Architectural Digest

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EDITOR’S LETTER

Social Chair • In 20th-century Hollywood, William Haines’s low seats defined how glam Angelenos hung out

City of Angels • In the aftermath of last year’s devastating fires, the Los Angeles design community has rallied to help those in need and protect the city’s architectural heritage. Introducing seven of the grassroots initiatives now leading the way….

Collective

Seven Houses

Case Study: Adapt

Angel City Lumber

Save the Tiles

Project Chimney

The Foothill Catalog Foundation

Hollywood History • Restored for German pop-rock star Bill Kaulitz, a Lloyd Wright house dazzles anew

Indian Wedding • Teaming up with Mumbai’s Æquō gallery, Kelly Wearstler infuses age-old craft with a signature splash of Southern California cool

It Takes a Villa • In the hills of Silver Lake, creative couple Jed Lind and Jessica de Ruiter tailor an Italianate outlier to the rhythms of contemporary family life

NO PANE NO GAIN

FIT TO PRINT

Like a Prayer • Transformed by Electric Bowery, a 1931 church is ready for its close-up as Silver Lake’s newest hot spot

LOVE SPELL • FOR HER GROOVY PLEASURE PALACE IN HOLLYWOOD, MUSICIAN SCOUT WILLIS BRINGS FANTASY TO LIFE

TAKE ME TO THE PLACE I LOVE

LIVING LEGACY • IN L.A.’S LAFAYETTE PARK, THE HOME OF TRAILBLAZING ARCHITECT PAUL R. WILLIAMS GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE WITH A SENSITIVE MAKEOVER BY DESIGNERS BILLY COTTON AND LEYDEN LEWIS IN TANDEM WITH ESCHER GUNEWARDENA ARCHITECTURE

BUCK THE TIDE • BUILDING ON THE LEGACY OF PAST ANGELENO PIONEERS, LA’S THRIVING CERAMICS SCENE CONTINUES TO DEFY CONVENTIONS WITH BOLD FORMS, NUANCED GLAZES, ANDCAREFREE CALIFORNIA SPIRIT. OUR FAVORITE FINDS DAZZLE AGAINST THE SUN AND SURF OF THE MALIBU COAST

HOME AGAIN • AFTER THE DEVASTATION OF LAST YEAR’S FIRES, MANDY MOORE AND TAYLOR GOLDSMITH COMMITTED TO STARTING AFRESH IN THE ALTADENA COMMUNITY THEY’VE GROWN TO LOVE

DESIGN NOTES • THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

A SECRET HISTORY • ON A STORIED PLOT IN SILVER LAKE, ARCHITECT TAKASHI YANAI FASHIONS A BOLD NEW HOUSE WHILE THE LANDSCAPE MAESTROS AT TERREMOTO REVIVE THE HISTORIC GARDEN

BEACH PARTY • TEAMING UP WITH DESIGNER OLIVER FURTH, ARCHITECT CHET CALLAHAN CRAFTS A V I V I D SEASIDE PLAYGROUND FOR HIS OWN FAMILY

FINAL TOUCH