Courtesy of Laure Joliet
Architect David Thompson of Assembledge in Los Angeles designed a two-story addition that somehow made this canyon lot feel larger.
Los Angeles architecture firm Assembledge had a vision for this Laurel Canyon cottage that preserved the original structureâno tear-down required. Christine Lennon – April 28, 2021
Laurel Canyon is one of those storied L.A. neighborhoods that you may think you know everything about. But local architect David Thompson of Assembledge, who re-designed this family home, loves the area for reasons that have nothing to do with Joni Mitchell or Jim Morrison.
âThe Wonderland Park Avenue community in Laurel Canyon, where this house is located, was developed around these ideals of integration, tolerance, community, and progressive politics,â Thompson explains. âGarrett Eckbo created the master plan for the community. You couldnât sell a house to Black or Asian people in certain neighborh