California
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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A rare Kendrick Bangs Kellogg-designed organic masterpiece comes to market in La JollaFor the first time in three decades, the Thomas C Kravis, MD Residence – a striking composition of textured concrete and stacked wood – offers an opportunity to own an early work by Kellogg
By Anna Solomon Published
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Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in July 2026Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from World Cup watch parties at the Hammer Museum to a Marilyn Monroe exhibition at The Academy
By Carole Dixon Last updated
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This traditional adobe home survived a fire – and found a new life as a midcentury-inspired California haciendaDesigner Kirsten Blazek rebuilt around a single surviving wall, blending Native American-influenced objects, midcentury furniture and a palette drawn straight from the San Gabriel Mountains
By Anna Solomon Published
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Tour John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein Residence, an LA legendA John Lautner-designed midcentury gem in the Beverly Crest neighbourhood of Los Angeles makes an appropriately angular backdrop to the July 2026 issue's fashion story; here we explore its architecture, refreshed by Conner + Perry
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Inside a quirky bubble-shaped house designed by Wallace Neff, now for sale in PasadenaThis last example of one of the California architect's 'Airform' house has been meticulously restored and can now be yours for $1.95 million
By Anthony Paletta Published
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Explore Los Angeles in 16 Rudolph Schindler homesAn important California modernist, Rudolph Schindler, pioneered an architecture and way of living that resonates to this day; curator, historian and writer Adam Štěch takes us on a tour of the master's residential work in Los Angeles
By Adam Štěch Published
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Take in the wild American West from this Linda Taalman house, now on the marketA Linda Taalman house in Lone Pine, CA, is currently on the market, an opportunity to acquire a sustainably minded base in the wilderness of the American West
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Tour a breathtaking Napa Valley winery where even the architecture has a sense of 'terroir'San Francisco practice Aidlin Darling Design ushers Robert Mondavi Winery, one of California's most storied wine producers, into a glorious new age.
By Beth Broome Published
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Sabine Marcelis designs an inflatable sunset-coloured maze at CoachellaThe surreal installation was designed to be a place of refuge and wonder for festival-goers
By Lina Abascal Published
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A California hilltop residence flaunts its modernist origins, and a quiet 21st-century revampHilltop Residence is the newest Californian home by Michael Hennessey Architecture – a low, linear structure that expands with the horizon
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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New Rivian R2 sees the Californian brand downsize the scale but upgrade the techThe production version of Rivian’s second model, the R2 makes its global debut at SXSW, offering fresh thinking on interiors and interfaces
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A piece of Joseph Eichler’s 1960s vision of Californian suburbia is on the marketDeveloped in collaboration with A Quincy Jones and listed at $2.4 million, this home and its neighbours are among Eichler’s final projects, offering a glimpse into the ideals that defined post-war Californian living
By Anna Solomon Published
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This 1960s mobile home in ‘America’s most glamorous trailer park’ went from outdated to adorableA dilapidated unit in the bohemian Malibu Beach Trailer Park has been transformed by Alana Marie Interiors into an enviable oceanfront retreat
By Anna Solomon Published
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Genesis Design California studio gives the car brand a creative foothold in El SegundoEYRC Architects has transformed an industrial building into a creative hub and showcase for luxury South Korean car maker Genesis
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Desert modernism, and the allure and challenge of building in extreme environmentsFrom California to Arizona and beyond, we trace the lasting allure of desert modernism, celebrating the architecture born of heat, light and vast arid horizons
By Jessica Ritz Published
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This magnificent California house has a backstory as moving as its architectureMegumi Aihara and Dan Spiegel of the San Francisco-based firm SAW helped a local couple design their dream house in Portola Valley, California. They didn't anticipate that it would change them forever
By David Nash Published
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Lautner’s Castle is a midcentury Los Angeles gem refreshed for the 21st centuryConner + Perry Architects restore Lautner’s Castle, a modernist house by the 20th-century master, dating from the early 1980s – take a look around
By Carole Dixon Published
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The Kappe House, one of LA’s most significant midcentury modern houses, is on the marketThe architect Ray Kappe completed his own house in 1967. Owned by the Kappe family until 2025, the Pacific Palisades residence has now gone on the market for the first time. We take a tour
By Jonathan Bell Published
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As Palm Springs Modernism Week 2026 launches, we tour the city at nightPhotographer Trey Burnette captured Palm Springs at night - we explore the city through his eyes, just as Palm Springs Modernism Week 2026 is about to launch
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the monthThese are the best architectural projects that Wallpaper* has profiled this month, from to a home sunken into a London garden to a 1960s modernist icon come to market
By Anna Solomon Published
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Inside a spirited Sonoma wine country home that's a hideaway for art and adventureSan Francisco-based studio Chroma transforms a traditional hacienda into a vibrant family home that celebrates creativity and the landscape. ‘It’s very much indoor-outdoor living'
By David Nash Published
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A group of friends built this California coastal home, rooted in nature and modern designNestled in the Sea Ranch community, a new coastal home, The House of Four Ecologies, is designed to be shared between friends, with each room offering expansive, intricate vistas
By Tianna Williams Published
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Rent this dream desert house in Joshua Tree shaped by an LA-based artist and musicianCasamia is a modern pavilion on a desert site in California, designed by the motion graphic artist Giancarlo Rondani
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Tour Cano House, a Los Angeles home like no other, full of colour and quirkCano House is a case study for tranquil city living, cantilevering cleverly over a steep site in LA’s Mount Washington and fusing California modernism with contemporary flair
By Michael Webb Published
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Robert Stone’s new desert house provokes with a radical take on site-specific architectureA new desert house in Palm Springs, ‘Dreamer / Lil’ Dreamer’, perfectly exemplifies its architect’s sensibility and unconventional, conceptual approach
By Carole Dixon Published
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Ed Ruscha’s foray into chocolate is sweet, smart and very AmericanArt and chocolate combine deliciously in ‘Made in California’, a project from the artist with andSons Chocolatiers
By Hannah Silver Published
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the monthFrom Malibu beach pads to cosy cabins blanketed in snow, Wallpaper* has featured some incredible homes this month. We profile our favourites below
By Anna Solomon Published


