Situated on a promontory jutting into the canyon below the hillside retreat boasts multiple vistas of the surrounding canyon and the Pacific Ocean beyond. However, local restrictions allowed for a single story above street level. Responding to these conditions, much of the home’s massing is located on a lower-level that daylights onto the downslope...
Project name
Sapire Residence
Architecture firm
Abramson Architects
Location
Pacific Palisades, United States
Principal architect
David Pascu, David@abramsonarchitects.com
Interior design
Clements Design, Kathleen Clements, info@clementsdesign.com
Civil engineer
ohn M. Cruikshank Consultants, John M. Cruikshank, jcruikshank@jmc-2.com
Structural engineer
Sigma Design, Hovik Khanjian, sigmadsgn@aol.com
Environmental & MEP
California Energy Designs, Gabriel Gagnon, gabriel2@californiaenergydesigns.com, VRG, Glen Vaughn, gvaughn@vrginc.net
Landscape
Pamela Burton & Co, Robin Carmichael, rcarmichael@pamelaburtonco.com
Lighting
Esquared Lighting Design, Erin Erdman, erin@esquaredlighting.com
Construction
AJ Engineering, Andrew Jagoda, ajagoda@sbcglobal.net
Material
French manor oak flooring, white oak shiplap wall cladding, oil rubbed bronze wall panels, painted steel, pebble and stone
Typology
Residential › House
The house on the cusp of a fold in the Hollywood Hills identifies the differential complexity of the steep hillside as its functional and formal generator. The stark, rigid appearance enters a dialogue with the landscape, defining itself as a real object through the process of alienating its context.
Architecture firm
Arshia Architects, Ltd
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Design team
Miguel Gonzales, Brittany DePaul, Spencer Brennan, Felix Monasakanian
Collaborators
Axel Schmitzberger
Civil engineer
Joy Civil Engineering
Structural engineer
Amir Pirbadian
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential › House
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos: Placed on top of historic Hollywood Hills, the ones which draw Los Angeles profile where part of Case Study Houses program was built. The project lays on the ground, adapting to its hard slope and conditions, carrying out a change of direction at house level in order to frame the horizon of the city till the ocean.
Project name
House in Hollywood Hills
Architecture firm
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Principal architect
Fran Silvestre
Design team
Fran Silvestre, Maria Masià, David Sastre, Álvaro Olivares
Collaborators
Estefanía Soriano, Esther Sanchís, Eduardo Sancho, Vicente Picó, Diego Civera, Fran Ayala, Ángel Fito, Pablo Camarasa, Sandra Insa, Santiago Dueña, Ricardo Candela, Rubén March, José Manuel Arnao. Manuelian Architects (Partner)
Interior design
Alfaro Hofmann
Typology
Residential › Houses
Patrick Ng Studio: The project is envisioned to be a residential industrial loft built in downtown Los Angeles. The central concept is loosely based on lunar/moon themes, which explains the use of arches and astronomical design cues.
Project name
Moonraker - Industrial Loft
Architecture firm
Patrick Ng Studio
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray Next, Adobe Photoshop CC
Principal architect
Patrick Ng
Typology
Residential › Houses
Didgah Design Architecture Studio: This bath is more of a summer bath. By moving the opposite wall, nature enters the interior architecture space.Due to the vegetation of the outdoor space, the interior also has the same type of artificial vegetation so that the user does not feel a separate space.
Project name
Green Bathroom
Architecture firm
Didgah Design Architecture Studio
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammadreza Norouz
Design team
Mohammadreza Norouz
Visualization
Mohammadreza Norouz
Typology
Hospitality › Tourist Complex
Antonio Duo: Located in the historic Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles, “the Hills House” was designed with the essence of the case study houses and the modern Californian Movement, which adapts the house to the rough topography of the land.
Project name
THE HILLS HOUSE
Architecture firm
Antonio Duo Studio, Karol Tejeda
Location
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Antonio Duo
Design team
Antonio Duo, Karol Tejeda
Collaborators
Karol Tejeda
Visualization
TAM Arquitectos
Status
Structural planning
Typology
Residential › House
Davit & Mary Jilavyan / LEMEAL Studio: This project started out as a discussion about a dam. We were looking at the Hoover Dam and the idea came to us to create something like that. We tried to imagine what if the dam was a house or a hotel for example? Of course, this is crazy, but anything is possible in 3D. We made it more architectural. We divi...
Project name
The Dam Hotel
Architecture firm
Lemeal Studio by Davit & Mary Jilavyan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Quixel Megascans
Principal architect
Davit Jilavyan
Design team
Davit & Mary Jilavyan
Visualization
Davit Jilavyan & Mary Jilavyan
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Didgah Design Architecture Studio: In architecture, it is the boundaries that create the space. Most boundaries separate architecture from nature, as if architecture and nature are separate parts.
Architecture firm
Didgah Design Architecture Studio
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Lumion 10, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammadreza Norouz
Visualization
Mohammadreza Norouz
