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Palisades Redux ADU gathers a house, new accessory dwelling unit, and garage around a reshaped yard in Santa Monica, CA, United States, by Vertebrae. The project turns a typical residential lot into a communal court where angled volumes and laser cut aluminum screens choreograph views, privacy, and daylight. What reads as sculptural forms from the main home becomes intimate living quarters and support rooms tucked behind a responsive facade.

Translators’ House stands in Culver City, CA, United States, a family home by Jacobschang Architecture that threads scholarship, culture, and daily life. The house centers on an L-shaped poured-concrete spine and a chain of gardens, shaping movement and framing moments of quiet in a suburban lot. It reads as measured and calm, with a yakisugi rainscreen and a plan tuned to light, air, and routine.

M.H. Lair is a new house by Claret-Cup in Los Angeles, CA, United States, set into a steep Montecito Heights hillside. The three-story residence uses courtyards, terraces, and a winding circulation to pull daily life outdoors while threading privacy back inside. It reads contemporary without fuss, favoring fold-away thresholds, a cinder block spine, and rooms that adapt to guests or quiet routines.

Sausalito Retreat sits atop Wolfback Ridge in Sausalito, CA, United States, a three-level house reworked by 35th Collective. The 2,500-square-foot, 1951 structure now expands to three bedrooms and three baths with broad glazing and timber-lined rooms. Inside and out, the project reads as a quiet refresh that leans into wood, stone, and brass while opening to the San Francisco Bay.

Escondido Beach House sits on Malibu, CA, United States, reimagined by Oppenheim Architecture as a measured renewal of a 1980s beachfront home. The house is stripped back to its structure and rebuilt as a clear, coastal plan that privileges light, air, and the daily pull of the Pacific. What was inward and busy now stretches toward the water with a calm, continuous rhythm across rooms and terraces.

Genesee sits in Los Angeles, CA, United States, a house by Siol that reframes the familiar Southern California hacienda. The studio leans into a generous interior palette and a clean geometry of arches, tying living rooms to breezy terraces and a long pool. Color and texture carry the story. Light does the rest.

Palm Springs is a house in Palm Springs, CA, United States, designed by sticklab. The single-level home gathers daily life around a pool courtyard while long rooflines and slatted shade manage the desert light. Clear glazing opens the living areas to patios and gardens, setting up a measured back-and-forth between cooler interiors and sunlit outdoor rooms.

In Los Angeles, where the landscape is as much a client as the human resident, architecture becomes an act of translation. This Beverly Hills, CA house, conceived by Whipple Russell Architects, answers a geologic challenge with sculptural serenity — a cascading Mediterranean retreat that follows the natural slope of its ridgeline parcel with grace, restraint, and reverence.