The Los Angeles Design Group (The LADG) has completed House in Los Angeles 1, an art studio and residential compound for a pair of professional visual artists, a painter and a photographer. The project contains an addition to the clients' existing mid-century home, a guest house that provides studio space for their work, and dedicated structures for exhibitions and events.
"Our project defies and reorganizes some of the architectural tropes associated with LA suburbia," says Claus Benjamin Freyinger, co-founder and co-principal of The LADG in a statement. "It’s not a single house with a unified program, meant to contain a sleeping family at night, who commute off to work and school lives in the morning. It’s a collection of buildings that integrates work, living, and communal activities around the livelihoods of two artists."
The structures are connected by a series of freestanding walls. "May’s residential designs are remarkable because of the way walls and interior elements appear to float free on the ground plane, without simply reiterating the boundary of the roof above," says Andrew Holder, co-founder and co-principal of The LADG in a statement.
This relationship between the exterior walls and interior spaces create a "matrix of covered structures" that outline corridors and numerous dynamic and versatile spaces.
"While much of the conversation about contemporary architecture has shifted to Downtown Los Angeles, we think there is a role for the suburbs in setting the agenda for progressive design," said Freyinger. "The single-family home has helped define what it means to be an Angelo."
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Beautiful project!
But it's not a cult compound, is it? Or were they shooting a Progressive Insurance commercial that day? Sorry for the gentle snark, but the all-white costuming is distracting from the work.
yeah, it's a cultish vibe.
nice architecture, awful city.
Reminds me of the early (good/great) work of Gehry, pre-pritzker. Love it.
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