Barbara Bestor

Barbara Bestor, FAIA founded Bestor Architecture in Los Angeles in 1995. Bestor’s studio is recognized for the inventive integration of architecture, urbanism, infrastructure and landscape at multiple scales. Bestor Architecture has designed a number of award-winning projects including headquarters for Beats by Dre, Snap, and Nike; Blackbirds, a small lot housing development in Echo Park; and a variety of experimental residences and commercial establishments. Bestor’s varied, creative, and aesthetically progressive body of work expands the territory of architecture into atmospheric urbanism. Signature projects include the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, which creates a vibrant musical haven by inserting an internal urban village within the shell of a classic Hollywood warehouse; Ashes & Diamonds, a new winery and event center in Napa; the new President’s Cottage at Sunnylands, and the Summaeverythang Community Center in Los Angeles. Barbara Bestor is the author of Bohemian Modern, Living in Silver Lake (Harper Collins, 2006), a book dedicated to the suppressed narrative of informal and eccentric modernism found in Silver Lake’s rich domestic architectural history. Barbara received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and her Master of Architecture from SCI-Arc.