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Design sketch for custom flooring by Douglas Hanson

The design challenge for the 1,600 sf addition to this unique single-family house built in the round was to double the size of the living space, yet make sure its mid-century simplicity and elegance remained recognizable. 

We removed the rooms to create a single large room with a new expanded kitchen built in the round and located at the center of the house. A new TV Room and the support spaces are designed as pavilions and set back from the perimeter to accommodate the custom glass doors that fully open the interior to the outdoors.

The original sketch by Douglas Hanson for our single family residential project. The home sits on an approximately 15,000 SF site in Rancho Palos Verdes with 180 degree views of the Pacific Ocean.

Introducing our round house project in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

Collaboration is an integral part of the HansonLA studio. Douglas and Arsenios review samples for a hospitality project in Las Vegas.

Exterior renderings for a residential project in San Francisco.

Photos from our restaurant project that is now open! Working closely with the client to provide a unique experience for their first Las Vegas restaurant, we introduced a series of organically shaped, hand-troweled cement forms that mimic the desert landscape.

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AIA Leadership Summit 2023

HansonLA President, Douglas Hanson, elevated to The College of Fellows of The AIA

This week, Douglas Hanson participated in the AIA Congressional Meetings during the 2023 Leadership Summit in Washington DC. During AIA’s Lobby Day, Douglas Hanson, Will Wright, and Kevin Holland met with Ella Khorov from the office of Rep. Tony Cardenas and Gabrielle Howard from the office of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove about cosponsoring both partisan bills: the Democracy in Design Act and the Resilient AMERICA Act.

May your holidays be merry and bright, and the New Year filled with peace, prosperity and health.

Douglas Hanson as a guest juror at the Architecture + Advocacy Design Review & Celebration. Architecture + Advocacy is a social-impact start up that empowers communities to un-design spatial injustice. .and.advocacy

Team HansonLA at the A+D Museum’s annual Gala Fundraiser. The theme for the event was Here & Now - a joyful celebration of being in the room, together, all at once. HansonLA contributed a light fixture called “Under” for the silent auction.

Join us next Thursday for ’s Best Practice Webinar with featured guest, Doug Hanson!
The conversation will unpack opportunities available to architects to rethink the way they work, what has changed since Bilbao, what hasn’t, and so much more. Click the link in bio to register!

HansonLA’s Residential Lofts at Mid-City project, which received unanimous support from the Pico Neighborhood Council, will subdivide a 5,572 SF lot into 4 single family homes.

Located at 5777 West Pico Boulevard, the project replaces a single-story office building and parking lot. It is designed in scale and massing to bridge the existing single-family residences to the north with the more active commercial corridor on Pico Boulevard. Ground floor gardens and planted entry courts enhance the walkable streets and provide a semi-private entry sequence to the homeowner.

Douglas Hanson celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao with his colleagues

We are excited to share that the LA City Council has signed off on the 676 Mateo Development. The Arts District will be better with this. It’s consistent with the history of the neighborhood, a place where you can work and live. Congratulations to Maxxam Enterprises and everyone involved!

We had to say goodbye to our summer interns last week!Wishing Brandon, Charis, & Matthew the best of luck in their upcoming school year at .

HansonLA’s annual “Walk to the Beach” is tomorrow! All HansonLA new hires and class of interns have done this journey from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica.

“It is imperative for architects to understand their city: relationship of buildings, neighborhoods, scale, history, and energy. The only way to truly experience Los Angeles, the city of cars, is to walk through it.”
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Congratulations to HansonLA and Gisela Salazar, designer of The Louis Handle and Winner of the 2022 AZ Awards in Best in Concepts: Ideas and Prototypes! Renderings by HansonLA’s Priscila Villalpando!

The Louis Handle pays brilliant homage to Louis Braille by introducing accessibility for persons who are blind or have limited vision into contemporary spaces of all kinds.

“Most critics would attest that they know good design when they see it, but the sense of touch is often equally critical to our perception of space. A paragon of accessible design, the Louis Handle is proof that the most intentional interior products offer an entirely different sensory phenomenon, where architecture can be fully experienced by all.”

Thank you to the , the Jury, and to everyone who voted!

Come see us at the AIA Convention today! Check out the link in bio for tickets to the International Religious Art & Architecture Awards Ceremony.


The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas
Architect: Fernando Menis
Photography by Patricia Campora, Simona Rota

Douglas Hanson and Gisela Salazar at an event. Artists are a vital part of our community. HansonLA supports and celebrates emerging artists.

Come see us at the AIA Convention! Check out the link in bio for tickets.


Sohelou St. Marc Catholic Chapel
Architect: Only Human
Photography by ACKI Photography

View from the harbor. Hotel del las Artes, Barcelona.

A close up of the steel structure at Hotel de las Artes, Barcelona

Pool deck at Hotel de las Artes, Barcelona

HansonLA is hiring!

- Senior Interior Designer
- Project Architect
- Intermediate Architect

Please send your resume to [email protected]. Check out our website for more information! https://www.hansonla.com/careers/