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XTEN's Nakahouse is the May 25th page in Archipendium's 2015 daily tear-off calendar.  The calendar includes 365 architecture projects from around the world with projects chosen for both their fascinating designs and elements of sustainability.

ArchDaily selected an article featuring XTEN's Guggenheim proposal as one of its favorite articles of the past year. The list recognizes pieces that covered crucial events at the heart of ArchDaily's editorial mission and included an article shortlisting XTEN's submission for the Guggenheim Helsinki as one of the most exciting proposals.  The full article may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ArchDaily2014

XTEN's Alta Mura project starts construction in Los Angeles, California.

XTEN's proposal for the new Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki was featured in ArchDaily's "32 “Discarded” Helsinki Guggenheim Proposals You Should Know About".  The article chose to showcase just 32 of the record-breaking 1,715 submissions for the museum in a look at "great designs-that-could-have-been."  The full article may be found here: http://www.archdaily.com/579268/32-discarded-guggenheim-proposals-you-should-know-about/

Work in Progress

Openhouse is featured as the cover story in the South Korean magazine The Haus.

Downtown LA Hotel and Nakahouse are both featured in the exhibition “The City And The World” at UCTEA Chamber of Architects of Turkey in Istanbul.

Bel Air Residence is featured as the cover story in the Brazilian magazine Residenciais.

XTEN has been invited by Paperhouses, an open source platform that brings world-class residential architecture for free to the general public, to design a house. Principal Austin Kelly was interviewed by Paperhouses about the Boxhouse, the practice in US and Europe and other award-winning projects of XTEN. 

Nakahouse and Downtown LA Hotel have received 2014 The International Architecture Awards and will be exhibited at "The City and the World" symposium during the second Istanbul Design Biennial at Turkey.

Work in Progress

XTEN's Villa La Moraleja project starts construction in Spain.

XTEN's Downtown LA Hotel is featured in the book "Hotel Architecture" published by The Straits Publishing.

XTEN has been commissioned to design a single family residence on Santa Monica Beach in California. The long and narrow property sits between world famous Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica Beach with a panorama ocean view from Malibu canyon to the Santa Monica Pier.

Main level steel framing begins at Brentwood. XTEN office visit to site to review construction progress.

XTEN's Madisonhouse is featured in October-November "Special Habitat" issue of Paris magazine "ARTRAVEL" with a project article written by Fabienne Dupuis in French.

Work in Progress

Downtown LA Hotel is published in Never Built Los Angeles which explores the "what if" Los Angeles, investigating the values and untapped potential of a city still in search of itself. Featured are more than 100 visionary works that could have transformed both the physical reality and the collective perception of the metropolis.

XTEN recently finished a concept design for a mixed-use residential, creative office, restaurant and retail complex with garden courtyard and a rooftop pool terrace in Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles.

XTEN has been commissioned to design a custom residence in the "bird streets" neighborhood of Hollywood Hills. The project is being developed as a series of planes which differentiate the private and public programs and also frame the panorama view from downtown to Century City.

Four Concrete Houses have received 2013 American Institute of Architects California Council Annual Residential Design Award. The jury commented “This concept challenges conventional thought.” The awards event will be held at UC Berkeley Wurster Hall on November 14th this year. More information: http://www.aiacc.org/2013/10/16/aiacc-residential-award-recipients-announced/

This project in the Trousdale area of Beverly Hills is conceived as a series of one story pavilions surrounding a central courtyard.  The main living space in between the indoor garden and outdoor terrace connects the architecture and nature.

Madisonhouse receives 2013 American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter Design Award. The awards event will be held at the Broad Stage Theater in Santa Monica Performing Arts Center on October 28th. More information: http://www.aialosangeles.org/home-page-latest-news/2013-design-awards-winners

Downtown L.A. Hotel receives 2013 American Architecture Award from Chicago Athenaeum and European Centre for Art and Architecture. More information: http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2013/2471/index.html

Madisonhouse is featured in Architectural Record's Record Interiors issue which highlights the best architectural interiors of the year. More information: http://archrecord.construction.com/residential/kitchenbath/2013/1309-Madisonhouse-XTEN-Architecture.asp