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    NeueHouse opens Los Angeles co-working space inside landmarked Bradbury Building

    Canadian studio DesignAgency incorporated “soft and graceful flourishes” into NeueHouse’s latest co-working location that occupies a full floor in a 1890s structure in Downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 2011, NeueHouse describes itself as a “cultural home for creators, innovators and thought leaders”. The company’s new workspace in Los Angeles joins two other locations in New […] More

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    Kelly Wearstler designs relaxed and beachy Santa Monica Proper hotel

    American interior designer Kelly Wearstler scoured vintage shops to source the eclectic furniture that decorates the living room-style lobby of this hotel in Santa Monica, California. Santa Monica Proper occupies the 1920s Santa Monica Professional Building and a curvilinear extension designed by local firm Howard Laks Architects. Located on Wilshire Boulevard in the coastal Californian […] More

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    Terracotta brick and stucco create rustic aesthetic in Mexican restaurant Loqui

    Wick Architecture & Design chose materials “that could be found on a construction site” to decorate this Mexican restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. Located in the Art District neighbourhood, Loqui occupies part of the ground floor inside a four-storey concrete building that is being converted into office, restaurant and retail space. Local studio Wick Architecture & Design […] More

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    Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura opens in Los Angeles

    Fashion label Gucci has opened a restaurant at the top of its store in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, which serves up a selection of Italian dishes. Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura occupies the rooftop of the brand’s store on Rodeo Drive, a two-mile-long street in Beverly Hills that is host to a parade of luxury […] More

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    Stayner Architects restores modernist Wave House in California

    Los Angeles practice Stayner Architects has restored a 1950s house in Palm Desert, California, which was designed by modernist architect Walter S White to feature a wave-shaped roof. The dwelling was completed in 1955 for artist Miles C Bates and is named Wave House after its roofline. White, who patented the design of the structure, […] More

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    Brinkworth suspends wooden skateboarding bowl inside San Francisco's Supreme store

    London design studio Brinkworth has built an elevated skateboarding bowl inside this Supreme store in San Francisco that reverberates sounds “like a huge speaker”. The Supreme store is in the city’s Mid-Market neighbourhood, in a retail space on the ground floor of an industrial building renovated by UK practices Brinkworth and Wilson Brothers. The duo […] More

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    The Future Perfect turns 1970s Beverly Hills house into third Casa Perfect showroom

    Design gallery The Future Perfect has created its third Casa Perfect showroom to pay homage to its 1970s aesthetic of the Beverly Hills house it inhabits. The roaming gallery opened its showroom in the Trousdale Estates neighbourhood to follow previous stints in a nearby house that once belonged to Elvis Presley that opened in 2018 and […] More