Barbara Bestor

[1] Examples of her work include the Beats Electronics Headquarters in Culver City,[2] Blackbirds, small lot housing in Los Angeles, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea in Los Angeles,[3] the revitalization of Silvertop, originally designed by John Lautner[4] and the Toro Canyon House in Santa Barbara.

[10] Bestor has taught at the Woodbury University School of Architecture in Burbank, California, where she is also the executive director of the Julius Shulman Institute.

[8][11] In 2014, with Catherine Gudis, Thomas Kracauer, and Shannon Starkey, she curated an exhibition about the environmental graphic designer Deborah Sussman at Woodbury.

[13] Bestor has designed private residences in Echo Park, Pacific Palisades, Mount Washington, Silverlake, Los Feliz, Topanga Canyon, and Santa Barbara.

[20] Since the opening of Blackbirds [21] Bestor has explored a variety of housing solutions for Los Angeles, ultimately receiving second place in the city's Low Rise competition.