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The Nightingale House – Modern Architectural Residential Design in California

July 17th, 2009
The Nightingale House – Modern Architectural Residential Design in California

This Modern architectural residential design “The Nightingale House” is an EPIC modern architectural masterpiece soaring above Los Angeles, flawlessly designed and crafted with the highest quality materials and accoutrements by renowned European designer Marc Canadell Architect. This 9362 Nightingale drive sunset strip is located high above the famous Sunset Strip and is perfectly perched at the end of a cul-de-sac in the coveted cel…

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Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Inc

July 23rd, 2008
Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Inc

angela-brooks angela-brooks angela-brooks Principal(s) Lawrence Scarpa (1959), Gwynne Pugh (1953) and Angela Brooks (1964) Philosophy Pugh + Scarpa is committed to producing work of exceptional rigor and an architecture that expresses the highest aesthetic, environmental, and social ideals. By grounding our work in the perception and experience of the user, we are able to avoid impersonal abstraction and superficiality; instead we turn our attent…

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Modern Eco Friendly Tree House by Standard

June 7th, 2009
Modern Eco Friendly Tree House by Standard

Standard, an L.A.-based architecture firm has projected this modern eco friendly tree house, a 167 m2 concrete and wood passive solar house located on the top of a hillside in Los Angeles. This house responds to its site and the city through its transparent southern exposure. A large ash tree literally envelopes the house, creating a microclimate to which the project responds. The house employs passive solar design and other low tech methods of …

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Ultra Modern Mountain Home Design by Ulisses Morato

July 22nd, 2009
Ultra Modern Mountain Home Design by Ulisses Morato

This Beautiful ultra modern mountain home design is located on a hilltop in Minas Gerais, Brazil designed by brazilian architect Ulisses Morato. The home design is influenced by Portuguese colonial architecture and is built on a steep slope. This ultra modern mountain home design was awarded the 10th Architecture Award promoted by IAB-MG (Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil – Minas Gerais) 2008 in the single houses category. This contemporary mo…

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Contemporary Canna Road Residence by Ray Kappe

August 8th, 2009
Contemporary Canna Road Residence by Ray Kappe

Canna Road Residence This Contemporary canna road residence was originally designed by Ray Kappe in the late 1960s. Located in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles, This 5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home is one of LaFetra’s more recent projects that is currently for sale. Canna Road Residence2 The house has been lucky enough to have been purchased by Michael LaFetra few years ago because LaFetra somewhat of a savior of mid-century modern homes in the…

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Venice House California

October 4th, 2008
Venice House California

Designed by Antoine Predock Architect. This house examines the relationship between land and water; it deals with the timeless aspect of Los Angeles – not the topical. Every possible intervention has been tried in L.A. in an attempt to transform it, to divert it away from its original landscape. This house turns its back on the land, on the interventions. It focuses instead on the ocean by setting up a series of vantage points that have…

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