Jeff Stimpfig of JDS Outdoor Designs discusses inspiration around pool and spa builds, irrigation, potting and lighting installations, outdoor kitchens and dining areas, larges pergolas and fire pit lounges, as well as rooftop decks and full exterior makeovers, among other projects.
Closed to the public for massive expansion construction in 2013, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reopened three years later with a 10-story addition designed by Snøhetta.
When a starkly geometric home appeared on 10th Street in Manhattan Beach in the mid-1990s, it was a bright, rare flash of Modernism in a town flush with tile-roof Mediterraneans and quaint beach bungalows.
Wrightwood 659 exudes a beautiful simplicity results from what is in reality a complex architectural calculus by Osaka-based architect Tadao Ando.
Since 2002, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, the duo behind Roman and Williams, have designed restaurants, hotels, shops and furniture all over the country. At the end of 2017, they took a new step with the launch of their flagship store.
It’s an interesting question, what an international, award-winning architecture, design and planning firm might create if designing a space for itself. For Gensler, the answer is this model of future design in Downtown Los Angeles.
In San Francisco, Twitter employees are enjoying a smooth commute. The company’s skybridge, a floating glass span 100 feet above a pedestrian alley in the city’s Mid-Market district, has eased the flow of traffic considerably.
Soaring an astounding 16 stories and boasting a beehive-like design by London-based Heatherwick Studio, the company’s Vessel might have been a bit of a Trojan horse were it not so thoughtfully conceived.
Designed by SAOTA, the building was created as a self-contained, multi-layered landscape of experiences. The house offers views of the India Creek Canal towards the Atlantic Ocean. In the refined interior spaces, warm tones prevail.
ON THE COVER Modern Update: A refreshed Pat Killen home offers the essence of Manhattan Beach living presented by Beth Morrissey of RE/MAX Estate Properties.
