The result was a wide, U-shaped 3,600-square-foot house with 2-foot-thick walls, a long veranda at the front, French doors leading from each room to the outdoors in pure early California style ...

Ricardo Legorreta incorporated elements of Mexican vernacular architecture into modern design and found a global audience. He redesigned Los Angeles' Pershing Square in 1993.

Proposals for contemporary-style houses have stirred up plenty of controversy over the past few years in Palm Beach, generating anxiety among officials and neighbors who worry the homes will rend t… ...