We're kicking off Renovation Week with a look at some recently updated houses around the city, from midcentury fortresses to studio apartments. Some remodelers have tried to preserve historic elements, some have updated just about everything.
This Studio City house has walls of glass, a pool, and so much landscaped outdoor space. Hudson was supposedly here between 1951 and 1955; the place has changed since then, but remained snazzy throughout the years.
Famer Phil Lesh, a founding member of both the Grateful Dead and Furthur, is a simple man at heart: All he needs is a bottle and a girl and a good case of Mexicali Blues, and also a seven-bedroom, five and a half bath, $10 million house in verdant Ross, California.
The building was first listed on the market for $12 million last year, but by February this year the ask had come down to $10.5 million. The house finally sold for $10 to a real estate company, but it's not clear what will happen to the building next.
Pershing Square Renew, the nonprofit tasked with overseeing the redesign of LA's most hated park, has revealed the final design options from four teams: Agence Ter and Team, James Corner Field Operations, SWA/Morphosis, and wHy + Civitas.
When you browse through Austin's real estate listings on a daily basis (and who doesn't?), you start to notice something. Guitars. Lots and lots of them, sprinkled throughout staged photos of homes for sale, running the gamut of price points and styles.
We can't seem to do enough hand-wringing about affordability, but if you believe a recent study by website Go Banking Rates, the median Austin income is a little more than enough to live on "comfortably" in the city.
Someone should write a(nother) think piece about all the ironies involved in when major downtown hotels make thematic plays for Austin authenticity while a large amount of what the tourism industry is touting dwindles. In the meantime, here's what the Hilton Austin has planned.
This relatively unaffected Berkeley Hills home is ripe for a drastic makeover (if you insist) or being left as-is. The perfect place for fleeing the city but not having to go too far.