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By Matt Shaw
This article is part of our special Design segment on cutting-edge surfaces in architecture, interiors, and products.
Lucía Cano and José Selgas are architects who are not afraid of color. Founders of the SelgasCano studio in Madrid, they designed a convention center in Cartagena, Spain, that looks like a translucent organ that glows orange from the inside, as if spilling something strange. Blood. Su Serpentine Pavilion, one of the most prominent experimental transience structures on display in London every summer, is a very, very sprawling cocoon with rainbow-banded nebulae.
Ten years ago, the couple took their striking palettes and structural fantasy to Los Angeles, where they built a co-working area in Hollywood called Second Home, with dozens of stand-alone canary-yellow head-mounted modules surrounded by greenery.
“We love the diversity and hospitality of the city,” said Mr. Selgas, 58. “There are few natives, but they are locals. “
Their new assignment in Los Angeles also makes them locals. They recently finished their own in Mount Washington, a community in the hills northeast of downtown.
Built on a narrow, steep lot, the three-story home overlooks the San Fernando Valley with perspectives of the hills of Echo Park, Griffith Park, Hollywood, and the river that runs through Los Angeles State Park.
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