Process: Tuskegee Village

Since founding RoTo Architects in Los Angeles in 1991, Michael Rotondi has led diverse projects that include restaurants, retail spaces, and private residences both locally and internationally. Taking a closer look at projects from across forty years, these process books span the time between conception and creation - from sketch to renders and beyond - providing a deeper glimpse into an integrative process that combines constant trans-disciplinary learning and adaptation with realization and practice. "Our approach is to know the place, the people, the resources, and then the architecture emerges. Life gives Form to Architecture."

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Tuskegee Village

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The Santa Monica Canyon or Writer's House is a home for two writers that balances an open floor plan, significant natural light, and views with enough privacy for each to focus on their work. The new two-story residence has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, two writing rooms, a library, a great room, a kitchen/dining area, a living/lounge area with lots of open patio spaces and accessible roof deck, and a subterranean two-car garage with a storage basement that includes a film screening room and gym.