
Ian Felton: Reinventing the Past
Originally from Washington D.C., Ian Felton grew up in a family where creativity and curiosity for other cultures prevailed. He attended Montessori schools and spent time in Latin America with his family.
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Originally from Washington D.C., Ian Felton grew up in a family where creativity and curiosity for other cultures prevailed. He attended Montessori schools and spent time in Latin America with his family.

Drive along scenic Palos Verdes Drive and swing onto Via Coronel, a peaceful street sweeping along a green hillside on the Peninsula. Duck onto a secluded side street and through a gated entrance, shrouded with old-growth trees, leafy palms, and trim green hedges and you’re at 909 Via Coronel.

Architect William F. Cody was reliably prolific visionary desert modernist with works ranging from Arizona, to Cuba and Hawaii. Daughter Catherine Cody, Don Choi and Jo Lauria discuss how his legacy lives on in the built environment he left behind.

Richard Beard custom-designed this 7,000-square-foot house for a couple with young children. The property is ideally located in the Westridge area of Portola Valley, a desirable and exclusive enclave of the San Francisco Peninsula, close to Silicon Valley.

1274 Lago Vista, Beverly Hills by Merkoh Development in partnership with Richard Landry designed a world class three-level house, comprised of 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. This modern masterpiece is characterized by a travertine exterior and large glass windows and incredible views.

Overlooking the mountains, valley, and the Pacific Ocean, 2341 Gloaming Way, Beverly Hills is a home that has immediate attention-catching quality with its dark exterior combined with a gold geometric paneling.

ON THE COVER within walking distance of Montana Avenue, this newly-built sprawling Santa Monica Craftsman Revival home combines classic beauty and charm with state-of-the-art amenities presented by Charles Pence of Pence Hathorn Silver at Compass. In this edition of Westside DIGS Magazine discover Los Angeles luxury homes and celebrity homes for sale and top agents that represent them.

ON THE COVER New and Next On 9th: well-heeled glamour and outdoor living take center stage at this spacious Hill Section home presented by Nick Schneider & Lauren Forbes of Compass.

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Estudio Persona’s deeply collaborative process allows them to create unconventional design pieces with sculptural lines inspired by natural forms that they describe as “a distinctly neutral and minimal take on the monochromatic melancholy of their native Uruguay.”

558 15th Street is located in the quiet enclave just north of Montana with supermarkets and specialty shops, a high-ranking public elementary school, coffee shops, cafes, and a farmer’s market nearby. Only slightly further afield would be movie theaters, some of the city’s best private schools, its famed stretch of beaches, its many hiking trails, and its best private clubs.

It was the mellow atmosphere of the Hill Section in Manhattan Beach that convinced a custom home developer Saeid Shokravi to go ahead with this voluminous new five-bedroom home and inspired its plantation-influenced modern look. The result is a residence ideally suited for life as it’s lived today, with sophistication and user-friendliness locked in neatly together.