Datebook: AIA home tour highlights architecture in Manhattan Beach

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The American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, home tours are always a great opportunity to experience cutting-edge architecture in an intimate way. They also provide a chance for you to pocket creative ideas for your own home -- be it landscaping or surfboard storage -- in the process. See what some of L.A.’s most innovative architects are up to during the self-guided home tour ‘A Day in Manhattan (Beach),’ planned for Oct. 4. Architect Grant Kirkpatrick and interior designer Shaya Kirkpatrick’s sunny ‘Tree House,’ which was profiled in Home last November, will be among the four contemporary homes open to the public. The tour also will feature homes by Michael Lee of Michael Lee Architects, James Meyer of LeanArch and Jess Mullen-Carey & William Beauter of Make Architecture.

The homes are located within a one-mile radius of one another. Tickets are $65 for AIA members and $75 for non-members.

For a look at the other homes, go to the jump. Kuhlhaus 02 by James Meyer, AIA, of LeanArch. Photo credit: Claudio Santini

Rogers-Sturz Residence by Michael Lee, AIA, Michael Lee Architects.

39th Street Residence by Jess Mullen-Carey and William Beauter of Make Architecture.

-- Lisa Boone

Photos, at top: Kirkpatrick home: Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times