Notes on architecture, neighborhoods, and the Los Angeles market — from the Marlowe Hale studio.
Oct 28, 2025 · Eleanor Marlowe
For a significant house, sympathetic restoration recovers what a gut renovation erases — and the market rewards the difference. The argument, and where the line falls.
Feb 17, 2026 · Eleanor Marlowe
Two Vienna-trained architects, one Los Angeles, two opposed sensibilities. A connoisseur's guide to telling Schindler's hand from Neutra's — without overclaiming an attribution.
Feb 18, 2025 · Eleanor Marlowe
A documented architect changes what a house means and what it is worth. How provenance is established, what counts as proof, and what does not.
Feb 13, 2024 · Eleanor Marlowe
The grammar of the post-and-beam house is simple, honest, and easy to read once you know what the structure is saying. A short lesson in looking up.
Jun 10, 2025 · Eleanor Marlowe
How to read a genuine Spanish Colonial Revival house — the tile, plaster, ironwork, and courtyards — and tell it from the stucco-and-arches imitation that borrows its silhouette.