Reach Laura Eckstein’s latest “Hit the Books” recommendations, here.
LUXE Interiors + Design
Featuring First Street Residence
LUXE Interiors + Design
Featuring First Street Residence
The First Street Residence embodies the Southern California lifestyle. The home unfolds across three sloping properties with a main house, pool pavilion, and guesthouse. Bright and airy living spaces and panoramic views define the design and the entire estate is woven together with a series of landscaped terraces, water features, and gardens.
Architectural Digest
Featuring Sanctuary
Architectural Digest
Featuring Sanctuary
Sanctuary is a private oasis nestled into a hillside beach community overlooking the Santa Monica Bay. This warm contemporary home strikes a balance between architectural sculpture and a nurturing cocoon where the seamless blend of indoor and outdoor spaces support a distinctive lifestyle.
Design LA
Featuring Balance Hill
Design LA
Featuring Balance Hill
On a dramatic hillside terrace high above the LA basin, the architecture at Balance Hill reaches out to claim the striking views. While the more private functions are anchored within the stone base, moving from west to east, the public spaces of this home become progressively lighter and glassier. A dramatic living and dining pavilion perched above the gardens celebrates the view, the climate and the landscape.
Ocean Home
Featuring Emerald Bay
Ocean Home
Featuring Emerald Bay
Inspired by the coastal regions along the Mediterranean and Mexican Riviera, the home terraces down the hillside to the beach below. The open living spaces, exquisite surfaces and luxurious furnishings are combined to create a casual coastal retreat. It’s no wonder KAA Design was picked top 50 of Ocean Home’s recommended Coastal Architects.
Luxe Interiors + Design
Featuring 6th Street
Luxe Interiors + Design
Featuring 6th Street
In this three-story home, each level is layered with a unique texture: limestone on the ground level, hand-troweled plaster on the middle level, and driftwood-colored cedar at the top.
Sunset Magazine
Featuring Split Rock Ranch
Sunset Magazine
Featuring Split Rock Ranch
At just one thousand square feet, the homes encourage family togetherness and easy indoor-outdoor living. The central living area reveals the focus of the two-bedroom, two-bath homes: simplicity, transparency, sustainability. Constructed with environmentally sensitive and FSC-certified materials, including cork floors, the dwellings feature site-built decks on each side.
May 12, 2024
Tatler Homes Malaysia
First Street Spotlighted in ‘Tatler Home Malaysia’ this month! In stands. Pick up your copy today!
May 1, 2024
California Homes
Our own Architectural Gem, 3rd & The Strand, is Highlighted in ‘California Homes, The Essential Guide’ alongside general contractor, Beachcraft.
May 1, 2024
Luxury Card Magazine
Making the reading list! Check out Luxury Card’s review on ‘Residing with Nature’.
April 30, 2024
Convo By Design Podcast
We are thankful for Josh Cooperman’s review of our latest monograph, Residing with Nature. Enjoy listening to the review HERE.
April 9, 2024
AD It Yourself
52 Retaining Wall Ideas That Will Elevate Your Landscaping. See our suggestions here.
March 29, 2024
The Spruce
26 Stone Patio Ideas That Work in Any Outdoor Space article on The Spruce. Read all about it on The Spruce!
March 28, 2024
Tatler
Home tour: A midcentury-inspired residence in California accented with a cedar-clad volume.
