Cuningham Group’s Amelia Feichtner Talks Aiming for LEED Certification in Santa Monica
Jenn Thornton
April 7, 2016
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.
James Goldstein, owner of the famed Sheats Goldstein Residence is donating the architectural masterpiece to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Featured in films, music videos and fashion magazines the world over, James Goldstein relishes in opening the property up to the public.
From optimizing a slender lot and updating a 1950’s ranch home, to creating an instant annex and enlarging a cozy Craftsman, DIGS presents four different takes on maximizing space in the modern age.
The Caverhill Residence, which is nestled meticulously atop a tree-flanked ridge, the highest one, on a private drive just above Trousdale Estates is a bona fide sculpture in space designed by famed architect Zoltan Pali.
Master architect Richard Neutra, a founding father of the modern architectural movement. Richard Neutra was born in Vienna in 1892, he would become a son of Los Angeles, articulating through his designs a blueprint that would serve as the thematic springboard for many who followed.
In 2007, mere months before the nation’s economic collapse, husband-and-wife design team Johann Pauwen and Michaele Simmering launched Kalon Studios in Los Angeles—a manifestly risky move, given the climate of the times, but one of solid resolve indicating a gut-level trust in collaboration and vision. In the years since, the company has merged its makers’ passion for contemporary design, simplicity and uncompromising sustainability into honest, functional furnishings.
