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Family unit

25 May 2023

Refusing to be derailed by natural disasters and ever-rising costs, Samantha Mink’s architectural debut is a remarkable and liveable modernist home for her parents.

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Fixed abodes

16 November 2017

Welcome to The Sea Ranch. Newcomers are encouraged – as long as they adhere to the aesthetic of this natural wonder

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The Road Ahead - California

16 May 2019

We travel north on the Shoreline Highway from San Francisco to Marin County to meet a wealth of Californian characters, from counterculture heroes to oyster farmers.

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Reputation building

16 April 2020

Self-reliant and dismissive of fame, W Earl Wear was an unsung hero of modernist architecture. But his handful of sculptural homes command a growing band of devotees.

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Room to breathe

15 August 2019

Why the design of this 1960s retreat, promoting modernity while embracing its nature, has stood the test of time.

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Net gains

19 March 2020

The waters around Santa Barbara are producing sustainable catches that are challenging patrons and restaurant owners to ride a new wave of cooking and dining.

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14. Lighten your load

21 January 2021

An e-bicycle that successfully combines good looks and a smooth ride with the strength to handle ample cargo, Benno Bikes’ Remidemi model is the wheel deal.

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San Francisco Bay might be synonymous with technology but many workers are quitting the city to start craft-based careers in the nearby countryside. We head to Tomales Bay to meet those enjoying a creative rebirth in more…

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California on a roll

15 August 2009

What would the US be without the hamburger? Like a country without a decent urban commuter bike. And that’s been the case, until Specialized set up a workshop in California to produce new designs that are tarmac-lickin’…

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Turkey's California

24 August 2017

We travel to the Aegean Coast in Turkey, where tourism may be falling but its beach clubs are buoyed by a homegrown crowd escaping city life and political upheaval.

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California dreamin’

19 April 2018

The 1960s was a golden era for West Coast architecture. One of the overlooked heroes of the period was Ed Killingsworth, best known for his work with hotels in later life but something of a maverick of modest mid-century…

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Monocle on Design - ‘California Captured’

25 September 2018

We make for the sun-soaked hills of southern California to examine the post-war modernist-architecture boom (and mine a few lessons for today). Plus: Josh Fehnert talks to Katie Treggiden about London Design Festival.

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Monocle on Design - California: designing freedom

13 June 2017

London’s Design Museum looks at the Golden State’s influence, we speak to the co-chief executive of one of the biggest architecture and design firms in the US and we meet one of the people responsible for some of the most…

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California dial alarm clock

Looking to make your bedside table a phone-free space? Båge & Söner has created this limited-edition table alarm clock.

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Catching the wave

21 November 2013

First published in 1992, ‘The Surfer’s Journal’ is more book than magazine. It’s a handsome, lovingly produced, defiantly old-school title that’s holding out against the incoming tide of digital culture.

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At the club

24 June 2021

Mexican hospitality firm Grupo Habita has brought a down-at-heel villa in the seaside town La Paz back to life. Welcome to Baja Club.