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Rendering of a proposed project in Joshua tree called the Compass Yacht Club will be a site for a 58 room nautical-themed boutique hotel with a restaurant and bar, wellness center, pool and other entertainment spaces on site.
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They’re building a ‘sandlocked yacht club’ in Joshua Tree — and it looks otherworldly

Compass Yacht Club is designed so that guests can fall asleep in a yacht and wake up in the desert with a view of the mountains.

Los Angeles, CA - October 01, 2026: Lisa Akey and Blake Steury pose for a portrait outside of their home in Atwater Village on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. Actress Lisa Akey and husband Blake Steury, who works for a LED technical group, bought a charming 1916 Craftsman in Atwater Village in 2024 and proceeded to make it better. The two love working together on projects and have updated the three bedroom home and ADU in a variety of ways, including adding a pergola, bricks in the backyard and landscaping. The main home features classic Craftsman details including original custom woodwork, living room w/ fireplace, dining area with built-in cabinetry and desk. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)
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They left the suburbs for a 1916 Craftsman with an ADU in a walkable L.A. neighborhood

Los Angeles, CA - October 7, 2026: An interior view of the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery at the California Science Center in Exposition Park, featuring soaring contemporary architecture designed by ZGF Architects with a nearly 200-foot-tall gallery built to display NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour in a vertical launch configuration with its external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The dramatic, multi-level space is the centerpiece of the Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, designed to immerse visitors in the scale of the shuttle and explore its role in human spaceflight. The $450-million expansion is scheduled to open to the public November 13, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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One of the greatest museum artifacts ever is at L.A.’s $450 million Air and Space center

North Hollywood, CA - August 13, 2026: Sam Donnelly's Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) at her home in on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 in North Hollywood, CA. Mercantile and Merchant builder and "America's Got Talent" executive producer Sam Donnelly loved her North Hollywood home - which she designed and built - but hated her 700-square foot ADU, which she described as "ugly and modern." But after building her home, she didn't have money leftover to revamp the ADU. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)
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How a Hollywood showrunner transformed an ‘ugly’ stucco box into the ADU of her dreams

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‘Home of the Future’ at LACMA explores dark side of American dream

L.A.’s Shakespeare Bridge is turning 100. Shall we compare it to a summer’s day?

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Commentary: As Lucas Museum cordons off main courtyard, a public space inches toward gated compound

How a Topanga A-frame became a haven for healing, nature and music

A major expansion is planned for this modern architectural utopia on the California coast

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SILVER LAKE, CA - SEPTEMBER 04, 2026: Hotel Lucile was formerly a 1931 church. Photographed on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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How a 1931 church became Silver Lake’s glamorous new boutique hotel

There’s a cross on the roof, stained glass in the windows and a choir loft upstairs, but this historic building is no longer a house of worship.

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