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In a world of single-family zoning, we we’re pleasantly surprised to stumble across this recent article in the New York Times highlighting the history of...
Graphic depicting a crane arm moving a bridge into place to span between two cliffs.
Apartments, ADUs and Small Lots—oh my! As a response to the state’s push to meet current housing needs, new developments are popping up across Los...
Shower below a rectangular skylight in a modern unit. Includes a round showerhead and overhead light, concrete walls, and a wood entryway.
As Architects, we wear many hats—advocating for affordable housing, staying up to date with the latest design trends, etc. The list goes on and on....

Architecture in Practice

 

Colored sketch rendering of a modern house embedded into a hill. Shows the road in front of the house, the driveway and garage, the front entryway, and multiple balconies on the front facade.
This blog is part two of the latest in our...
Colored sketch rendering of a modern house embedded into a hill. Shows the road in front of the house, the driveway and garage, the front entryway, and multiple balconies on the front facade.
First comes ownership, then comes design. I know what you’re...
Graphic depicting the various quantities of the hillside house construction. The horizontal and vertical dimensions of the hill, the setback of the hill, and the removal of a tree, are all marked with a red check mark. However, the placement of the house on the hill is marked with a red question mark.
I know what you’re thinking…enough with all this general information...

Building in Los Angeles

In a world of single-family zoning, we we’re pleasantly surprised to stumble across this recent article in the New York Times highlighting the history of...
Graphic depicting a crane arm moving a bridge into place to span between two cliffs.
Apartments, ADUs and Small Lots—oh my! As a response to the state’s push to meet current housing needs, new developments are popping up across Los...
Cartoon floor plan with a "Not Approved" stamp on it.
Have you heard? Los Angeles has a housing problem! We’re over 450,000 housing units short based on the latest RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) assessment....

Ethics of Architecture

Ethics of Architecture_Is Construction the New "Big Oil"
The building sector is a major polluter. In fact, in 2018, if we include energy consumption and emissions from the manufacture of building construction materials,...
As you may have noticed from our previous newsletters, we have signed on to the “Architects Declare” manifesto demanding urgent climate action within the design...
Last month, nearly 150 U.S. architects and over 4,000 architects from other countries announced their support of an international movement called “Architects Declare,” adding their...

Attention to Detail

Shower below a rectangular skylight in a modern unit. Includes a round showerhead and overhead light, concrete walls, and a wood entryway.
As Architects, we wear many hats—advocating for affordable housing, staying up to date with the latest design trends, etc. The list goes on and on....
Drawn elevation of a modern house. Sows the wood and stucco walls in a beige color palette, with a paper texture for the background and section markings.
If you follow Tracy A. Stone Architect on Instagram, you may have noticed that we recently got to visit John Lautner’s Tyler House. Tucked away...
Photo of the construction of a modern house roof. Multiple ladders are shown around the black roof and green walls in the foreground, while the background features a dirt hillside with a few trees.
We love it when our clients are as committed (or more!) to the design as we are. One of these amazing clients, Roger, is utilizing...

Conversations

View of Designer Anette Sitting.
Since our last check-in during this lingering pandemic, we’ve implemented a few different office schedules, varying from having employees work from home (WFH) full-time to...
by Abbi Naylor Note: WFH = Work From Home… Darn Millennials The current pandemic has flipped the working world on its head. As many of...
Close up picture of a wooden surfboard leaning against a wooden shingle wall.
  Whether you surf or not, we can all agree that surfing has this universal appeal of being “cool,” so you can imagine my curiosity...