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When I was growing up in Los Angeles I was a bookworm because I was kind of a lonely little girl, and I was able to lose myself in [...]

A confession up front: I’m not an auto design expert. Architecture, interior, furniture design? Yes. But not cars. Mind you, I’m as dazzled as the next person by design [...]

“McMansions” like this are not only ugly, they are ruining the character of neighborhoods all over the L.A. area. If I were Architecture & Design Czarina of [...]

In 1794, the City Hotel opened in New York City and is considered the first building meant to be a hotel. As much of a princess as [...]

Interiors depicted in works of art can tell us a great deal. In “The Tête à Tête,” part of the “Marriage a la Mode” series, English painter William [...]

The Eames House. Photo by ercwttmn on Flickr. A house full of light and air, made of prefabricated materials and hidden by eucalyptus trees, overlooks a meadow [...]

Coming up June 20-22 at the L.A. Convention Center is Dwell on Design 2014, America’s largest design event. If you’re a design freak like I am, you [...]

The Schindler House in West Hollywood is open to the public. One of the things that makes Los Angeles an interesting city architecturally is its eclecticism. An [...]

The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 Universal Exposition. If you’re planning to visit Paris this year you will no doubt discover that the Eiffel Tower is celebrating [...]

An elegant Hollywood Regency chairs, evocative of the 1940s designs of Billy Haines, was found at Little Paris Antiques on La Brea Avenue. If you haven’t recently [...]