L.A.'s Flourishing Hospitality Industry Is Embracing Historic Architecture
Metropolis speaks with Historic Resources Group, 213 Hospitality, Design, Bitches, and other key hospitality designers and developers working in the city.
Author: Jessica Ritz
On the California Coast, Restaurant Jeune et Jolie Blends Classic French Design with a SoCal Feel
Designed by L.A.–based firm Bells + Whistles and located in Carlsbad, the restaurant respects its local vernacular while using elements of 20th-century French hospitality design.
Lambert & Fils and DWA Design Studio Collaborate to Design a Bold Pop-Up Cafe in Milan
The Montreal-based lighting firm and Milan-based interior design studio created Caffè Populaire for Alcova’s Via Popoli Uniti venue.
Bestor Architecture Designs "Luxurious Informality" at Pizzeria Near Santa Barbara
Bettina, located the scenic resort town of Montecito, blends L.A.-based architect Barbara Bestor's brand of California cool with upscale coastal chic.
L.A.'s Milla Chocolates Pairs Its Luxurious Sweets with a Restrained Jewel Box Interior
Custom-blended dark teal walls and tubular motifs repeated throughout Milla Chocolates incorporate the boutique founders' love of Swedish design and 1920s Bauhaus styling.
How Palm Springs Modernism Week Became an Architecture and Design Juggernaut
Metropolis speaks with Modernism Week CEO J. Chris Mobley about the event's ongoing grassroots nature and efforts to preserve midcentury Modern design.
Exhibition on Landscape Architect Dan Kiley Opens for Palm Springs Modernism Week
The traveling photographic exhibit, The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley, showcases 45 photos of 27 projects by the renowned Modernist landscape architect.
Kuth Ranieri Architects Revamps a Bay Area Midcentury House for a Downsizing Parent
The 2,500-square-foot dwelling had “good bones” but required a new kitchen, exterior, and landscaping, as well as contemporary designs by the likes of Tom Dixon and Heath Ceramics.
A Slice of New York with a California Twist: Studio Jesse James Designs Roberta's Pizza in Los Angeles
Roberta's, a pizza pilgrimage destination in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, wanted a fresh, locally-attuned look for its Culver City outpost.
A Former Playground for Strippers and Slayer Is Reborn as a Music Lover’s Dream Hotel
Gold-Diggers, an East Hollywood bar/boutique hotel/recording studio, mines its eclectic past while stepping into the future of music.
FreelandBuck Designs a Cascading Home on a Steep Los Angeles Hillside
The Stack House, built in the hills of the Mount Washington, could provide an architectural model for navigating L.A.’s strict building and zoning codes.
Frank Gehry Reveals Design for New L.A.-Area Youth Orchestra
"It's not about making money," the architect says of his pro bono design for the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center, an extension of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
