Los Angeles
The Los Angeles architecture and interior design firm Woods + Dangaran was founded in 2013 by Brett Woods and Joseph Dangaran. Having built a reputation as torchbearers of intelligent, soulful contemporary design rooted in the principles of classic 20th-century modernist architecture, the partners are straightforward in their approach and ambitions: “We create modern homes through dialogue and exploration.” We design holistically and on any scale. Our projects are subtle and disciplined, pure in form and designed to create a sublime experience of space and light. Each building is a carefully curated journey through interior and exterior spaces.” In addition to recently completing homes in LA and Bend, Oregon, the company is currently working on residential projects throughout Southern California as well as Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Texas. A boutique hotel in Apple Valley, Utah is also on the agenda. woodsdangaran.com —Mayer Rus
Years
Los Angeles
Tyler Polich and Jessica Jimenez Keenan founded their Los Angeles-based design firm Years in 2022 with impeccable professional experiences. Polich's resume includes stints at AD100 firms The Archers, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, while Jimenez Keenan has experience at Elizabeth Roberts Architects and Studio Shamshiri (also AD100 stars). Given their deep immersion in design history and the wealth of artful, unexpected sources they reference, it's no surprise that the partners describe their approach in poetic terms: “Years is a design studio at the service of possibility, like spaces and buildings that could accommodate experiences.” of people in them who still remain in harmony – and permeable – to climate, light, moods and life. We believe that design has the potential to go beyond the rational, the perfect photo, and successfully deviate from the status quo.” After debuting with a sensational home in Costa Rica (ADVERTISEMENT, Polich and Jimenez Keenan are currently completing a gut renovation of a townhouse in Brooklyn, a mid-century remodel in LA, and a barn conversion in Hopewell, New Jersey. years-studio.com —Mayer Rus
Young projects
new York
“There is always something to respond to,” says Bryan Young, the founding principal of this multidisciplinary firm that works at the intersection of architecture, interior design, landscape and furniture. Together with partners Noah Marciniak and Mallory Shure, Young challenges staid notions of a blank slate – drawing on client desires and the idiosyncrasies of the environment to create conceptually resolved buildings. Strong geometries dominate, be it the curved roofline of a holiday home in the Dominican Republic (ADVERTISEMENT, July/August 2021) or the internal grid of a Creole cottage in New Orleans (ADVERTISEMENT, April 2024). This also applies to material experiments, including concrete made from felled palm trees, slabs of drawn plaster and tiles that merge real and imaginary shadows. “How can we construct productive ambiguity?” muses Young, co-founder of Verso Gallery. The result is designs that impress the eye and stimulate the mind on both large and small scales. young-projects.com –Sam Cochran