PHOTO: ERHARD PFEIFFERRichard Landry, AIA, created the award-winning Landry Design Group in 1987.  With clients throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and the Middle East, the firm continues to raise standards in high-end residential architecture.
Internationally renowned for their designs in a variety of architectural styles and for their service-oriented philosophy, Landry Design Group produces [...]

BalenciagaA spacecraft-like boutique has just landed from Mars complete with extraterrestrial black rock and cacti landscaping on Melrose. The second Balenciaga boutique in the U.S. officially opened in mid-March after a two and half year odyssey. A collaborative mind-meld between French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and creative director Nicolas Ghesquière, the 5000 square-foot, two-floor space [...]

Photo: Ted VanCleaveStephen Cohen casts his net wide. His galleries, the Stephen Cohen gallery in LA and Cohen Amador in New York, represent a staggering number of international photographers working in a wide variety of genres. As if running two internationally renowned photo galleries weren’t enough, he is the founder and driving force [...]

Cocoanut GroveJim McHugh is famous for the artist portraits, celebrity lifestyles and fine art he photographs. His images of Samuel L. Jackson, Clint Eastwood and Sir Anthony Hopkins, his unique environmental portraits for Architectural Digest covers, his comprehensive photographic survey of the Los Angeles art world, have garnered him numerous accolades and prizes. As one [...]

Katsuya HollywoodAs my eyes adjust from the blinding flash of paparazzi crouched outside, I am greeted by a darling hostess dressed in a drab, prison like uniform at the newest Katsuya Restaurant in Hollywood.  Immediately, the floating white sushi knife cocktail stands in the Dragon Lounge visually arrest my attention. Between the prison uniforms and [...]