Daniel Salerno

The Dan Salerno Residence #1 was the first home Salerno designed for himself.  Years later he recalled to the present owner that the the project was a real challenge, in that the lot was oddly shaped and sloped.  But the lot was relatively cheap to buy and like most good designers he liked the challenge.  During construction the crew ran into some uncompacted fill and rather than spend the money to compact it, he expanded the lowest level to include a regulation bomb shelter in addition to the planned home office on that level. The home was published in 
LA Times Home Magazine just after it was built. Dan Salerno lived in the residence of his own design for approximately 5 years, then designed a new home on Marisma Way in La Jolla. Dan Salerno retired in the mid-1990s and moved to Incline Village, Nevada with his wife Virginia.

Partial List of San Diego Projects

Salerno Residence #1 (1965)
459 Culebra Street, Del Mar

Salerno Residence #2 (circa 1969)
1685 Marisma Way, La Jolla