Press
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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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Atomic Ranch
Case Study 2.0: Affordable, Fire-Resilient Homes for LA Residents
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Rue Mag
10.17.2025
An Architectural Study in Light, Space, and Livability -
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The Los Angeles Times
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Business Of Home
3.26.2025
Designing for Disaster -
Atomic Ranch
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Archinect
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Hospitality Design
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Design Milk
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Mansion Global
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Design News Now
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Fast Company
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Business of Home
01.27.2025
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The Architects Newspaper
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Architectural Digest
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Sunset Magazine
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Business of Home
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Rue Daily
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House Beautiful
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Upscale Living
11.12.2024
AAHA STUDIO: Universal In Design -
Modern Home Builders
10.31.2025
Aaron Leshtz and Harper Halprin discuss how they are responding to the California wildfires.