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Silver Lake, Los Angeles — Area Guide & Where to Stay

The Neutra VDL Studio and Residences stands in Silver Lake, a district of Los Angeles known also for the Garbutt House and the Junc Gallery.

About Silver Lake

Where to stay in Silver Lake

Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.

Silver Lake is a residential quarter of Los Angeles rather than a hotel district. Silver Lake keeps almost no rooms of its own. Travellers usually stay elsewhere in Los Angeles and come here for the architecture, above all the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, the older Garbutt House, and the changing exhibitions of the Junc Gallery.

About Silver Lake

What are the main landmarks in Silver Lake?

Silver Lake's landmarks are chiefly its houses and galleries. The Neutra VDL Studio and Residences is the district's best-known building, a work of residential modernism in Los Angeles. Older still is the Garbutt House, a survivor from an earlier era of building.

Nearby, the Junc Gallery shows contemporary art.

What is the history of Silver Lake?

Silver Lake took shape within Los Angeles. Its older buildings, among them the Garbutt House, date from that early growth, while the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences marks a later chapter of modern design in the district. The area filled in as Los Angeles spread across California.

Streets and houses came to define it.

Where is Silver Lake?

Silver Lake sits within the city of Los Angeles, in California, one district among many across the United States.

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Updated July 2026