Los Angeles has long been famous for defining and promoting modern domestic architecture in the United States and beyond. Michael Maltzan, founder of the studio Michael Maltzan Architects, is providing a new chapter in the evolution of the contemporary architectural object translated into domestic space. His recently completed single-family house, the Pittman Dowell Residence, distills contemporary concepts into architectural reality.

This publication presents an in-depth view of the seven-sided architectural form through the points of view of seven distinct contributors and is an accessible and personal account of how architecture in the twenty-first century can change perceptions of space and inspire new ways of living in contemporary city.

Los Angeles has long been famous for defining and promoting modern domestic architecture in the United States and beyond. Michael Maltzan, founder of the studio Michael Maltzan Architects, is providing a new chapter in the evolution of the contemporary architectural object translated into domestic space. His recently completed single-family house, the Pittman Dowell Residence, distills contemporary concepts into architectural reality.

This publication presents an in-depth view of the seven-sided architectural form through the points of view of seven distinct contributors and is an accessible and personal account of how architecture in the twenty-first century can change perceptions of space and inspire new ways of living in contemporary city.

The Pittman Dowell Residence is reimagined and positioned with themes of history, domesticity, materiality, effect, space, manipulation, and form.