A celebration of the best in world-class architecture and architects. From the most architectural homes, architectural landmarks and architectural design to case studies from all around world to profiles about and with the incredible people that build and design them.
Take a look at the Grand Opening of a new luxury development by the Chadmar Group as they fuse nature and design at the residences at Rolling Hills Country Club. Properties range from $2-5 million. Cliff May was a well-known builder and proponent of the California ranch home, designed as the “dream home” for the many Americans who settled into the newly-formed suburbs of Southern California during the post-war period. Joining elements of Spanish Revival architecture with Modernism, the appealing homes were low-slung structures with a horizontal orientation and a design that focused on easy living and welcoming in the outdoors—and they sold like hotcakes during the 1950s and 1960s.
VS is to German design what architect Richard J. Neutra is to L.A.—fundamental to its identity. Ours is a city of Neutra’s elegant, clear-eyed modernism; those enormous glass walls, that startling seamlessness between indoor and outdoor space.
More than 40 years ago, Manhattan Beach resident Debbie Walmer attended a seminar to brainstorm fund-raising ideas for the American Martyrs Parent Association. A lover of homes, she suggested a tour of some of the area’s standout properties.
