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 [...]

Electroland is known for innovative high-tech projects like Metallotus, completed in Los Angeles, 2010. The design team will create a site-specific work at the A+D Museum as part of Come In! 2. Courtesy of Electroland.
Los Angeles has long been a breeding ground of design innovation, with the likes of Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, and John [...]

A Tête à Tête with Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck
Indisputably the most famed designer of our time, French born Philippe Starck recently declared, “Design is dead.” Perhaps his era of designing toothbrushes, juicers and thousand-dollar Louis chairs is no longer but Starck design is definitely not extinct. Rather, it is exploding to a higher consciousness. [...]

Leather Bound Volume is Love Letter to An American Legend.
How do you commemorate the life’s work of a craftsman who is considered both a legend and a national treasure?
For Gene Sasse, author of Maloof Beyond 90 - An American Woodworker, a typical hardcover or paperback just wouldn’t do. That’s why his book is a beautifully [...]