Los Angeles, CA — January 2024 — Architect Jeffrey J. Eyster, AIA, founder of Atelier Eyster Architecture, has been published in the January 2025 issue of Concrete Engineering International with a feature article titled “The Art of Holistic Concrete Design: Merging Form, Structure, and Resilience.” CEI January 2025 pp 26-28 for J…

The article examines a newly completed all–cast-in-place concrete residence in Bel Air, Los Angeles, conceived in direct response to wildfire destruction and the limitations of conventional light-frame construction in high-hazard hillside environments. Positioned on a narrow ridgeline near the geographic center of Los Angeles, the project reimagines residential concrete not as a single-purpose structural system, but as a fully integrated architectural medium. CEI January 2025 pp 26-28 for J…

Eyster’s approach advances what he describes as holistic concrete design—a methodology in which concrete simultaneously serves as structure, enclosure, finish, ceiling, shading, circulation, furniture, lighting housings, air distribution, and environmental control infrastructure. By consolidating traditionally separate systems into a singular material logic, the building achieves both architectural clarity and long-term resilience. CEI January 2025 pp 26-28 for J…

The article details several technically innovative elements, including long-span cantilevers reinforced with post-tensioning, tapered concrete sections that visually reduce mass while maintaining structural depth, integrated lighting and HVAC cavities cast directly into the structure, and board-formed concrete ceilings that merge texture with performance. These strategies allow the house to achieve large unsupported openings and dramatic overhangs while maintaining precision and constructability more commonly associated with commercial or institutional concrete work. CEI January 2025 pp 26-28 for J…

A central theme of the article is durability-driven sustainability. Eyster argues that in high-value, high-risk zones, resilient concrete construction can rival or outperform lower-carbon systems when lifecycle impacts are considered. By extending building lifespan beyond the typical 50–60-year replacement cycle—and resisting both environmental destruction and speculative teardown—architectural concrete offers a compelling model for sustainable permanence. CEI January 2025 pp 26-28 for J…

Published in one of the leading international journals dedicated to concrete engineering and architecture, the article positions Eyster’s work at the intersection of design, structural innovation, and long-term performance, contributing to the broader discourse on how concrete can be deployed as a unifying architectural system rather than a fragmented assembly of parts.

About Jeffrey J. Eyster, AIA

Jeffrey J. Eyster is a Los Angeles–based architect and founder of Atelier Eyster Architecture, an independent design studio specializing in ultra-luxury, high-performance residential and mixed-use architecture. His work is characterized by materially expressive structures—often concrete, steel, and glass—that integrate architecture, engineering, and environmental systems into singular, resilient forms. Eyster’s projects have been published internationally and are recognized for their longevity, precision, and architectural clarity.

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Press Release - Hollywood CA. October 8th 2025

Rising from the boundary between architecture and object, PHOENIX is a furniture collection forged from pure gesture, material precision, and engineered calm. Each piece is built like a building — sculpted in walnut, stone, metal, and composite veneer — yet behaves like motion frozen mid-flight.

From the aerodynamic Hangar Lounge Chair, to the monolithic Axis Dining Table, the levitating Finite Coffee Table, and the low-slung Sled Bed, the collection abandons convention in favor of seamless, flowing structure. No ornament. Only form, mass, and void — balanced to the edge of impossibility.

Designed for those who prefer their comfort with consequence.
Released globally Spring 2026.

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Atelier Eyster Selected as One of Ten U.S. Architecture Firms Sponsored to Attend Re:Source & Connect at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe

Los Angeles, CA — September 2025

Atelier Eyster Architecture is proud to announce that Jeffrey J. Eyster, AIA, Principal Architect, was selected as one of only ten architects across the United States to attend Interior Design magazine and Metropolis magazine’s annual Re:Source & Connect Design Conference. The invitation included an all-expenses-paid stay at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, from September 14–16, 2025.

The event gathered nearly 200 top designers, architects, manufacturers, and creatives for three days of curated connection, inspiration, and product discovery against the backdrop of Lake Tahoe’s crystal-clear waters, towering trees, and expansive skies.

Highlights included a keynote workshop by SANDOW Design Group’s executive vice president and design futurist AJ Paron, dynamic group brainstorms, and over 1,700 one-on-one designer/manufacturer meetings. Attendees also engaged in interactive sessions with Material Bank, explored local culture through guided hikes and custom craft experiences, and enjoyed evenings of conversation and connection overlooking the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The Metropolis Connect track, running alongside Interior Design’s Re:Source, focused on forging meaningful relationships between top architects and innovative brands. This exclusive, second-annual gathering reinforced design’s role as a driver of creativity, sustainability, and cultural expression.

“I am honored to represent Atelier Eyster at such a forward-thinking and collaborative event,” said Eyster. “It is rare to be in a setting where so many of the industry’s most innovative voices come together to exchange ideas and shape the future of design.”

Atelier Eyster Architecture Awarded Second Place in Beverly Hills October 7 Memorial Design Competition

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“Light Shared Between Us” pairs a solar-aligned weathering-steel name-blade with a living field of 1,200 olive saplings

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Aug. 15, 2025 — Atelier Eyster Architecture announced today that Principal Jeffrey J. Eyster, AIA has been awarded Second Place in the City of Beverly Hills’ permanent October 7 Memorial design competition and recognized with a City honorarium. Eyster presented his proposal, Light Shared Between Us, to the October 7 Memorial Committee during multiple committee presentations at the Beverly Hills Civic Center.

Planned for the south garden of the Beverly Hills Public Library at 444 N. Rexford Drive, the proposal commemorates the victims of the October 7, 2023 terror attack through a precise interplay of light, time, and landscape. At its heart stands a weathering-steel “name-blade”—a 5-inch-thick, 9-foot-tall plate with the victims’ names cut through—solar-calibrated to the sun bridge, an approximately 86-minute overlap each October 7 between dusk in Israel and dawn in California. During this window, the sun’s azimuth and altitude in Beverly Hills align with the blade so that direct light threads the cut letterforms, illuminating the names as living light. A field of 1,200 olive saplings symbolizes life, continuity, and kindness, offering a contemplative counterpoint to the steel’s permanence.

“The memorial’s task is to carry truth across time,” said Jeffrey J. Eyster, AIA, principal of Atelier Eyster Architecture. “We shaped a place where light itself reads the names—where remembrance is not only seen but felt—and where a living grove quietly asserts that life endures.”

Key elements of Light Shared Between Us include:

• Solar-aligned name-blade: A durable, low-maintenance weathering-steel plate, precisely oriented so the names glow with sunlight on October 7.
  
  

• Living grove: 1,200 olive saplings (Little Ollies) forming a gentle topography of life and care—drought-tolerant, easily maintained, and symbolically resonant.
  

• Clear civic sequence: An accessible, shaded procession aligned with public sightlines, designed for both everyday reflection and ceremonial gatherings.
  

• Contextual fit: A quiet, respectful presence in dialogue with the nearby 9/11 Memorial, enhancing the Civic Center without overpowering it.
  

• Stewardship & security: Robust materials, passive visibility, and simple maintenance strategies appropriate to a high-profile public setting.
  
  

“This is a memorial that invites return,” Eyster added. “Names, light, and olives—together they create a rhythm through the year and a touchstone for shared civic memory.”

About the Competition

The City of Beverly Hills conducted a multi-stage review to create a permanent October 7 Memorial at the Civic Center, including committee interviews and finalist presentations.

About Atelier Eyster Architecture

Atelier Eyster Architecture (æ) is a Los Angeles–based practice led by Jeffrey J. Eyster, AIA, focused on enduring and resilient works that fuse science and art into iconic architecture. The studio’s projects pursue elegant solutions where a single design move can solve many needs—functional, symbolic, and human.

Memorial Project Website: aearchitect.com/october-7th-memorial
Media Contact: info@aeala.com

Images & Materials: High-resolution renderings, drawings, and a design brief for Light Shared Between Us are available upon request.

This article was published in Domus, November 8th 2009.

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“52 stairs?” exclaimed Julius with a sharp scolding tone.
“That’s ridiculous.” He eagerly exited the car and paced up and down the street three times looking up at our home. “Here! See this angle,” he professed as the inconvenience of navigating the stairs at age ninety-eight with his Porsche design walker succumbed to his curiosity of architecture and his excitement of discovering where to frame a view.

I assisted Julius up our stairs though he did not need much help with the exception of retrieving his slippers every few steps. With a tight grip on the handrail, Julius Shulman, the greatest American architecture photographer on my arm, shuffled upwards, his eyes locked onto the cantilevered wood box above him ignoring the 52 moments of escalation. It was a dreamy Sunday afternoon with a glowing haze common to Hollywood Hills in the late Fall. Once inside I asked a simple question driven from my nervous energy. “What do you think?”. “Quiet! Do you want me to shoot it or not”?, Julius lashed out as he walked the first of four circles around the interior of the house. Shulman with a determined expression, raced his red Porsche through the open floor plan looking up to the left and right searching for something. 

Some two years prior to Mr. Shulman’s scouting visit I met him at his house, arranged by a client who had befriended the legend. I traveled four blocks to Julius’ home bringing a large scale model of the home I had planned to build, not knowing if it would ever happen. I sought his opinion hoping to receive encouraging support and his interest in photographing it. With my entourage of my former wife and client, we visited Shulman in his studio. He was spirited and energetic. His passion for architectural photography had not dimmed through the decades, nor quiet revealing the origin of the rumors about his vociferous opinions. 

I presented the home in a few short statements. A moment of awkward silence followed before he bellowed, “Why would you want to live in a prison” as he placed his hands in a grid masking his face. Disapproving of my design to clad the home in louvers he began a 45-minute scathing critique of the errors and problems created by architects through the decades and relating it to the design before him. I sank into my chair feeling the brunt of his disapproval and the weight of my predecessor’s mistakes as Julius saw them. In a strident and billowing voice after concluding his commentary he piped, “but call me when its done,... Ill photograph it. 

”My wife telephoned him after we had been living in the house over a year, enticing him with homemade borscht, Russian dumplings, and chocolates. He responded to comfort food that reminded him of his parents who immigrated from Russia. I still don’t know if he came that day because of the photographic commission, the food, or my ex-wife's company. 

After scouting the house Julius sat down on our sofa for the better part of an hour discussing a variety of subjects, and again after some highly critical and humbling jabs he agreed to shoot it again.On the day Shulman arrived with his camera his control of the production was like watching a director and artist sculpting the spatial atmosphere to create the vision he imagined while staring through the viewfinder. I followed him around hanging on his words until he snapped, “do you want me to shoot it or not!.” 

At the beginning of the shoot in no more than a minute he arrived at the back corner of the kitchen looking through the dining room and into the sitting area beyond. He had evaluated the future lighting conditions for the day scheduling the other staked out shots relative to the ever changing lighting conditions in a predominantly south facing glass structure. 

“This house is photogenic”, he stated in a slow and highly articulated breath. My hand trembling from nervous excitement, I slowly asked in the driest possible voice, “why”? “Because of the rhythm of the repeating beams” Julius offered. His energy that day was strong and engaging, full of enthusiasm for his life’s work spanning seventy-three years. 

Sitting, eating, and working with this giant of cultural significance has bestowed me with a story to add to the documents about his life, and a small insight into the man who successfully delivered to the world his historic review of California modern architecture through his art of photography…and his memorable opinionated rants. 
Julius, Thank you.

Jeffrey Eyster, AIA

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