architecture in california

conner & perry reworks ‘lautner’s castle’ on los angeles hillside

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Lautner’s Castle: A Hillside Modernist Revisited   Designed in the early 1980s by John Lautner, the recently renewed Lautner’s Castle rises from a steep Los Angeles hillside, its cylindrical stone turrets marking the canyon edge. Renovation architect Conner & Perry Architects approached the project with the intention of upgrading key spaces and performance while preserving … Read more

cedar-clad ‘staggered cabin’ by mork-ulnes steps down a forested slope above lake tahoe

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A cabin stepping with the slope   Mork-Ulnes Architects takes to a forested hillside above South Lake Tahoe, California to design its Staggered Cabin, hiding four cedar volumes among the area’s Jeffrey pines and outcrops of granite.   From the road, the house appears as a series of dark, angled forms that shift in height … Read more