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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Eye Candy: Home & Garden Photo Galleries
Eye Candy: Home & Garden Photo Galleries
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Rimrock Ranch, urban industrial meets desert cool
Reader favorite: Outside Pioneertown, architect Lloyd Russell constructs a giant steel canopy for something that's part home, part rental and part performance venue. His client: Jim Austin, a musician and surf wear entrepreneur who sought modern architecture infused with desert spirit.
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Spanish Colonial in La Cañada Flintridge
Husband-and-wife architects Michael Burch and Diane Wilk preserve Everett Babcock’s original 1925 architecture while infusing the property with their own artistry. The result blends the new with the old.
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Cute houses that don't cost a fortune — in L.A.?
The Maltman Bungalows in Silver Lake represent that rare Southern California combination: small houses, good location, not-so-outrageous prices. Take a peek at this development and other attempts to achieve similar success.
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A smart family home on so many levels
Please don't call it split-level. It's a split plane house. Architect Jesse Bornstein modifies a classic idea for a modern age, crafting a home that feels spacious and open yet intimate -- a private refuge graced with functional beauty.
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In L.A., the house that Google SketchUp built
Janna Levenstein’s 1950s home was a maze of small, dark rooms. With the help of a UCLA architecture student and Google’s free software, she turned the space into a bright, sleek, indoor-outdoor living space where every room opens onto nature.
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John Lautner’s Harpel house, restored in fine style
The midcentury architect's house in the Hollywood Hills had been written off by preservationists after one resident added a second story and other features ill-suited for the 1956 design. But after two years of renovation, current owner Mark Haddawy has revived Lautner’s original vision.
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Charles Arnoldi's Malibu beach house, the ultimate artist's canvas
Spare and simple is the rule in the oceanfront home of Arnoldi and his wife, Katie, a novelist. He designed the house as well as most of its furniture. When they wanted to remake the backyard, no worries: Just drive that bulldozer through the living room.
(Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times)
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Storybook escape in Mount Washington
Drawn by the 2-acre landscape, Katrina Rivers bought the nondescript house and made it into an offbeat, bohemian, only-in-L.A. retreat.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Farmhouse modern in Studio City
When Vanessa Choy and Andrew Wong closed their architecture practice in Hong Kong and moved to Los Angeles, they bought a Studio City lot and made plans for a traditional house with a progressive spin. The result is a pleasing mix of country and city, rustic and industrial, casual and refined.
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Palm Springs classic revived for a new generation
William Krisel, 83, never won as much acclaim as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey or others who defined mid-century modernism in Palm Springs. But it was Krisel who helped to bring a modern sensibility to the middle class. Now, decades later, his plans are being built once again.
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A 21st century ranch house in Ventura County
Though some may see Steven Sharpe's house as urban in nature, architect Zoltan Pali says the structure fundamentally is a country house responding to its setting. “Rural has always been associated with simplicity, sparseness and function,” Pali says. “That is this house."
(Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
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Citizens of Humanity's Santa Monica home base
Jerome Dahan, founder of Citizens of Humanity, shares a 1927 Santa Monica house with Lela Tillem, Citizens’ head of sales. The Paris-born Dahan and Tillem have infused the home with vintage French style mixed with kicked-back Californian charm.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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Cool cabin, dude. A snowboarder's modern design near Mammoth
Architect Dan Gallagher's design for his brother, Tim, stands like a series of stacked boxes sheathed in glass, cement board and corrugated metal. It's an homage to the craggy peaks of Mammoth — and a departure from the traditional wood cabins in these mountains.
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Channeling Kelly Wearstler in Eagle Rock
Who says Regency is over? Morgan Lawley lays out her vision of Hollywood glamor in the most unlikely place: a Craftsman-esque fixer in northeast L.A.
(Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
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Jerrold E. Lomax landmark in Glendale
The home of Aida and Vahe Yeghiazarian looks like a concrete fortress from the front: blank, angular and windowless. But the design by Jerrold E. Lomax opens up dramatically in back, with banks of glass looking out to amazing views.
(Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
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In his sphere
Peter Shire designed and installed the patterned linoleum tile floor of the kitchen of his Echo Park home using only squares. “Cutting curves is a sucker’s game,” he says. A table of his design is flanked by two versions of his “Oh My Cats” chair made of enameled steel.
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Venice house gets bigger but stays bohemian
The architectural team of Ali Jeevanjee, Steffen Leisner and Phillip Trigas added living space to a 970-foot bungalow while respecting the scale of other buildings in the neighborhood. The modern, minimalist design works with the homeowners’ love of the unconventional. Case in point: that bathtub on the stairway landing.
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Bryan Fuller: At home with the creator of 'Pushing Daisies'
With the help of designer Betsy Burnham, Bryan Fuller reins in his love of horror-flick kitsch while re-imagining his Silver Lake house. Sci-fi toys are joined by beautiful fabrics, interesting furniture and more grown-up accessories.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
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A Hollywood Hills salon reborn
A 2003 Home article followed art gallery owner Laurie Frank as she hosted one of her renowned dinner parties at her Whitley Heights home. Sixteen months later, an electrical fire nearly destroyed the house. Take a peek into the rebuilt residence, filled with handcrafted artistry.
(Mel Melcon / LAT)
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