California Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in California - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to California.
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Trinidad Circle brings sustainable thinking to a Palm Springs home
Trinidad Circle by Framework and Studio AR+D is a luxurious and sustainable Palm Springs home
By Carole Dixon Published
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Building Salmon Creek Farm: inside California’s ultimate creative retreat
Salmon Creek Farm's founder, the architecture-trained artist Fritz Haeg, opens the doors to his cultural commune and tells us its story
By Fritz Haeg Published
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Bonsai House was conceived as a gallery for a collection of miniature trees
Bonsai House by Matthew Royce Architecture is a residential extension in Venice, California, conceived as a viewing gallery for the owners' collection of miniature trees
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Idyllic Wine Country barn creates family retreat that communes with the outdoors
A Wine Country barn in California becomes an idyllic, sensitive retreat for a San Francisco family, courtesy of Malcolm Davis Architecture
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Space Invader swathes a 1970s Berkeley house in a ‘low-resolution’ wrapper
Space Invader by OPA is the modern reimagining of a 1970s San Francisco house
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Shin Shin Architecture creates California retail space and workshop for e-motorbike maker Cake
Cake’s Californian HQ is a sleek retrofit, an ideal canvas to display the Swedish brand’s range of rugged electric motorbikes
By Jonathan Bell Published
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An eco-friendly synagogue is the heart of its Palo Alto community
Congregation Kol Emeth's eco-friendly synagogue by Field Architecture becomes a sustainable heart for its community
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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‘Where To Now’: Zara and Wallpaper* launch offbeat travel guides
Zara and Wallpaper’s ‘Where To Now’ travel guides launch with five off-the-beaten-track adventures, from California to Naoshima, for armchair and actual explorers, available to buy now
By Simon Mills Published
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Desert X 2023 is a staggering sculpture extravaganza spanning California’s Coachella Valley
Will Jennings travels to the Coachella Valley to explore outdoor sculpture exhibition Desert X 2023, which sees projects balance impact, subtlety, and unapologetic enormity
By Will Jennings Published
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Highgrove House is an architect’s own home embedded in Malibu nature
A family home in tune with its surroundings, Highgrove House by Lorcan O'Herlihy is sensitive architecture embedded in Malibu nature
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Palm Springs Modernism Week 2023: architects reveal desert’s best-kept secrets
As Palm Springs Modernism Week 2023 unfolds, we’ve spoken to architects and designers participating in the festivities to pick their brains about the desert city’s hidden gems
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Wonder Valley's olive oil gets well-deserved press
By Daisy Alioto Last updated
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Hair master: Reverie’s minimalist offering achieves maximum results
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Last chance to see: Helen Pashgian, ‘Presences’ at Site Santa Fe
Art icon Helen Pashgian’s optically majestic sculptures are a lesson in perception, as featured in the April 2022 issue of Wallpaper*. Pashgian’s solo exhibition ‘Presences’ at Site Santa Fe runs until 27 March 2022
By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Last updated
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Power packed: Odacité creates potent Vitamin C serum
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Inner reflections: new works by Lita Albuquerque invoke introspection in LA
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Art angel: Porch Gallery opens an inaugural group show in honour of Carolyn GlasoeB
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Chris Shaw transforms the Californian desert into an otherworldly plane
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Empty house: Carmen Argote delves into family history for her latest exhibition
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Jory Brigham's furniture pairs mid-century craft with 70s colour
By Daisy Alioto Last updated
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Desert X returns to the Coachella Valley
By Carole Dixon Last updated
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Four architects on the influence of Palm Springs
Many contemporary architects working today have been inspired by the modernist architecture of Palm Springs. Modernism Week brings them back to the desert town for a series of events that focus on the work of contemporary architects from restorations and renovations, to obsessions and design expressions
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Painting architecture: Tommy Fitzpatrick’s fractured modernist visions
Tommy Fitzpatrick’s new series of electric-hued architectural paintings capture the American artist's 30-year fascination with modernism
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Donum Estate’s wine-tasting pavilion by Studio Other Spaces celebrates its land
The latest addition to California wine and art destination Donum Estate – the Vertical Panorama Pavilion by Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann’s Studio Other Spaces – celebrates the soil, landscape and weather that make wine possible
By TF Chan Last updated
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Mixed media: Bret Easton Ellis and Alex Israel join forces at Gagosian Beverly Hills
By Janelle Zara Last updated
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California’s forgotten roadside architecture makes for a wild West Coast drive
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Diamond Rock: a Sonoma Valley house celebrates its surroundings
A Sonoma Valley house celebrates its surroundings
By Philippine Wright Last updated