Arch Tour Fest: Twentieth

Image Credit: Joe Fletcher

Arch Tour Fest: Twentieth

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A home for a professional couple with three young children, this design balances a sophisticated, entertainment-oriented lifestyle with the needs of an active family. As the house is contained to a standard suburban lot, the plan is finessed to achieve these divergent interests in several ways. Organized around a central courtyard, rooms on the ground level are connected by wide openings and floor-to-ceiling glass windows and walls, allowing guests to move freely through the flowing space and enabling parents to easily keep an eye on the kids. Now containing a theater, office, play area, and two guest bedrooms, the basement offers opportunity to accommodate the youngsters expanding spatial requirements they get older. Throughout the house, luxurious furnishings and finishes artisan brick inside and out, marble and onyx, walnut and oak elegantly maintain the modern aesthetic.

Building Credits:

ARCHITECT: Architect: Woods + Dangaran
INTERIOR DESIGN: Woods + Dangaran
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Chris Sosa
PHOTOGRAPHY: Joe Fletcher
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Dana Benson Construction
MEP ENGINEERING: Bartef Yoofephiance & Associates
SOILS ENGINEER: Earth Systems Southern California
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: CW Howe Partners, Inc.
SHORING ENGINEERING: CW Howe Partners, Inc.

Tour Led By

Joseph Dangaran, AIA

Joseph Dangaran is one of the founding partners of the Los Angeles based architecture and interior design firm, Woods + Dangaran. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California before working at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Marmol Radziner, where he honed his approach to modern architecture. When starting Woods + Dangaran just over 10 years ago, Joseph and business partner Brett Woods made the commitment to create modern homes through dialogue and exploration while collaborating closely with clients through the design process. “If you’re going to create something physical in this world, it should have intention and craft. Architecture should communicate its construction, its systems, and its soul to the user.”

Brett Woods

A founding partner of the Los Angeles based architecture and interior design firm, Woods + Dangaran, Brett Woods is committed to collaborating closely with clients and delivering work that is uncompromising in craftsmanship. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California before working at Altoon + Porter Architects and Little Architects in Durham, North Carolina. When forming Woods + Dangaran with his business partner Joseph Dangaran just over 10 years ago, they designed a practice that curated journeys through indoor and outdoor environments, realized sublime experiences of space and light, and speak directly to users. “Architecture should speak to you emotionally and make you think. It should create a healthy dialogue between people, so you can stand back and appreciate what it does for society.”