Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.
This month’s trail is entitled A Castle of One's Own and is curated by Tanya Ward Goodman. a It explores visionary homes built from reclaimed and discarded materials, celebrating the creative spirit of outsider artists and folk builders. From Simi Valley’s whimsical Bottle Village to the glowing bottle sculptures of Randyland LA, each site reveals how imagination and resourcefulness can transform the everyday into the extraordinary. Together, the stops on this trail invite viewers to reconsider the boundaries between home, artwork, and public expression.
The complete map and associated researched is available for free at www.fortla.org.
