David Silvas & Associates

07/04/2023

On this symbolic day, may we celebrate our freedom, salute those who made this possible and keep it safe, and stand in unity as a nation. I wish you all a happy and safe Fourth of July!

07/04/2023

Frank Lloyd Wright protégé John Lautner created this Hollywood Hills dwelling in 1961 for a client requesting a home in the spirit of Wright's Fallingwater.
A tall order, but Lautner delivered this masterpiece known as the Wolff House. Composed of stone, glass, and copper, the 1,664-square-foot residence descends along its hillside lot in a series of interlocking sculptural forms. The interiors are both soaring and cave-like, all looking out on dazzling views of the city.
Hovering two stories above the street is a black-bottomed swimming pool and sun deck, dramatically suspended in the air among the trees.

04/05/2023

Wishing you joy and prosperity this Passover and all the days of your life. Chag Pesach sameach! חַג פֵּסַח שַׂמֵחַ

04/09/2022

The history of Baxter street and car stunts dates back more than 100 years, while the steep street's history goes back even further.

The street's origins go back to the mid-to-late-1800s when the City of Los Angeles officially designated a tract in the Echo Park neighborhood as Baxter Street in 1872. Housing was built in the area, which was divided into a grid pattern, and by the 1890s, Baxter St. had been graded into the intense straight hill it is today — partially to act as a pedestrian path adjacent to the long-defunct streetcar line on Echo Park Avenue, according to Los Angeles Magazine.

"It could have been cool," Cosmo, a local resident, told Insider days after the Tesla stunt. "But somebody could have died too."

06/08/2021

Minoru Yamasaki - an often under appreciated architect who was a proponent proponent of New Formalist architecture which was an American-style of architecture that developed in the mid-1950s from Edward Durrell Stone's design for the American Embassy in New Delhi. Stone blended Eastern design concepts with Western architecture to form this new style. Yamasaki was a Japanese-American whose parents were immigrants to the United States looking for a better life. He is widely regarded as one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century, having designed amongst other renowned buildings, the Century City Zola- Hotel in Los Angeles, and the original World Trade Center Towers in New York City - the tallest buildings in the world at the time.

05/28/2021

Nestled in Calabasas’s Monte Nido neighborhood of Malibu, California is this lovely home designed by architect Douglas Rucker in 1972.

05/25/2021

Which type of design style do you gravitate more towards? Are you a minimalist, more of mid-century modern kinda person, or can’t help but love modern farmhouses? Tell me why in the comments! ⬇️

05/22/2021

Frank Lloyd Wright's Rayward–Shepherd House - also known at the 'Tirranna' House, built in 1955. At 7000 square feet is is one of the Wright's largest homes and is located in New Canaan, Connecticut.