AIA|LA Launches 2012 Home Tours
The
Los Angeles chapter
of the
American Institute of Architects
is kicking off their yearly round of
home tours
with a visit on April 1 to the West L.A. community of
Mar Vista
. Five outstanding houses are on the docket for the 2012 inaugural trip, each one the work of a distinguished LA-based architect: Santiago Ortiz,
Neil M. Denari
,
Richard Seltzer
,
Douglas V. Pierson
, and the duo of
Frank Escher & Ravi GuneWardena
.
“Venice Vista,” as the tour is called, is the latest installment in AIA|LA’s ongoing series of programs, following close on the heels of last October’s
fall tour
through the quiet streets and hilly enclaves of Los Feliz. Mar Vista, which borders its famous neighbor
Venice
just to the west, is studded with high-quality residential projects that, as the tour’s creators put it, “offer examples of affluence leveraged by high design.”
As proof, the tour will take visitors through the small-but-stellar Ortiz and Wheeler residence by local favorite Denari, an ultamodern, 1,000-square-foot gem clad in creamy white. The Pearson Trent Residence, from Escher GuneWardena, takes it down a notch with an subdued facade that gives way to an open interior with a continuous, kitchen-living-dining space.
To purchase tickets for this tour, click
here
. Next up for the AIA|LA tour: a jaunt through the coastal neighborhood of
Pacific Palisades
, slated for May 6.