World travelers Patti and Larry Londre have built a cozy nest around mementos of great adventures Story By Stephanie Case | Photos by Courtnay Robbins Bragagnolo On any given day, Patti Londre could be sliding down an Antarctic glacier, driving a candy-colored Chevy on the streets of Havana or aboard an African safari, a yard or […]

Mason and Cleo mix urban glamour and family-friendly designs By Stephanie Case It takes a special kind of community to make an architect’s creativity run wild. But when KTGY Architects was tasked with designing Mason and Cleo, a pair of brand new townhouse clusters along Bluff Creek Drive behind the Runway South Apartments, they saw […]

Marlowe at Playa Vista’s “slingshot” design makes sure every room has a view By Evan Henerson The design challenge was straightforward enough: How does one successfully incorporate upscale single family houses into an already tight urban setting? For Brookfield Residential’s Marlowe at Playa Vista development, the solution mixed creativity and practicality. Simply put: build upwards […]