BRANCHING OUT

Adding more living space to an already special home was a unique challenge for LA’s Assembledge+ architects, who went up to capture tree views of the exclusive neighbourhood

WORDS DEBORAH GRANT

Laurel Canyon’s Wonderland Park Avenue community of 67 homes was developed in the 1950s by a group of friends that included well-known American landscape designer Garrett Eckbo, who master-planned the properties by immersing them in nature. One of the houses was a single-level ranch-style design bought by Yaniv and Nina Tepper in 2004. In addition to its leafy streets, the couple were drawn to the creative vibe of the area – which has been an enclave for musicians and artists since the 1970s – and lived there quite happily until their third child was born. By then, lack of space had become an issue. Cue Assembledge+ principal architect David Thompson, who’d gone to high school in Los Angeles with both Yaniv and Nina. “We had met other architects, but Assembledge+ seemed…

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