It’s all on the bright side
This newly built residence in West Hollywood exhibits a clever flair for functionality and playfulness. The cedar eaves and vertical louvers that wrap the exterior provide an additional layer of privacy while diffusing interior light at night for an eye-catching design element.

Smooth exit from Cahuenga Pass
The two-story house has about 4,000 square feet of living space, including four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a recording studio. The white-walled living room features ebony wood floors and a wall fireplace. The master bedroom opens to a balcony overlooking the backyard.

Ready to leave the Hollywood Hills party
The midcentury-modern-style house, built in 1958, is set up for entertaining. Indoor and outdoor wet bars, expansive patio space and an oversized chef’s kitchen are among the party-ready amenities. Walls of windows and French doors bring in views of the kidneyshaped swimming pool.

This plan is a huge deal
Homes in the enclave, dubbed “The Case,” will range from 10,500 square feet to 13,500 square feet, with lot sizes ranging from 2.45 to 5.78 acres. Landry, whose projects include some of L.A.’s largest modern mansions, previously designed layouts for each of the individual houses as well as the viewing corridors.

A redo worth its wait in gold
The table is from Mulligan’s in Los Angeles. It used to be the kitchen table at my old house. I’ve had it almost 30 years. It has a special coating on the surface so you can place anything on it and it won’t stain. I want to put it on everything, but they won’t tell me what’s in it.

Infield location, top-deck views
So the cityundertook aprogram of reforestation of the park’s 604 acres, planting morethan 100,000 treesoverthe course of six years. An arboretum wasalso established on 10 acresinthe park, and although it wassoon supplanted in the public’s imagination by the largercounty arboretuminthe SanGabriel Valley, it still exists.