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Against the Grain: The Organic Modernism of Herb Brownell - Free Self Guided Architectural Trail Map

Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.
Crux Pflugerville / Derrington Building Studio

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Architects: Derrington Building Studio
- Area: 36000 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Metl-Span
Keogh Residence / Venn Studio

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Architects: Venn Studio
- Area: 4059 ft²
- Year: 2023
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Manufacturers: Western Window Systems
Healthpeak Properties Vantage Campus / Flad Architects

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Architects: Flad Architects
- Area: 364000 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Owens Corning, Sika, dormakaba, Centria
Pho Bac House / SHED Architecture & Design

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Architects: SHED Architecture & Design
- Area: 1858 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Space Theory
PEBL Cabins / Hello Wood
550 Madison Avenue Garden / Snøhetta
Highland Park Residence / Alterstudio Architecture

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Architects: Alterstudio Architecture
- Area: 12398 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Glazing Vision, Knoll International, Sky-Frame, Lapalma, Miele, +5
Lake Lydiard Home / Wittman Estes

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Architects: Wittman Estes
- Area: 8945 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Professionals: Wittman Estes, Align Structural, Nor-Son Custom Builders, Aspect Design/Build
Beauty is Resistance: art as antidote

Beauty is Resistance: art as antidote at browngrotta arts (October 11 - 19) explores how aesthetic creation—especially within textile, fiber, and material-based practices—serves as a form of radical defiance, cultural preservation, and political voice. In an age of political polarization, ecological crisis, and commodification, beauty might seem like a luxury—or a distraction. But for the artists in this exhibition, beauty is not a retreat from reality. It is a strategy of survival, remembrance, and resistance. Beauty is Resistance will feature more than two dozen international artists who harness the power of beauty not as escape but as agency: to mourn, to protest, to remember, to heal, and to imagine.
The Rambler Residence / GO'C

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Architects: GO'C
- Area: 1700 ft²
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Professionals: Sparrow Woodworks, SSF Engineers, J Welch Engineering
Walker Hall Graduate Student Center / LMS Architects

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Architects: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
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Professionals: Forell Elsesser, BKF, Arup, Charles Salter, Shalleck Collaborative, +3
Fab Tree Hab / Terreform ONE

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Architects: Terreform ONE
- Area: 1000 ft²
- Year: 2024
Hosono House / Ryan Leidner Architecture

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Architects: Ryan Leidner Architecture
- Area: 2535 m²
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: DKG Construction, Ground Cover Landscaping, Stephens Design Studio
William T. Cannady Hall / Karamuk Kuo + Kendall/Heaton Associates

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Architects: Karamuk Kuo, Kendall/Heaton Associates
- Area: 22000 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: ALPOLIC, Boston Valley Terra Cotta, Sherwin-Williams, Armstrong, Berridge, +3
ClusterOne Residence / Studio MM Architect

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Architects: Studio MM Architect
- Area: 2750 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Emtek, Jacuzzi, Robern, Signature Hardware, Stuv
Twin Gable House / Ryan Leidner Architecture

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Architects: Ryan Leidner Architecture
- Area: 2200 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: Flegel Construction Co., Sung Engineering Inc., Stephens Design Studio

















