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David Stratell of iconic NoHo bookseller Dashwood books, shares his five favorites within the neighborhood.

Frank Lloyd Wright once remarked that if one were to “tip the world over on its side everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” Almost sixty years after his death, the master architect’s observation holds true, particularly when it comes to the city’s unrivaled collection of residential architecture.

Known for his illusory images documenting environments that include abandoned theaters, serene marine panoramas and exotic animals, Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto has always reached for the sublime.

Italian design polymath Ettore Sottsass would have turned 100 this year, but his inimitable and wildly creative designs feel more relevant than ever. Currently on view at the Met Breuer, Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical, the museum’s first exhibition dedicated solely to design, offers a comprehensive survey of the Italian renegade’s remarkable career.

As any Angeleno knows, when it all gets too much there’s only one thing to do: drive away to Malibu, the famed hippie enclave turned billionaire’s playground. When the LA heat becomes unbearable, this beach enclave, with its miles of beaches, architectural curios and atmospheric restaurants, is the ultimate palette cleanser.

Since it opened in early 2015, The Lodge, an art gallery situated in on-the-rise East Hollywood, has become one of the West Coast’s most prescient cultural venues. “In many ways The Lodge is the anti-gallery,” explains its namesake curator, Alice Lodge, an artist herself who grew up among the creative communities of the Hollywood Hills and Sydney, Australia.

Yabu Pushelberg know a thing or two about Taste. True to their innovative shape-shifting spirit, the firm have launched a biannual ‘bookazine,’ a new kind of periodical that blends magazine and coffee table book. Each dedicated to a single theme that captivates Yabu and Pushelberg, the most recent edition surveys the concept of “Taste,” and what it means to a generation of creatives.

You only have to take a short stroll around The Future Perfect’s New York neighborhood to realize architect Annabelle Selldorf and her firm Selldorf Architects are firing on all cylinders.

Ask any NoHo resident - or indeed most of downtown denizens - their favorite classic restaurant, and chances are they'll point to Il Buco, located on Bond Street.

One of our favorite Milanese menswear brands touches down in Noho, with a sensational interior design by Dimore Studio.

Join us for a walk through 500 Capp Street, the newly renovated home and studio of late Bay Area artist David Ireland.

Reopening in a stunning new downtown space, New York's ICP brings more cultural clout to the Bowery, one of the city's hottest cultural precints.

We chose five must-sees from the extraordinary new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art designed by architectural firm Snøhetta.