Lauren Moore

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Guesthouses and Lessons in Generosity: Spaces of Hospitality in Rural America

Spaces of hospitality are a mirror to how different cultures articulate generosity, care, belonging, and identity. In busy city settings, this is reflected in hotels, service systems, and curated amenities that directly shape the visitor experience. These spaces translate care into measurable forms, where success is correlated with efficiency, luxury, and brand identity.

In rural America, hospitality operates with a different logic. In these environments, care is grounded in labor and community, while directly responding to the specific ecological and cultural geographies. Distance, limited infrastructure, and close social networks demand forms of architecture that are flexible and self-sufficient. Designs respond to shifting weather, local materials, and a culture where support often begins with neighbors. In this landscape, architectural thresholds of hospitality emerge in responsive, yet unexpected, ways.

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Confetti Courtyard / Clark Thenhaus / Endemic Architecture

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Los Angeles, United States

Wonderland Houses / MUTUO

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Los Angeles, United States
  • Architects: MUTUO
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  6000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Hansgrohe, Duravit, Electrolux, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Americh, +14

Colorado Lodge / Terremoto Landscape + EARL + SheetrockLA

Colorado Lodge  / Terremoto Landscape + EARL + SheetrockLA - Exterior Photography, Cabins & Lodges, Door
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3 Step House / CHACOL

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  • Architects: CHA:COL
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2500 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Caesarstone, Fleetwood
  • Professionals: Terremoto, Taz Construction

The Line Lofts / SPF: architects

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Los Angeles, United States
  • Architects: SPF: architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  68000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  All Weather Architectural Aluminum, CertainTeed, EPRO, MS Metals, VaproShield