Custom House in Chino Hills

Continued development of the elevations previously posted under "Recent Work"; this is a custom house, approximately 5200 square feet in size.

Colored front elevation by Steve Royse.

The Lot is located in an area of rolling wooded hills dotted with live oaks, with views down a small valley. The site is a bit difficult because it slopes pretty steeply southward, and extensive grading will be necessary to create a large enough flat pad for a single-story house. (There will be lots of grading photos in the future).

                                              South                                                             SW                                                            West                                    This is a panoramic view from the center of the site. The main rooms will face nearly due South, which provides the best views The master suite will have South and West views.

All four elevations. The front of the house faces North, the rear faces South.

Clivia.

Some recent blooms from our garden.

Recent Work

Elevation sketches for a custom house:

First study for the entry elevation to determine masses and composition of the portico.

Revised entry elevation with added cupola and window bays

Currently doing preliminary designs, and preparing presentation drawings for design review. I will post more as the project continues.

Interesting Photo Of The Day

What is odd about this photo?

A favorite photo of mine; probably Mindanao during the late twenties or early thirties. This guy means business.

Answer: Not the guy with a bone in his nose, a floral arrangement sprouting from his head and holding a machete. He's at home, so it's the plane that's the oddity. The DeHavilland DH84 Dragon is probably a plane of the Imperial Air Service, which operated in the Southeast Asia at the time. Lack of wheel fairings suggests that it is an early model.

Lilies.

Some recent blooms in our yard:

Roses

Recent blooms in our yard:

We grew this climbing rose from a cutting taken from my grandmother's garden in Syracuse in 1994.

We have a few David Austin roses in the yard; we really like the English Roses for their big, multiple blooms. This one is Scepter'd Isle

Another David Austin rose; this one is Graham Thomas

Greene & Greene

We were entertaining a friend from Australia on vacation last week, and visited the Gamble House again. This is the first time we have arrived fairly early in the morning, and so I was able to catch the front of the house still in sunlight.

David & Mary Gamble House, 1907-09

Gamble House, front elevation.

Gamble House, front porch.

There are numerous houses in the immediate neighborhood also designed by Greene & Greene, and a short walk will yield a nice retrospective tour:

Josephine van Rossem House, 1906

Garden wall and gate detail, van Rossem House.

Charles S. Greene House, 1902

Garage door detail, Charles S. Greene House.

Theodore Irwin, Jr. House, 1906-07

Louise Bentz House, 1905-06

Porte-cochere detail, Mary E. Cole House, 1906-07

Some are a bit difficult to photograph: Frank W. Hawks House, 1906

Most people who travel to visit us will, at some time in their stay, be dragged along on this little tour.