In a matter of hours, entire blocks of the Los Angeles area were destroyed, gutting thriving communities and leaving thousands with only the items they carried as they ran from their homes to escape fast-moving fires. More than 10,000 structures have burned across some 35,000 acres in the region.

The finality of the wildfires’ destruction has taken 10 more cherished buildings — by Richard Neutra, Gregory Ain, Eric Owen Moss and others —that showed the city’s great diversity.

Two of the most destructive blazes in California history continue to smolder on the fringes of Los Angeles. But as the Santa Ana winds subside, and as firefighters work to contain the burn, focus is already shifting to what happens next for the 82,