MODERNISM REIMAGINED

Inspired by midcentury-modern masters, Marmol Radziner updates its concepts for 21st-century lifestyles.

/ by roger grody /

FROM ITS MODEST inception in 1989, the firm Marmol Radziner has become nationally influential, offering architecture, landscape design and interiors from its Los Angeles headquarters. When it was unable to find contractors to execute its challenging detailoriented designs, Marmol Radziner became a design-build firm; in the spirit of the Bauhaus movement, it operates wood and metal workshops to handcraft its own architectural elements and furnishings as well as architecturally inspired jewelry.

Marmol Radziner is best known for its portfolio of single-family residences. Though its founders share a passion for midcentury modernism—their restoration of landmarks such as Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House in Palm Springs earned them early acclaim—the firm brings its own modern signature to its projects.

“We believe there hasn’t been a more interesting city in the world in which to design residential architecture than L.A., from 1900 to the present, in a forward-thinking, experimental way,“ says cofounder/ design partner Ron Radziner.

“We feel lucky to be practicing here,“ he adds, “where a lot of creative, open-minded clients are willing to push the boundaries of what architecture can be.“