Long live California modernism. Perched below the Griffith Observatory and overlooking Hollywood is a lush lot crowned with four towering olive trees and a 1965 home designed by modernist architect Craig Ellwood. When a young couple purchased the home in 2018, it needed substantial work. For the historic restoration, they called on woods_dangaran, a local firm fluent in modernist history. While keeping original components like the home’s linear shape, open plan, and expansive windows, the team meticulously restored the home. “It was important to us to keep the structure because it really was classic Ellwood,” says Joe Dangaran, a cofounder of the firm. One of the property’s most striking features is the original koi pond—a feature deemed so essential that its preservation was a condition of escrow—that’s now crossed via a bridge that leads to a lap pool, perhaps the biggest intervention on the property. Take a stroll around at the link in bio. – Photos by joefletcherphoto Story by grac...