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  • Commune designs Serra marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles to be airy and luxurious

    Oak and brass display cabinets fill this cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles that local studio Commune designed to look like a jewellery store. Commune designed the store for Portland brand Serra that sells and produces cannabis products, from caramel treats to pre-rolled joints. Serra, whose Portland flagship was designed by OMFGCo and JHL Design, tasked […] More

  • McLaren Excell channels church interiors for The Splash Lab's LA showroom

    Arched doorways, altar-like tables and a nave-style display area feature in this Los Angeles showroom that McLaren Excell has designed for bathroom brand The Splash Lab. The Splash Lab’s showroom takes over a converted factory in LA’s Culver City area that was originally built back in the 1930s. As this is the bathroom brand’s US […] More

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    Los Angeles church transformed into The Ruby Street co-working and event space

    Stained glass windows feature alongside contemporary furniture in this multipurpose space in Los Angeles designed by Francesca de la Fuente and Working Holiday Studio. The Ruby Street venue occupies an Arts and Crafts-style building that was constructed in the late 19th century in LA’s Highland Park neighbourhood. The building has a storied past, having served as […] More

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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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    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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    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

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    David Adjaye curves pink concrete around Los Angeles store The Webster

    David Adjaye has used pink-tinted concrete to form a “tough and gentle” store in Los Angeles for fashion retailer The Webster, which marks the British-Ghanaian architect’s first project in California. Adjaye Associates was enlisted to create the 11,000-square-foot (1,022-square-metre) flagship store for the luxury retailer at the base of the Beverly Center. Photograph by Laurian […] More