Architect Breaks Down 5 of the Most Common Los Angeles Homes | Architectural Digest
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Valery Augustin has been an architect in Los Angeles for over 20 years; today on AD he lends his expertise in breaking down the most common housing structures in the City of Angels. From eclectic beach houses, and classic mission revival to the cozy California bungalow, learn how these properties came to be so popular.
Director: Hiatt Woods
Producer: Skylar Economy
Associate Producer: Landrie Hatcher
On Set Associate Producer: Josh Crowe
Director of Photography: Grant Bell
Audio: Will Miller
Camera Operator: Lucas Villicich
Production AssistantL Fernando Barajas
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MORE Valery Augustin please…excellently thorough and affable expertise
@meepmeep7811
Жыл бұрын
wholeheartedly agree!
@paillette2010
Жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@NextToToddliness
Жыл бұрын
Just thought the same thing!
@DavidMartinez-yi8mx
Жыл бұрын
I agree I was able to watch the whole thing without getting bored, very informative
@RachelAnn
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! He's fantastically knowledgeable.
Thanks Valery Augustin for busting the myth that LA has no defining residential architecture - I grew up in Silverlake in the 80s and I thought it was a paradise of elegant and people-centric homes, but most people I encounter in the rest of the world think LA is made of movie sets and Malibu. Loved the video, please do more!
@Iriseyes
Жыл бұрын
Silverlake is so wonderful! But sadly gentrified and unaffordable for all but the very wealthy…
@Q_QQ_Q
11 ай бұрын
la is a big movie set
@rakeldanell
2 ай бұрын
Never heard that myth...😊
@Serai3
Ай бұрын
@@Iriseyes The gentrification of Silverlake started decades ago. It was originally mostly Latino residents. Every wave of gentrifiers moves in and changes it more, and then they whine that it's getting "gentrified and unaffordable" when the _next_ wave come in. But they've all been interlopers. I've watched it happening since the 60's, and rolled my eyes at every group of _gringos_ who made the place whiter and whiter, and then mope about how "awful" it was getting.
@Serai3
Ай бұрын
@@Q_QQ_Q Well, since you've never been here, you're just trolling.
Love the bungalow court apartments! Sense of community is so important nowadays especially with the advent of the internet and people feeling disconnected as a result.
@fboness368
11 ай бұрын
Agreed. Bungalow court apartments grant a measure of community and dignity that Dingbats just don't. And they celebrate the indoor/outdoor lifestyle that SoCal was famous for.
@kristen_noel
20 күн бұрын
I lived in a Bungalow Court in Laguna Beach a few years back, and it was my FAVORITE APARTMENT EVER! ❤
Love this guy. AD please do a part 2 of Los Angeles style architecture. There is so much more.
@1anonymousb
Жыл бұрын
Mid-century modern comes to mind. That and various styles of apartment building, 70s - 80s houses, etc.
@entropy8000
Жыл бұрын
Yesss theres so many more- love it
@lnhancock3
Жыл бұрын
Tudors + Boat houses too!
@aaroncastellanos3421
Жыл бұрын
And victorian cottages! I live in a queen anne by DTLA, so there's lots of victorians in my neighborhood
@walterswu
2 ай бұрын
Can you do a similar video on the Eichlers of the Northern California?
Fantastic, efficient presentation. Augustin has a terrific way of making it clear. Thorough but not so long as to get bogged down in too much information.
Mission revival is my favorite! I loved my Grandmas little Stucco, Spanish tiled house in LA
@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n
Жыл бұрын
yes! surprised stucco wasnt mentioned
One of the things I love about Long Beach, you can drive around a small area and see every one of these styles. It's such a great tribute to larger LA, while having it's own city vibe.
@dansaadati3969
Жыл бұрын
i love long beach as well! an architectural gem of a city!
@miglangell
11 ай бұрын
Eww long beach
@bruintoo
11 ай бұрын
Ghetto by the sea! LOL. We're in the Cliff May Ranchos.
@drtydsh
10 ай бұрын
@@bruintoo you clearly got the bad end of the stick when living in long beach
@bigcockedman714
10 ай бұрын
@@bruintoo not in belmont shores
Love bungalow court apartments! Every time I walk by one I can’t help but stop and smile. Something about them just feels so warm and inviting.
@JacqueCRISCOsd
2 ай бұрын
Always reminds me of the Big Lebowski apartment.
@thetruthhurts9220
Ай бұрын
As a delivery driver, I don’t! These are the worst to deliver to! Lol
@kristen_noel
20 күн бұрын
Same!!
@Grime_time
19 күн бұрын
@@thetruthhurts9220 I feel ya 😂😂😂
This breakdown is informative. Being an architect is no easy job. They're all detail-oriented, as far as I know.
@BwInNewJersey
Жыл бұрын
Very perceptive.
@MrEspaldapalabras
Жыл бұрын
Which is why they keep missing the big picture.
@truefalse934
11 ай бұрын
Plus, they need to learn a lot about history too!
I'd really like to hear him go through all the experimental phases of LA architecture. The mid century movement, Eichlers, Case study homes, Googie etc. LA is the land of great experimentation by many great architects.
I've always been a fan of the Mission Revival style of homes since I was a kid. It's just charming.
I've never even been to LA, but I loved every minute of this.
@kristen_noel
20 күн бұрын
Come visit!
I love this! I’m a firefighter in LA, so I have the pleasure of checking out different types of structures. It’s nice learning some of the history surrounding these buildings.
I live near a TON of bungalow courts. I wish there were more. It's insane to me that you can't build 4 little cottages on a lot but a huge luxury apt structure towering over all other small homes is fine...
His voice is so soothing, I could listen to it all day.
My favorite is a Craftsman style house a.k.a. Bungalow. Pasadena is loaded with those beautiful houses. As well as bungalow courts, which sadly are being destroyed by real estate developers.
@MothGirl007
Жыл бұрын
Craftsman houses are my favorite too.
@susanmurphy958
Жыл бұрын
@@MothGirl007 That's because you are Awesome. 😎😎😎
@leiajiang7877
Жыл бұрын
living in Socal i rarely seen these until moving to the more LA area. pretty cool
@ColtraneAndRain
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Pasadena and I always adored the Craftsman style! I also love Mission style. So many memories of childhood and teen years. Pasadena is almost unrecognizable to me now 😢
@beyondgirl178
11 ай бұрын
Dark wooded craftsman houses have my heart.
MORE Valery Augustin please…excellently thorough and affable expertise. Informative,short,sweet and just plain educational.I want more.Thank you very much..
@kristen_noel
20 күн бұрын
100% He's WONDERFUL!!
The way he aligned the papers precisely 🤩🎉😅🫶
I lived in a bungalow court apartment in college and I loved it so much! Sad to hear they are endangered now.
Sad to see all the bungalow court apartments go. Many in the Bay Area were torn down for more high density apartment buildings with less character. They could provide affordable housing and community. The California bungalow, with its deep porches, are my absolute favorite California housing style.
@HerAeolianHarp
Жыл бұрын
They are truly hard to find. I saw one on Central Avenue in Alameda.
@jessicaliflower
Жыл бұрын
There are a few near Oakland Ave
@pollytiks3885
Жыл бұрын
Lived in a Spanish style bungalow court apartment during college. Beautiful rose-filled courtyard, you could hear the fog horns at night (Long Beach). Sad to know they’re being torn down.
@thedylangirl
Жыл бұрын
I live in NorCal foothills and I’m grateful there are still bungalows in my neighborhood. They’re so cool!
@SK-fy8dl
Жыл бұрын
We need to upzone single family zoning so mcmansions can be torn down to build small homes with shared courtyards. More small houses, less mansions.
Informative,short,sweet and just plain educational.I want more.Thank you very much.
As a LA native. These homes are now being remodeled and it’s interesting to see what the owners are doing with them now
I have rented or at least visited friends in all of these apartments and homes while attending college, graduate school and law school in Northern California (Berkeley, San Leandro and Oakland). This presentation makes me really appreciate the historical aspects that I, as a young woman, was unaware of at the time.
This dude is fantastic ! Great presentation, great voice, down to earth. and KNOWS and LOVES what he's talking about. More teachers of architecture should be like Valery Augustin.
Great job. I really enjoyed this. It felt like a mini master class in architecture.
I don't live in the LA area anymore (moved out of state), but I have fond memories of living in Long Beach, where you can find all of the architecture styles mentioned in this video!
Best, most enjoyable video I've seen on YT for weeks.
My favorite professor!!! I'm so glad to see his passion for architecture shared with the AD community. More, please!!!
I grew up in San Francisco and I loved our architectural styles. But my best friend lives in Los Angeles and it was also so fascinating to either of us to visit one another. How in one state are there such distinct cities. It made visiting one another a ton of fun because visually it was so different. It really felt like two different worlds.
I am thinking I need to see more of Mr. Augustin. I grew up in Southern CA so am familiar with some of the info provided, but not all of it, and this was a delight to watch. I would love to see more design videos hosted by him!
I live in the UK and I really wish Porches were more common here! I love how they look, especially the style of the California bugalow
@SinaAla
3 ай бұрын
These days California is overwhelmed by Teslas 😅
Born and raised in LA. That’s my city! I’ve been in the Midwest for many years now. This video gives me all the feels! ❤
Really enjoyed the subject and lean, straightforward delivery. Comparing modern sites with their historical precedents, and using a variety of visual formats and angles (overhead/drone, vintage film and video; street-level and aerial still photos), is so effective. More please!
This was absolutely brilliant and exceptionally informative. Without a doubt, both the Mission Revival and California Bungalow styles rank among my all-time favorites in Los Angeles.
California Bungalow is my favorite! I lived in one for 22 years - but it was in Pennsylvania! Second favorite is the court yard cottages. Those are so cute! Excellent video, thank you.
This was absolutely fascinating. I am a huge fan of mission revival architecture, but I enjoyed learning about other LA architecture styles. Dense housing options are the best and likely only way to handle the affordability crisis all over the country.
I've always loved the Mission Revival style homes. Grew up in Los Angeles, and that has always been my favorite style.
He has the perfect voice for this. This is the best video I’ve seen. No wasted vocabulary. Repetitive style presentation. Well-organized. Sequence showing historical images, comparisons. Well explained features. Maps. If I go back to teaching this will be my lesson plan model. Excellent.
Every time I see a modernistic white cube built in a neighborhood of mission revival houses, a part of me dies.
Such a great presentation! I grew up halfway between LA and SF in San Luis Obispo which has much of the same architectural history, just on a smaller scale. The mission featured was actually the San Luis Obispo de Tolosa with the SLO Mountain in the background. I lived in SF for decades and am now in LA and am obsessed with the architecture here. Some now covered are the older Victorians, the Art Deco and Streamline Modern, and MCM and later mid century. There are also some even more rare mid century A Frames here and there. I would also like to hear about the mid century multi unit buildings with a swimming pool in the center and sauna room. Seems to be a quintessential Hollywood style.
@SL-lz9jr
Жыл бұрын
Grew up in SF, spent lots of time in LA where my best friend lives. Now I live in NYC. There’s something so special about the distinctive architectural styles found in Northern and Southern CA. My friend loved visiting me up north and I down south because it always felt like worlds apart, despite being the same state.
@Lemoncatsf
Жыл бұрын
@@SL-lz9jr I totally get it. When you add the landscaping/ vegetation on to that too it adds to the differences.
Mission Revival and Craftsman style are my absolute favorite. Glendale has a lot of Mission revival style homes and they're just gorgeous!
I love the mission style homes, especially with a deep brown style roof
Huge fan of bungalow courts! This was such an informative video, LA is a beautiful city with such a rich architectural legacy.
Valery Augustin, what a voice! Thank you and Mission Revival all the way
I love these videos. So informative on both architecture and city history.
Excellent presentation. As for my favorite, at first it was Mission Revival; and then you showed us the California Craftsman Bungalow. Guess I'll have to toss a coin.
Thanks for this overview. Each style presented has its charms, but my favorite is the California mission revival. There is just something about the thick, plaster-covered adobe walls, the arches, the enclosed courtyards, and the red clay tiles that I find reassuring and romantic.
I’m surprised he didn’t discuss the seismic drawbacks of the Dingbats’ “soft story” parking. I’ve seen a lot of buildings get retrofitted since the Northridge quake, but I’m sure there are still thousands that are vulnerable.
@ArtamStudio
10 ай бұрын
Property owners are required to retrofit soft stories. In one of the shots of the Crapi Apartments (love the self-deprecating humor), a retrofit contractor banner is visible.
i could listen to valery augustin for hours!!
I like this guy!
Wonderful review of L A house style by architect Valery Augustin. I like the boardwalk beach house.
I love this guy and his stoic, subtle passion. His "Mullet" joke, with no giggle or laugh, was priceless!
Thank you for pointing out how horrible those huge curb cuts are for pedestrians. I’m convinced that the wider the driveway, the faster drivers whip into and out of parking lots. That’s why sidewalks in front of gas stations are always really bad too
@onemorechris
10 ай бұрын
i found LA weirdly hostile for walking considering how fitness focused people seem to be there
One of my favorite episodes of the architecture breakdown/walking tours content. Please more of that AD!
I very much enjoyed this! Bring back Valery for more Southern California architecture
This is an incredible video! I would love to see a “5 common types of houses in Chicago” video next - there are many unique & very distinct architectural styles
Loved this- informative and interesting and so well presented 👌🏾👌🏾
The Bungalow courts when in nice neighborhoods are cool. I see them in Long Beach, Pasadena and other older cities.
Zoning laws won't allow this anymore... Zoning laws won't allow this anymore... Zoning laws won't allow this anymore... I think I see a pattern why housing has gotten so expensive
Bungalows are adorable. Makes me think of the movie Swing Shift which featured them. The Dingbat makes me uneasy largely because of the unstable looking support posts (in earthquake country) but also for parking cars underneath the building (not great if there's a car fire and for exhaust fumes). Also the lack of any shared space or landscaping. Mission Revival is gorgeous, love it. The film L.A. Story comes to mind.
This was super interesting!! I love four of the five styles featured. The historical context included with each description as well as pointing out how each style translates to housing issues today was also very much appreciated. I'm looking forward to more videos by you!
Mission Revival is my favorite
This segment was quite fascinating and enjoyable. A part two would be appreciated. Thank you.
I lived in a wonderful 1920s bungalow in Azusa, CA. I loved living there.
Beautiful... ❤❤ my favorites on this particular episode are Mission Revival and Craftsmen Bungalows
What I really appreciated about LA Architecture was that it often was a fusion of traditional Colonial looks, with stark Mid-century Modern. This made the current Post Modern additions look like museum pieces at times, especially in Pasadena (where I lived for two years). To be honest, it's the only part of LA I'd live in again. Also, as others have stated, more Valery Augustin please. He's very articulate, and evenly paced in his presentation, which neither feels rushed or unnecessarily prolonged.
Love the videos with architects talking about architecture!!
The craftsman style… that is my favorite
This was excellent. Do Washington DC, San Francisco, or Chicago next.
This guy is great, could listen for hours
I absolutely love this! I currently live in Los Angeles and have noticed a ton of dingbat apartments especially on the west side so that was spot on. So interesting to hear the perspective of an architect on these styles as well. Great video AD!! 😊
@VictorRochaGaming
Жыл бұрын
Palms/Mar Vista is polluted with dingbats.
We need more bungalow!!!!!!!!
They should do a part 2 where they talk about the Contemporary glass-and-steel style that dominates new homes in the hills (and looks like it was inspired by the Getty)
Love and live in a California Bungalow. Many have already said it...more Valery Augustin please!
i think this might be the best video AD has ever done
We are renovating a 1915 Craftsman we purchased last year in Marin County so we are partial to that style.
Pls do more of these- of different cities!! 🎉
Gotta admit I've always been fascinated with those stilt-houses in the canyons. Great vid, thank you Valery!
You forgot how Dingbats would fail during an earthquake especially the 94 Northridge one To be continued all across SoCal: Ranch/Split level: 1940s-1970s Spanish Revival: 1960s-present Mediterranean/Italian: 1980s-now French Country/Provincial 1990s-2010s Tudor Revival: 1920s-1930s, 1970s-80s Cape Cod: 1980s Shed/A frame: 1970s-1980s Craftsman: 1990s-2010s Modern Farmhouse: 2010s-now
So glad to see this series continue!
Valery is so well spoken! He obviously knows what he is talking about but I love that he makes it easily digestible to someone who doesn't know much about the topic (me)
Great video! Would love to see a part 2 including Victorians, ranch-style homes, and modern lightweight Spanish-style homes.
Love this overview of LA architecture styles, many of which are found all over California.
In Michigan, we also have a lot of early 20th century Craftsman, but a bungalow is a separate design with lower GLA. Generally, anything under 1000 SF built before 1945 and within city limits is called a bungalow, as most share the same designs.
I loved every minute of this, I grew up in LA and I have always favored LA architecture over other cities something about it just brings great memories
This was excellent! Live on east coast with a lot of Sears Catalogue houses and bungalows. Love the bungalows!
Grew up in a mission style but always wanted a bungalow. Just loved them.
Love the detail in this. It's actually educational and not superficial like so many architectural videos on KZread.
I hope more municipalities consider the bungalow court style as a housing option. There is a lovely neighborhood feeling that you don't get in a generic box apartment building.
I like this guy. Nice voice, easy to listen to. Speaks not too fast such that I can process and understand everything he is saying. I appreciate all the images the editors have put in too, that really helps!
I love a sweet bungalow and the courtyards seem livable.
Craftsman style CA bungalows have my heart. ❤
I loveeeee older LA architecture
Love love loooove these types of videos!
WOW - I grew up seeing all these and had no idea the history behind them. Especially the Mission Revival homes ❤
I've always been attracted to the bungalow court style. But that may be because it reminds of the motor court motels where you parked your car along side a little cabin style motel room. However when it comes to Ding Bats, all I can remember is how many collapsed during the Northridge earthquake of 1994. That "soft story" for car parking was to blame.
MORE OF THIS PLEASE!!! super informative
Now I can identify what I have been driving past for many years. Thank you for expanding my viewing perimeters.
That was fabulous!! So interesting and I learned a lot. Thanks so much.
I will add to the call for more Valery Augustin on this channel please!