Mission
Hills
Beers
Residence (1954)
631 N. Crescent Drive
Deisgned by
Lloyd Ruocco
Bone, Jack Residence
(1960)
1914 Guy Street
Designed by Richard Lareau
Brav & Schwartz Law Offices (1982)
Brav & Schwartz
Law Offices (1982)
4026 Dove Street
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards
Chernoff
Residence (1962)
4522 Trias Street
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco
Clark, Jim Residence
(1958)
1878 Washington Place
Designed by Fred Liebhardt
Crabtree Residence (1962)
Crabtree, Hodge
N. Residence (1962)
4521 Trias Street
Designed by Frederick Liebhart & Eugene Weston. An imaginative solution to
a difficult problem: The Crabtree house takes advantage of the site’s view
while maintaining privacy from neighbors. The series of levels and interior gardens
are organized by a flat roof punctuated by skylights.
Delawie Residence #1 "Boxcar House" (1958) by Homer Delawie
Delawie House
#1 (1958)
1733 Torrance
Designed by Homer Delawie. 1980s remodel by Delawie added a second
floor. California post and beam tradition; earlier version of ‘63
house (above). Managed the problems of orientation, approach, and view
in building a small house on a steep narrow lot. This 17-ft. wide “Boxcar
House” was used by Delawie as his calling
card to attract clients. The small courtyard in the middle of the original one-story
plan, allowed sunlight into corridors, adding spaciousness to a small floorplan.
Delawie
House #2 (1963)
1833 Neale
Designed by Homer Delawie. After graduating from Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo’s School
of Architecture in 1951, Homer Delawie joined Lloyd Ruocco’s
firm in ‘54 (later, partners from ‘58-’61). This
house expressed Delawie’s interest in California as well
as European Modernism. The California post and beam tradition
is expressed in this house situated on a steep slope, hill-edge
of a natural canyon. Its L-plan takes advantage of both the view
and slope.
Fat, Tom Residence
(1979)
3054 N. Arroyo Drive
Designed by Jim Nickloff
Flores, Frank
and Maureen Residence (1972)
3055 N. Arroyo Drive
Designed by Charlie Gilbert from Illinois, Ken Kellogg’s
building superintendent while he was working on remodeling Wayne
and Barbara Chapman Residence.
Frye Residence
(1958)
2316 Juan Street
Designed by Fred R. Livingstone
Hayward,
Chester
& Joanne Residence (1955)
1840 Neale
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. The architect’s own personal
version of a Wright Usonian house.
Hill, Les & Lilli
Residence (1970)
3075 N. Arroyo Drive
Designed by Hester & Livingstone
Keller Residence
#2 (1947)
1433 Puterbaugh Street
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco
Lai, Tom Residence
(1957)
3872 Bandini
Designed by Gin Wong
McKim Residence
(1965)
3911 Portola Place
Designed by Paul McKim & Associates. This contemporary-looking town house
with balconies and lofts that become sleeping/circulation spaces, was McKim’s
his first completed house (and his own). The first floor’s 18’
ceilings (in parts of living room) and H-shape plan welcome the guest
through a sheltered-entry garden. Paul McKim began his San Diego
practice in 1963, shortly after graduating from the University of
Illinois (in ‘61) with a degree in architecture. This house’s
vertically stripped windows, and floor-to-ceiling glass facing its
courtyard describe Richard Neutra’s influence on McKim’s
work.
Merwin Residence
(1966)
4444 Valle Vista
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards
Mission Hills
Shopping Center (1950s)
Washington & Goldfinch
Mooney
Residence (1949)
1820 Neale
Designed by John Lloyd Wright. Low woodsy dwelling, the ornament
for which was created from small pieces of scrap lumber left from
construction (as with 24th Street house in Del Mar).
Nelson Residence (1958)
630 N. Crescent Drive
Designed by
Lloyd Ruocco
Newsom, Mr. &
Mrs. T.R. Residence (designed 1955, built 1956)
2850 N. Arroyo Drive
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards
Private
Residence (1965)
3437 Jackdaw
Designed by
Homer Delawie
Private Residence
(1982)
3003 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1967)
3030 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1964)
3010 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1960)
2903 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1961)
2850 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1969)
2966 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1977)
2868 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1960)
2851 N. Arroyo Drive
Designed by Scholl & Garritz
Private Residence
(1959)
2944 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1962)
2904 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1959)
2960 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1963)
3040 N. Arroyo Drive
Private Residence
(1983)
3066 N. Arroyo Drive
Designed by Bruce Damon
Private Residence
(1980)
3076 N. Arroyo Drive
Private
Residence
4284 Ibis Street
Designed by Henry Hester
Private
Residence
Bandini Street
Designed by Harold Leavitt
Private
Residence (1934)
2400 Presidio Drive
Designed by Cliff
May
Private
Residence (1954)
1440 Puterbaugh Street
Designed by Lloyd
Ruocco
Private
Residence
3252 Hawk Street
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco
Private
Residence
2417 Pine Street
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco
Private
Residence (1959)
2021 Rodelaine Street
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco
Rabinowitz Residence (1952)
2034 Sunset Drive
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco
Robertson, Elizabeth
House Remodel (1942/1954)
4245 Randolph
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Soon after his draftsman-ship in Lillian
Rice’s
office, Ruocco became enamored with the International Style (the end-result of
the International Style show of Modern Architects at MOMA New York, 1932). This
respect for the masters (Mies Van Der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Marcel Breur et al)
contributed to this house’s design aesthetic:
“organic” in its siting and use of indirect (and direct)
sunlight, glass walls extending the living space out of doors, and
“earthy” in its low-slung design relying on redwood beams,
columns, and paneling. Designed for then-Director of The San Diego
Museum of Art (in Balboa Park) Robertson, Ruocco situated the house
to share its neighbor’s pool, courtyard and patio area forming
a mini-complex. Its entertaining area features a performance stage
(complete with back-to-back concert pianos) on the west side of the
sliding glass walled (to patio) room. Clerestory windows allow light
entry into most rooms, including the kitchen designed by Home Delawie
(during his apprenticeship with Ruocco). Original client/resident
still lives at this address.
Robertson, Tom
Residence (1947)
3920 Pringle Street
Designed by Lloyd
Ruocco
Selieg Residence
(1957)
2110 Guy Street
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco
Silverman, Richard
Residence (1959)
4021 Miller Street
William Cody & Henry Hester
Vawter, John
& Melba Residence (1970)
3070 N. Arroyo Drive
Possibly by Stan Ring (of Wulff & Fifield)
Westphal Residence by Homer Delawie
Westphal Residence
(1963)
4285 Jackdaw Street
Designed by Homer Delawie
