Design News Now

06.2026

As an architecture and design studio based in Los Angeles, AAHA Studio is well-versed in blending indoor and outdoor living, say husband-and-wife founders Aaron Leshtz and Harper Halprin.

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Interior Designer Magazine

06.2026

The married design duo behind AAHA Studio discuss reimagining a fire-damaged home.

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domino

05.2026

Tucked behind mature landscaping in Los Angeles’s Brentwood neighborhood is a Spanish-style home that doesn’t announce itself with sweeping additions or flashy architectural gestures. Instead, the house reveals its power through restraint—or “a highly surgical renovation,” as architects Harper Halprin and Aaron Leshtz of AAHA Studio call it.

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The Comm Sheet

05.2026

AAHA Studio Transforms a 1930s Police Gym into a Luxe Wedding Venue

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Atomic Ranch

05.2026

The owner of this 1,520-square- foot, single-story residence built in 1963 in Los Angeles contacted Harper Halprin and Aaron Leshtz, AIA architects and partners at architectural firm AAHA Studio, to respectfully renovate and update the home to better suit his lifestyle.

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Interior Designer Magazine

03.2026

AAHA Studio’s latest residential project, a Corsica Residence in Pacific Palisades, was completed in a collaboration with Jenn Feldman Designs, and embodies quiet California luxury while also telling a story of resilience.

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Mansion Global

03.2026

Corre, who wanted to reconfigure their home to make it more functional for themselves, their children and grandchildren, hired Harper Halprin and Aaron Leshtz, married owners of AAHA Studio in Los Angeles, an architecture and design firm.

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Sunset

03.2026

2026 winner in the Residential Architecture category.

The Sunset Home & Design Awards honor the people and studios evolving the designs that define living well in the West.

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Design News Now

02.2026

Unexpected design: Transforming a police gym into a wedding venue

I’ve taken a particular interest in unusual design — not spaces that are aesthetically strange, but in designers whose projects demand unique problem-solving outside the conventional realms of residential design, hotel rooms and restaurants.

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Sunset

02.2026

Josh Brolin’s ‘Media Barn’ Is a High-Design, Creative Sanctuary.

The earthy, artsy structure channels the owners’ creative spirit and the chic country charm of its coastal surroundings.

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Design Milk

01.2026

Situated on a quiet residential street in El Segundo, California, this Pine Ave Residence exemplifies the way architecture reframes trauma through transformation rather than erasure.

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Hospitality Design

1.2026

Former Police Gym Becomes San Diego Wedding Venue

AAHA Studio transforms the two-story building into a Jazz Age-inspired space for Wedgewood Weddings

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Designers Today

12.2025

How AAHA Studio and Case Study 2.0 are helping Los Angeles wildfire survivors rebuild faster

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Hospitality Design

10.2025

Husband-and-wife team Harper Halprin and Aaron Leshtz built AAHA Studio on a love of design and a shared drive to approach problems with creativity and curiosity.

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