A neglected but architecturally significant mid-century house and its surrounding grounds are saved from potential demolition and redevelopment through a comprehensive renovation and expansion.
The new book of photography, featuring essays by RECORD contributing editor Izzy Kornblatt and others, comes 50 years after the publication of ‘Learning from Las Vegas.’
Taking cues from the existing streetscape, the infill project combines transit-oriented housing and ground-level retail with the new headquarters for a major Bay Area apartment developer.
Spread across multiple floors of an existing Los Angeles area office tower, the project includes a soccer pitch in the basement and a spacious penthouse terrace with mountain views.
Comprising shipping containers and inflatable forms, Down in the Clouds marks the second completed collaboration between two design practices based in New York and China.