Northern California home by Arcanum Architecture sprawls along verdant lot
San Francisco firm Arcanum Architecture has organised the massing of this large home around trees overhanging a broad lawn. More
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IwamotoScott organises San Francisco home around light-filled stairwell
This house in San Francisco by local firm IwamotoScott has an angular facade made up of wooden elements, and a layout organised around a central staircase illuminated by a light well. More
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SAW inserts variation of an old San Francisco home into its roof
San Francisco architecture firm Spiegel Aihara Workshop has extended a 1930s hillside residence by duplicating its layout and stacking it over the original structure, raising the home so it looks over the city's landmarks. More
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Northern California home by Klopf Architecture designed to keep a low-profile
This single-storey dwelling was designed by US studio Klopf Architecture to have a quiet presence, out of respect for neighbouring buildings and the natural context. More
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Axelrod Architects renovates hillside home to enhance vistas of San Francisco Bay
Tel Aviv firm Axelrod Architects has overhauled a 1930s residence in California, providing a contemporary black-and-white interior and extensive glazing to take advantage of the site's sweeping views. More
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Jagged roof tops video studio in Venice Beach by Modal Design
American firm Modal Design has created a studio building for a video art collector in California, which features an angular roof and multi-tonal zinc cladding. More
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Silicon Valley residence with pool and meditation garden
Low-slung volumes stretch along either side of central outdoor spaces at this family home in Northern California, by American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. More
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Annie Ritz and Daniel Rabin reconfigure 1960s house in LA to create bright and open interior
Architects Annie Ritz and Daniel Rabin have altered the layout of a "cramped" home in Los Angeles to maximise space and natural light. More
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson adds ski-in, ski-out homes to California mountain resort
A set of piste-side residences by US firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson step down a portion of the Northstar mountain resort in California, allowing residents to ski in and out of their homes. More
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California country home by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop features an outdoor living room
This solar-powered retreat in Northern California's Sonoma wine region was designed by US firm Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects to include outdoor living areas and framed views of the landscape. More
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Modernist desert homes by o2 Architecture and Al Beadle complete in Palm Springs
Lance O'Donnell of o2 Architecture has overseen the completion of two dwellings in Palm Springs – a contemporary home he designed, and a never-built residence by famed mid-century modernist architect Al Beadle. More
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Californian home by Blaze Makoid steps down a forested hillside
American firm Blaze Makoid Architecture has used blackened wood, glass and stone to create a rectilinear, multi-level holiday home near Lake Tahoe that looks toward a mountain range. More
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Minimal Hollywood house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos juts out from steep hillside
Spanish firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed the off-white angular form of this house so it would "hang from the topography" of the Hollywood Hills. More
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Cedar-clad home in Silicon Valley enables Californian outdoor lifestyle
Providing ample outdoor living spaces was a guiding factor in the design of this Northern California dwelling by American studio Malcolm Davis Architecture. More
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Klopf Architecture revamps mid-century modern Eichler home in California
San Francisco-based Klopf Architecture has remodelled a house built by Joseph Eichler, the post-war real estate developer who helped introduce modern housing estates to America. More
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America's most expensive home boasts $250 million price tag
This mansion designed for the "ultimate billionaire" in Bel Air, Los Angeles, has set the record for the priciest home ever listed for sale in the USA. More
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AJ-A gives Palo Alto home extension an all-white exterior
Californian firm AJ-A has extended an adobe brick residence from the 1940s, contrasting the rustic material with pared-down finishes and minimalist geometry. More
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Sagan Piechota creates hillside California home surrounded by oak trees
A grand, open-air staircase cuts through the centre of this spacious dwelling by US firm Sagan Piechota Architecture, which was designed to blend with the natural terrain. More
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Malcolm Davis creates off-grid retreat in California wine valley
This weekend retreat by American firm Malcolm Davis Architecture consists of rectilinear volumes clad in weathering steel and topped with sloped metal roofs. More
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Prefabricated weathering-steel boxes form California retreat by Alchemy Architects
Minnesota-based firm Alchemy Architects has completed a home in California's Sonoma Valley, which comprises two separate modules that were almost entirely prefabricated before being brought to site. More
