California architecture

Since moving back to Los Angeles, I've been seeking out easy escapes that I can access on a weekend whim or mid-week if the mood strikes. Packing up for a flight is seeming less and

One of this planet’s most celebrated landscapes is the rugged shoreline of Sonoma County, three hours up the California coast from San Francisco, where undulating meadows and cypress forest meet craggy bluffs and pounding sea. But the existence of the Sea Ranch, an innovative early experiment in environmentally conscious development by a group of Bay […]

Say your wedding vows standing within a glorious space designed by the world's most talented architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Moshe Safdie, and others

Here's a gorgeous gallery featuring 50 chandelier foyer ideas. Small and big chandeliers featured in all kinds of foyers and entryways.

Alison and Jay Carroll transformed a 1950s boarded-up homestead into their own modern oasis

10 highlights from Jim Olson's six decades in architecture

Visit the homes frequented by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and built by America’s preeminent midcentury architects

Modern geometry meets rustic honesty in this stunning Southern California home.

There are countless San Francisco buildings that make us do a double-take. Here's an incomplete list of our favorites around the Bay Area.