More than 12,000 structures have been consumed by the wildfires raging across Los Angeles, many of them single-family homes that have stood for decades.
A brand-new house in Pacific Palisades designed and built by architect Greg Chasen in the northern summer 2024 could have easily been one of them. None of the other homes around it survived, and a car parked out front by a neighbour was the perfect vector to spread the flames.
