Vienna Way. Photo: Joe Fletcher
Leo Marmol, FAIA, is Managing Principal of Marmol Radziner. Since establishing the Los Angeles-based design firm in 1989 with Ron Radziner, FAIA, they have designed and built some of the most elegant and coveted modern homes in Los Angeles. Celebrity clients are naturally among those discerning individuals drawn to the [...]

As Kermit the Frog croons, “it’s not easy bein’ green.” In a time when the buzz of being green has become a bewildering noise, redefining sustainability is paramount. Besides tossing the empty bottles in the blue trashcan, driving a Prius instead of a SUV and buying designer chemical-free dish soap, what does it mean [...]

Case Study House No. 22, Los Angeles, Calif., Iconic Girls, 1960; Pierre Koenig, Architect. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute
In Built Upon Love: Architectural Longing After Ethics and Aesthetics (MIT Press), architectural historian Alberto Perez-Gomez puts forward the enticing idea that “true [...]

Sam Nazarian’s newest Los Angeles venture, the SLS Hotel (which stands for Style Luxury Service), is the first hotel where Philippe Starck’s design is omnipresent in every detail. The Bazaar, the public open space lobby, offers shopping in the Moss gift shop, dining at Jose Andres’ four-star restaurant, socializing with friends in Bar Centro or [...]

Kenneth David Lee incorporated sustainable conveniences throughout his own residence, including roof mounted solar panels that provide 50-75% of the home’s usable energy.Los Angelenos live in somewhat of an urban wild, where areas resplendent in nature are coupled with highly developed environments, often under duress. The unstable foundations provided by many hill, canyon and mountain [...]