Notable Architecture Archives

Illuminated modern luxury Papillon estate exterior. Grand stone facade, glass entrance, circular driveway with fountain at dusk.

Papillon in Beverly Hills: Landry Design Group’s Masterpiece of Modern Luxury and French Elegance

Jenn Thornton October 1, 2025

This Beverly Hills estate by Landry Design Group—named Best Architecture Single Residence at the 2024–2025 International Property Awards—blends modern architecture with the grandeur of a French château and the elegance of a five-star hotel. With interiors by Philip Nimmo, the home features breathtaking details from a soaring butterfly-inspired chandelier to expansive glass walls, lush gardens, and luxurious hospitality-driven spaces. The result is a masterpiece of design, where sophistication meets warmth in a residence that is both a showpiece and a sanctuary.

Montalba Architects LR2 Residence Where High-end Design Meets Mass Appeal

Jenn Thornton December 11, 2024

Dramatically dark, yet unambiguously modern building is not the type of architecture one necessarily expects to find in Pasadena. But the LR2 House, a remarkable 4,200-square-foot dwelling by Santa Monica practice Montalba Architects, is the very definition of unexpected.

XTEN Architecture: A Perfect Ten

Abigail Stone November 26, 2024

In Los Angeles, good word of mouth plays an important role in the decision to hire an architect or an interior designer. Certainly, that was the case when it came to sussing out the perfect design-build firm, XTEN Architecture, to create this home in West Hollywood’s coveted “Bird Streets.”

tom lewith, TDO Architecture, Forest Pond House

At The Waters Edge—TDO Architecture’s Forest Pond House

Jenn Thornton October 2, 2024

A kids’ space and a serene meditation spot are the contrasting functions that mark the Forest Pond House, a small, pristine case study of intentional architecture by TDO Architecture.

Studio Rick Joy, Tubac House, Tuscon, Arizona, Architecture

Studio Rick Joy’s Tubac House: Of the Heavens & Earth

Jenn Thornton September 4, 2024

Even by Studio Rick Joy’s standards, Tubac House is of uncommon stature. Located south of Tucson, roughly 25 miles from the northern Mexico border, the project exploits and explores a relationship to worlds both immediate and distant.

Clayton Korte: Going Underground

Jenn Thornton May 15, 2024

Wine, from its earliest days, required the storage of its age, with solutions both inelegant and sophisticated. The Egyptians had mud-bricked and limestone cellars, the Romans fumitories and catacombs, the Italian’s damigiana.

Rock Formation: OPEN Architecture’s Chapel of Sound

Jenn Thornton May 1, 2024

Located in rural Chengde, China, at the base of a valley with ruins of the Great Wall, the almost alien-looking performance venue Chapel of Sound, which hosts concerts in warmer climes and contemplation year-round, is an architectural opus by Beijing-based OPEN Architecture.

Northern Exposure: The Rock by Gort Scott

Jenn Thornton April 17, 2024

Fixed to a rocky crag above Alta Lake in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, a truly exceptional private house surveys the mountainous landscape from which it is quite literally inseparable.

Neri&Hu Architects: Making Memory

Jenn Thornton April 3, 2024

A contemporary take on traditional Chinese courtyard house by Neri&Hu, a typology based on Confucian ideals where different generations live under the same roof, the structure was built for three siblings, with a memorial garden in tribute to their late mother.

Betsy Brown & Paul Bates Create a Masterpiece: A Mediterranean Oasis in Alabama

Karine Monié January 10, 2024

Interior Designer Betsy Brown and Architect Paul Bates joined forces to craft a 5,500-square-foot masterpiece on 2.5 acres, offering a perfect blend of antique, vintage, and contemporary elements. Drawing inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, the residence seamlessly integrates indoor and outdoor spaces, creating a tranquil atmosphere that resonates with nature.

The Exterior of The Cotswolds Home by Architect Richard Found

Timeless Fusion: The Cotswolds Home by Architect Richard Found

Jenn Thornton January 10, 2024

Architect Richard Found’s contextual country home in the Cotswolds encapsulates the essence of minimalist design within an 18th-century edifice. Located in the picturesque Cotswolds, this project by Found Associates breathes new life into a derelict gamekeeper’s cottage, blending modernist architecture with the vernacular stone construction of the region.

Blurring Boundaries: A Klopf Architecture Mid-Century Modern Marvel

Jenn Thornton October 18, 2023

Perched atop a rocky hill in Sonoma, California, Klopf Architecture’s latest creation seamlessly marries the essence of mid-century modern design with a contemporary twist. With an astute eye for the indoor-outdoor connection, the architects brought the natural surroundings into the heart of the residence.

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