Mutuo

12/04/2024

Wonderland redevelops a challenging site in the Hollywood Hills where a single-family residence once occupied 3 parcels. As a stair going to the roof punctures the wall, the steel structure is exposed inside the upper level of the houses.

05/17/2024

A path leading from the river up to the hilltop splits th house into two volumes—one public, one private. Collaboration with Blanca Castañeda

09/02/2022

At Crystal Bridges, our pavilion sits on a rigid orthogonal grid of concrete and steel columns, signifying the underlying restrictive systems of housing: land acquisition, financing, permitting and construction. These systems are designed to minimize risks. In reality, a majority of the minority experience them as impediments to housing. In chipping away concrete columns, and as new columns rich in culture and craftsmanship emerge we pose a question: What if the housing systems could become more flexible to be inclusive? What would have to change for this to happen?

08/28/2022

We spent the last days in Arkansas for the opening of the exhibit Architecture at Home. We are honored to be a part of this captivating housing exhibit that ponders over much more than housing as shelter. In and out of pavilions built for this exhibit you will get immersed in cultural layers, unveil underlying housing systems, explore connections between human dwellings and nature and hopefully leave with an expanded notion of what makes a house a home. Thank you for great conversations that inspired us these past days!

11/03/2021

Is proud to have received a 2021 American Architecture Award for our Wonderland project

10/31/2021

We are happy to receive an Honorable Mention for Boyle Tower in the Experimental Category of the 2021 Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards

04/22/2021

08/15/2020

Our Wonderland Houses, three side-by-side houses in the Hollywood Hills, were featured at Dwell Magazine this week!
@ Los Angeles, California

11/02/2019

The North Shore Park Pavilion celebrates the vibrant community of North Shore.

10/31/2019

We were honored to receive the AIA LA Presidential Emerging Practice Award this week. This award goes to all who have shared our vision and collaborated with us in projects since we started Mutuo!

08/14/2019

Sunlight trickles through colorful steel mesh panels providing shade at the North Shore Pavilion