US EditionHistory’s catalog homes providing modern blueprint in LA’s wildfire rebuilding
- In January 2025, wildfires in Los Angeles County destroyed over 10,300 homes in areas including Pacific Palisades and Altadena, prompting new rebuilding efforts.
- These efforts grew from the challenge of rebuilding costly, complex homes amid strict fire codes and lengthy approval processes that delayed recovery for many victims.
- Grassroots groups like Case Study 2.0 and the Foothill Catalog Foundation developed pre-approved, scalable floor plans inspired by historic homes and mid-century designs to speed up rebuilding.
- Steven Somers, co-founder of Case Study 2.0, emphasized that by moving away from unique, individual construction projects and producing homes on a larger scale, it becomes possible to create architecturally refined houses designed by top-tier architects while significantly lowering building expenses.
- These initiatives aim to provide fire-resistant, affordable, and resilient homes with faster timelines, helping homeowners regain community diversity and stabilize rebuilding costs.
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Lost L.A. comes to life in reissued book about the city before freeways
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NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff Sets Deal With HarperCollins to Chronicle Los Angeles’ Devastating Blazes in ‘Firestorm’
NBC News' Jacob Soboroff has pacted with HarperCollins to write 'Firestorm,' a book examining the devastating blazes in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
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History’s catalog homes providing modern blueprint in LA’s wildfire rebuilding
Real estate consultants Steven and Jason Somers came up with a vintage solution for the mammoth task of rebuilding from Los Angeles’ devastating firestorms. Why not create a catalog of standard floor plans that displaced families can use to rebuild their homes, saving tons of time and buckets of money? The Somers brothers latched onto the 80-year-old Case Study design program as their muse. From 1945 to 1966, a cadre of top architects designed s…
Pali High’s stadium burned. Their Hollywood Bowl graduation is bitter…
It is among the most storied stages in Los Angeles. And on Wednesday afternoon, 740 graduating seniors from Palisades Charter High School got the chance to walk across it.After a school year riven by the Palisades fire, which badly damaged their high school, students said they were honored to relocate their graduation to the Hollywood [...]
LAUSD to Host Series of Design Concept Community Meetings - Palisadian Post
By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief Los Angeles Unified School District will host a series of design concept community meetings for the three charter school campuses that sustained damage in the Palisades fire. “The purpose of these meetings is to introduce the architectural teams and begin the important dialogue on the future design concepts for each […] The post LAUSD to Host Series of Design Concept Community Meetings appeared first on Palis…
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