Ivy Studio creates "soothing" exotic animal clinic in brutalist Quebec bank

Canada's Ivy Studio has transformed a 1970s bank into a veterinary clinic for exotic animals in Laval, Quebec, featuring minimalist interiors and soft lighting. The Fauna clinic occupies a standalone structure completed in a brutalist style near the waterfront, just over the Prairies River northwest

$280M refi in works for Slatkin brothers on Santa Monica hotels

Remember a couple months ago when a $280 million loan on the Slatkin brothers’ Casa del Mar and Shutters on the Beach was sent to special servicing? The brothers, then, said it was a disagreement over an extension stipulation, and called the servicer’s position “unnecessarily aggressive.”  There’s a

A La Jolla Home That Sings “Let the Healing Begin”

When a longtime client asked architecture and interiors studio Georgis & Mirgorodsky to revamp a midcentury house after a breakup, the duo devised a haven for new beginnings, in elevated California-cool style.

It’s a done deal for Aubrey Plaza’s Los Feliz home

The sale of “Parks and Recreation” star Aubrey Plaza’s Los Feliz home closed Friday, with the actress nabbing $4.4 million for the property. The trade of 2177 Fern Dell Place caps a year of the residence being on the market, with the original listing price set at $6.5 million, or $1,599 per square f