The most recent rehabilitation project by Andreas Larsson of HabHouse is a classic 1954 Post-and-Beam originally designed by architect Mims Jackson as his own home that takes advantage of a sloping lot to maximize views, presenting a modest but beautifully detailed example of architectural thinking in the 1950s. Larsson has…

The Star Residence—a Post + Beam classic originally designed in 1956 by USC educator and architect William Mann—has been immaculately rescripted by developer/designer Andreas E. G. Larsson of HabHouse, noted for his sensitive and exemplary restoration of previously overlooked properties by architectural legends like Richard Neutra, A. Quincy Jones, Ray…

Andreas E.G. Larsson, the Swedish-born creative force behind HabHouse, has gained a reputation for the serious restoration of dilapidated Mid-Century homes in the LA area, breathing new life into neglected properties, with deep understanding and respect for their place in the built environment.His most recent project is the Hart House,…

Long considered one of California’s most influential Modernist architects, with seven decades as a theorist and teacher, as a founder of SCI-ARC, and over a hundred private residential commissions, Ray Kappe [1927-2019] had his first private residential commission in 1954 with this austerely simple, pavilion-like dwelling for Gordon & Hildred…

As a longtime associate and project architect in the office of Richard Neutra, Gloria Jean Killion was an active participant the renowned Austrian's many groundbreaking residential projects. Now, the house she designed for herself in 1954 in Pasadena's Poppy Peak District has been thoughtfully rehabilitated by LA photographer and architectural…