Certain lifestyle and professional patterns began to emerge as Claus Benjamin Freyinger and Andrew Holder, founding principals of the Los Angeles Design Group (LADG), were working on some residential commissions across the city. Take, for instance, the firm's project dubbed internally "House in Los Angeles 1," nestled in the hilly neighborhood of Highland Park, an area marked by gentrification and demographic shifts. Here, the directive was to add a guesthouse, a studio, and a hybrid carport/ exhibition space. The clients, a painter and a photographer, wanted a compound built around their existing midcentury home. The resulting residence is one of several by the LADG that appear to rethink the dynamic between the practical reality and the fantasy associated with Southern Californian living.
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