Southern California Journal
Architecture, residential streets, regional landscapes, and the everyday details that distinguish communities.
The Courtyard Home in Southern California
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is the courtyard home in southern california: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. A room that belongs to the outdoors…
Why Street Trees Change the Feel of a Neighborhood
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is why street trees change the feel of a neighborhood: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. The first impression happens…
Hillside Neighborhoods and Their Distinctive Character
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is hillside neighborhoods and their distinctive character: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. Terrain changes the arrangement of homes A…
Midcentury Homes Across Los Angeles
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is midcentury homes across los angeles: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. A modern vocabulary in older streets Midcentury residential…
Indoor-Outdoor Living Beyond the Sliding Door
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is indoor-outdoor living beyond the sliding door: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. More than a photograph Indoor-outdoor living is…
The Architectural Language of Coastal Communities
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is the architectural language of coastal communities: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. Coastal influence without a single style Communities…
Walkability and the Residential Street
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is walkability and the residential street: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. What a map cannot explain A neighborhood may…
Homes Along Southern California Canyon Roads
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is homes along southern california canyon roads: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. A different neighborhood pattern Canyon roads produce…
How Architecture Shapes Neighborhood Memory
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is how architecture shapes neighborhood memory: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. Buildings as a record of change Residential streets…
Courtyard Planting and the California Home
Southern California residential architecture is shaped by more than the buildings themselves. In this article, the focus is courtyard planting and the california home: how design, geography, and daily use help give local places their character. These observations address broad patterns rather than any specific property or transaction. Plants organize space In a residential courtyard,…