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Mirror House, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States
photo : Art Gray
Mirror House in Beverly Hills
The Mirrorhouse is perched in the hills of LA, located in the Trousdale Estates of Beverly Hills with an incredible view extending from Downtown LA to the Pacific Ocean.
The project is an exercise in restraint with a very straightforward goal: to create a simple, rational house that accentuates and amplifies the connection to the exterior – celebrating the unique lifestyle that Los Angeles provides.
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Openhouse, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Date built: 2007
photograph : Art Gray
Openhouse by XTEN Architecture
The Openhouse is embedded into a narrow and sharply sloping property in the Hollywood Hills, a challenging site that led to the creation of a house that is both integrated into the landscape and open to the city below. Retaining walls are configured to extend the first floor living level into the hillside and to create gardens on two levels. The front, side and rear elevations of the house slide open to erase all boundaries between indoors and out, connecting the spaces to gardens on both levels.
Key Projects by XTEN Architecture
Featured Buildings by XTEN Architecture, alphabetical:
Diamondhouse, Santa Monica, California, USA
Date built: 2008
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Santa Monica house
Sapphire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Date: –
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Sapphire Gallery
Surfhouse, Hermosa Beach, California, USA
Date built: 2007
photograph : Art Gray
Surfhouse
More architecture projects by XTEN Architecture online soon
Location: 10315 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232, Los Angeles, USA
Los Angeles Architects Practice Information
XTEN Architecture studio based in Los Angeles, CA + Sissach, Switzerland
Monika Häfelfinger, President
Monika Häfelfinger was born in Basel, Switzerland. From 1982 to 1986 she apprenticed at the office of her father, an ETH/ Harvard GSD educated architect, Häfelfinger Architekten in Sissach, Switzerland.
In 1987 she moved to Los Angeles, graduating from University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree in 1992. In 1994 she graduated from Columbia University with a Master of Science Degree in Advanced Architectural Design. From 1994 through 1995 she worked for the architectural office of Herzog and de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland. In 1996 she returned to the US, working for DMJM/ Keating before establishing her own design studio later that year. In 2000 she established XTEN Architecture with partner Austin Kelly.
Austin Kelly, Partner
Austin Kelly (1966-2015) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1988 he graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Economics and was awarded the Sanderson prize in Architecture. In 1989 he attended SCI-Arc in Vico Morcote, Switzerland for architectural design studios with Peter Zumthor and Ivano Gianola.
In 1993 he graduated from Yale University Graduate School of Architecture with a Master of Architecture degree. From 1993 through 1998 he worked in the Los Angeles architectural offices of Frank Israel, Frank Gehry and Eric Owen Moss.
In 1999 he worked for DMJM/ Keating, and also began teaching at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. From 2000 to 2004 he led architectural design studios at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. In 2000 he established XTEN Architecture with partner Monika Häfelfinger.
Scott Utterstrom, Principal
Scott Utterstrom was born in Portland, Oregon. In 2003 he graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Architecture.
From 2003 through 2006 he worked in the Los Angeles office of AGPS Architecture. In 2006 he received a fellowship to attend the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design and graduated with a Master of Architecture degree in 2007. He started working for the firm in 2007. In 2015 he became a principal of the practice.
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