From its inception in 1927, the Academy has had the ambition to create a museum to tell the story of cinema. Starting with just 36 members, the organization today comprises more than 10,000 accomplished individuals working in the industry.
Los Angeles-based interior design firm Beleco recently revealed the result of an ambitious task consisting of remodeling a Spanish revival beachfront hotel, which opened its doors along the coast in 1931.
Many of these projects are highlighted in the forthcoming book From Palm Beach to Shangri La: The Architecture of Marion Sims Wyeth (Rizzoli) by Jane S. Day. The exuberant tome, a paean to Marion Sims Wyeth and historic preservation, gives overdue recognition to an architect who is too little considered in contemporary times.
For the world traveler, a Beverly Hills-born Los Angeles native who lived in Paris and the Middle East along the way, coming home to the Beach Cities and digging into real estate meant doing it her way.
Situated two floors below Matthew Perry’s former apartment, Penthouse 38A has what it takes to amaze anyone. Offered fully furnished for $21,000,000, the half-floor penthouse is the first Cavalli-designed residence in the United States.
Where does the story for a centuries-old building truly begin? As it pertains to Italian artist and architect Vincenzo De Cotiis, the question is not nearly as interesting as to how the story ends, particularly in the case of the austerely done residence he designed inside a badly neglected palazzo near central Milan.