The husband-and-wife founders of California studio SPF Architects have renovated their octagonal house in the Santa Monica Mountains and added elements to protect it against wildfire. More about SPF Architects wraps Los Angeles house in asphalt shingles for fire protection
Architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has completed an all-electric, affordable housing complex in Santa Monica called 1819 Pico, which departs from the area's typical "defensive apartment buildings" with their solid walls and fences. More about Brooks + Scarpa envisions California housing block as "carved-out cube"
Danish architecture studio BIG has opened an office in Santa Monica in a renovated 1928 Spanish revival building designed by iconic Los Angeles architect Paul R Williams. More about BIG opens Los Angeles office in renovated 1920s building
US studio Inaba Williams Architects has created two mirrored houses with courtyards in Santa Monica, California that are clad in white stucco and have net-zero energy use, according to the studio. More about Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California
Design studio Fettle has restored an art deco hotel in Santa Monica, California, refreshing its distinctive turquoise facade and using the original style to inform the interiors. More about Fettle returns The Georgian hotel in Santa Monica to its 1930s "glory"
Wood and zinc-clad forms hug a spacious courtyard in a California home designed by US studio Walker Warner Architects to serve as a "private oasis". More about Courtyard lies at heart of Santa Monica Modern house by Walker Warner Architects
Binational studio Montalba Architects used ample glazing and a clever siting strategy to provide the best vistas at Canyon Terrace House in southern California. More about Montalba Architects prioritises views at hillside home in Santa Monica
Living spaces are organised around a decades-old olive tree in this Santa Monica home, completed by Los Angeles studio Woods +Dangaran. More about Woods + Dangaran organises Twentieth house around olive tree
A mixed-use development by architect Frank Gehry, which has been almost a decade in the making, has been granted final approval to be built in Santa Monica, California. More about Frank Gehry's long-awaited Ocean Avenue Project in Santa Monica finally approved
Continuing our series exploring deconstructivist architecture we look at Gehry House, architect Frank Gehry's radical extension to his home in Santa Monica, California. More about Gehry House extension seems to "emerge from the inside of the house"
Global design firm Skidmore Owings and Merril collaborated with American artist Phillip K Smith III to create Santa Monica Linear, a mirrored glass installation that lights up at night. More about SOM and Phillip K Smith III install light-up mirrored sculpture in Santa Monica
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the interiors of lifestyle and wellness brand Goop's headquarters in Santa Monica. More about The headquarters of Gwyneth Paltrow's brand Goop features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Design agency Rapt Studio has used curved furnishings and soft colours to create a calming ambience inside the Santa Monica headquarters of lifestyle and wellness brand Goop. More about Rapt Studio fashions soothing interiors for Goop HQ in Santa Monica
Sliding mesh walls are designed to open up the compartments of this greenhouse for cactuses and large plants, which architecture studio Part Office has added to an industrial-style office building in Santa Monica. More about Tinted polycarbonate blurs cactus inside Santa Monica Greenhouse by Part Office
American designer Kelly Wearstler describes how she worked with local artisans and artists on the Santa Monica Proper Hotel in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. More about Kelly Wearstler's "fiercely local" Santa Monica Proper Hotel named AHEAD Americas Hotel of the Year
Grimshaw has revealed the design for an arts complex on the Santa Monica College campus that will comprise three volumes linked by open-air plazas. More about Grimshaw unveils arts complex for Santa Monica College
California architect Juan Saez Pedraja has added a studio fronted with aluminium panels and cedar shades to the backyard of a remodelled Santa Monica residence. More about Saez Pedraja adds small studio to a fashion designer's Santa Monica residence
Los Angeles studio Commune has used plaster walls, wood built-ins and terracotta tile floors to create a rustic feel inside this bakery in Santa Monica. More about Commune designs gluten-free BreadBlok bakery in California with creamy interiors
American interior designer Kelly Wearstler scoured vintage shops to source the eclectic furniture that decorates the living room-style lobby of this hotel in Santa Monica, California. More about Kelly Wearstler designs relaxed and beachy Santa Monica Proper hotel
Employees are encouraged to take a breather at the expanded, Santa Monica headquarters for meditation company Headspace, which was designed by American firm Montalba Architects. More about Montalba Architects incorporates meditation areas into Headspace office