific Height’s Modernist masterworks, has come on the market. Built in 2002 on the site of a pair of undistinguished houses facing Alta Vista Park to the South and with open views of the Bay and Marin Headlands to the North, it was the work of the late Olle Lundgren [1954-2

Nestled in Montecito’s historic Hedgerow neighborhood, one of architect Mary McLaughlin Craig’s [1889-1964] finest homes, just hit the market. Craig, a transplant from South Dakota, was married to James Osborne Craig, the Scottish emigre architect who designed Santa Barbara’s El Paseo—an early model

With her unerring eye for color and style, Trina Turk has built a clothing and lifestyle brand unlike any other in Southern California. Founded with her late husband, photographer/stylist/menswear designer Jonathan Skow, their partnership translated a glamorous leisure-centric mid-century aesthetic

Best known for its wide open desert landscape and a high level of off-the-grid casual funk at the entrance to a national park, the town of Joshua Tree has never been a mecca for high design. That’s shifting, and Panorama Valley, a new project by Ewa Marais, president and co-founder of the desert des

It’s an old Spanish proverb, but one that fundamentally rings eternal, especially at Montage Healdsburg, one of the most memorable places to stay in Sonoma. There is that option, however, of never having to leave– by acquiring one of the resort’s signature residential properties. Recently completed

Rufus Wainwright, the prolific, free-spirited singer/songwriter/composer has put his home in Laurel Canyon on the market. And it’s exactly what one might expect—a quirky but classic c.1926 Storybook Style cottage in a gated enclave and containing all the standard Storybook details: the library in a

Joseph Eichler remains a touchstone in the history of California Modernism, as a visionary developer who built thousands of well-designed, essentially modest dwellings for the classic nuclear family of the 1960s. His brand name was so successful, that it long overshadowed the architects that designe

Craig Ellwood [1922-1992] remains one of L.A.’s most charismatic and influential Modernist designers. He was not just an architect, but led a prototypical design/build firm with a team of in-house architects that helped bring his visions to reality. Their firm was at the forefront of Post-war Modern

Now legendary in the architectural folklore of L.A., the Crestwood Hills community was developed shortly after WWII as a cooperative development for affordable housing with a Modernist approach. Some homes have been lost to fire while others have been remodeled nearly out of existence. But back then

The prolific Bay Area architect Henry Hil [1913-1984] is best known for his beautifully crafted homes, working in what’s usually referred to as the Second Bay Tradition. Like two of the notable San Francisco architects he worked closely with in the 1940s—John Dinwiddie and the esteemed emigre archit

Laurel Canyon is the legendary corner of the Hollywood Hills that is a secluded, woodsy neighborhood retreat for film stars and musicians, writers and dreamers since the 1960s. Quantifying a deeply casual style, Laurel Canyon is ground zero for boho chic and the location of some of L.A.’s most wonde

Originally built in 1938 for actress and singer Virginia Bruce, a classic blonde film stars of the 1930s, this Pacific Palisades estate is an equally classic version of California’s iconic Colonial Revival style—bringing a nostalgia for a traditional East Coast aesthetic to the West. With exceptiona

This compact but exquisite Venice residence was designed and built for architect Leo Marmol (FAIA by his firm) Marmol Radziner as an early exploration into luxury prefabricated homes in the early-2000s, just closed on the last day of 2025 after barely a month on the market (in an all-cash deal) for

Taking the concept of a chic Modern Farmhouse one step further, Villa Verde is an exceptional new offering on Sonoma’s Eastside. The work of Ridge Design + Build—a firm with deep roots in Wine Country and a reputation for impeccable quality—designed this private gated compound, clad in spruce and st