West Coast charm

After working as half of the quartet behind Commune, Pamela Shamshiri and her brother Ramin founded their own agency in Los Angeles in 2016. Approach. Deeply dedicated to the conservation of historic architecture, the partners often use archival elements, paying homage to the past without rejecting the present. They have refurbished a great many homes by renowned architects, including A. Quincy Jones, Myron Hunt, Buff & Hensman and Rudolf Schindler. Latest projects. Studio Shamshiri recently restored a house by Cliff May, the architect known for popularizing ranch-style residential architecture in California, and completed the renovation of a Spanish-style house in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.