US studio Feldman Architecture has created a Sonoma County dwelling called The Phoenix, which replaces a fire-destroyed home and features outdoor spaces for "calm moments of immersion" in the landscape. More about Feldman Architecture creates hilltop house in California's wine country
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a wood-and-stucco house and art studio in the Californian desert by Ryan Leidner Architecture. More about "This is the best house of 2025 already" says commenter
San Francisco studio Ryan Leidner Architecture has based the design of a wood-and-stucco desert house and art studio in southern California on mid-century Eichler homes and southwestern art. More about Ryan Leidner Architecture creates home and studio in High Desert
Plasterwork influenced by Mallorcan villas lines the walls of this home in Los Angeles that designer Rob Diaz custom built himself. More about Rob Diaz uses all natural materials to build house in Los Angeles
Mid-century modern and traditional Japanese influences blend inside this Los Angeles home, which the principals of design studio OWIU have reimagined for themselves. More about Japanese ryokans inform OWIU's renovation of Duane House in LA
US studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a courtyard-style house in California that is closed off to the street yet opens up in the rear, allowing for ample natural light and a connection to the outdoors. More about Tall "acoustic wall" buffers noise at Modal Home in Silicon Valley
California-based studio Donaldson + Partners has designed a circular house partially embedded in the landscape with large concrete parabolic arches in Montecito, California. More about Donaldson + Partners creates arched house "for the twenty-first century"
A large circular opening offers a glimpse through the white wall in front of this California accessory dwelling unit, designed by architect Yan M Wang of Cover Architecture for his mother. More about Moongate ADU by Cover Architecture offers intergenerational living near LA
A co-founder of the firm Design, Bitches and her architect husband have completed the latest iteration of their family home in California, which features ample daylight and the "feeling of being in the trees". More about Architect couple creates Atwater House in Los Angeles over two decades
Interior designer Sophie Goineau has renovated a family beach home in Malibu, California, adding a wave-like ceiling and maximising the panoramic ocean views from the living spaces. More about Sophie Goineau adds "wave-like" timber ceiling to Malibu beach house
US studio Feldman Architecture has created the Pebble Beach Residence to have a "distinctively northern Californian, mid-century feel" by including wooden surfaces and brightly lit rooms. More about Feldman Architecture updates 1970s home in coastal California
The founders of LA-based Working Holiday Studio have renovated a midcentury home for themselves and their growing family, transforming the interiors to echo a Mexican hacienda. More about Working Holiday Studio adds hacienda-style twist to midcentury LA house
The co-founder of California studio Electric Bowery has renovated a redwood-clad house in Big Sur for her family, preserving its iconic features and adding custom furniture. More about Electric Bowery renovates Big Sur house overlooking California's coastline
Plates of weathering steel wrap the House for a New Beginning, a project designed by US studio Nielsen Schuh Architects for a couple whose original home was destroyed by a wildfire. More about Nielsen Schuh Architects designs fire-resistant house in California wine country
Green fibre-cement siding that blends with the trees is among the modifications made to a century-old house in California that has been revamped by local studio Martin Fenlon Architecture. More about Martin Fenlon Architecture wraps Los Angeles house in woodsy green cladding
Unprotected modernist houses are at risk of demolition as land often holds greater value than architectural heritage, says conservation group Docomomo US in response to actor Chris Pratt tearing down a home by architect Craig Ellwood. More about Chris Pratt's destruction of Ellwood house in LA symptom of "systemic problems"
US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco, adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. More about Michael Hennessey Architecture clads renovated California house with black cedar and metal
Local firm Studio VARA has completed Fire Country Lookout, a rural retreat in northern California that is wrapped in a protective shell made of standing-seam metal and is equipped to operate off the grid. More about Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires
California design studio Lovers Unite has reinvigorated a 1950s home with sweeping views of the Los Angeles hills, turning an unused balcony into an extension of the indoor social space. More about Lovers Unite revives interiors of mid-century Silver Lake home
US studio Ome Dezin has renovated a large mid-century home in Brentwood, California, using a tonal colour palette and maximising the lush hillside views. More about Ome Dezin restores 1960s California residence by A Quincy Jones