la playa histoical renovation
SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
HISTORIC RENOVATION
ARCHITECT & INTERIOR DESIGN – BILL BOCKEN
THIS 1935 HISTORIC HOME WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY MASTER ARCHTITECT FRANK HOPE SR.. IT IS IDEALLY LOCATED ON A PRIME HILLSIDE LOT IN THE LA PLAYA NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLOOKING SAN DIEGO BAY AND YACHT CLUB.
THE EXISTING HOME HAD EXTREMELY GOOD BONES, BUT THE INTERIOR HAD MANY “DECORATING “ CHANGES OVER THE YEARS, THE LASTEST BEING THE TUSCAN VERSION. THE RESULT WAS A HEAVY, DARK AND OLD WORLD FORMAL HOME WITH GARISH TOUCHES OF COLOR . THE FLOOR PLAN WAS BETTER SUITED TO HAVING A MASSIVE STAFF OF SERVANTS AND MANY ROOMS WERE CUT OFF FROM EACH OTHER AND THE AMAZING VIEW THE PROPERTY POSESSES.
THE GARDENS WERE REDUCED TO A SERIES OF INACCESSABLE ARTIFICAL TURF TERRACES COMPLETE WITH A “ LAS VEGAS “ INSPIRED TIERD FOUNTAIN.
THE VISION FOR THE RENOVATION DREW ITS SOURCE FROM THE YACHTING WORLD THAT LAY DIRECTLY BELOW.
THE RESULT IS A SIMPLE ELEGANT YET INFORMAL AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN. WHITE BEING THE PREDOMINENT COLOR, WHILE UNIFYING THE HOME, ALSO SERVES TO INTENSIFY THE MAGNIFICENT VIEW.
HISTORIC DETAILS WERE RETAINED WHILE IRELLEVANT ADDED DETAILS AND MOLDINGS WERE REMOVED. CABINETS AND STORAGE WERE DESIGNED WITH VERY SIMPLE AND FUNCTIONAL DETAILS AND CONSISTANT WOOD TONES. MATERIALS WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND CLASSIC STYLE.
MAJOR STRUCTURAL CHANGES ALLOWED ROOMS TO OPEN UP TO EACH OTHER WHILE REPURPOSING SPACES CREATED A MORE CONTEMPORARY AND FUNCTIONAL FLOOR PLAN.
THE LARGE VIEWING TERRACE WAS GIVEN A MODERN WHITE CANVAS AWNING THAT WHILE PROTECTING AGAINST THE SUN ALSO REINFORCES THE CONNECTION TO THE WORLD OF SAILING.
A LARGE POOL AND SPA WAS BUILT IN THE BACK GARDEN ALONG WITH A LOUNGING TERRACE AND BBQ AREA. LANDSCAPING CHANGES INCLUDE PRIVACY HEDGES AND TREES, A MULTITUDE OF FRUIT TREES, A ROSE GARDEN AND A LARGE VEGT AND HERB GARDEN ON THE LOWER TERRACE.
THIS HISTORIC HOME, NOW REBORN SERVES TO REINFORCE ITS
HISTORIC RENOVATION
ARCHITECT & INTERIOR DESIGN – BILL BOCKEN
THIS 1935 HISTORIC HOME WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY MASTER ARCHTITECT FRANK HOPE SR.. IT IS IDEALLY LOCATED ON A PRIME HILLSIDE LOT IN THE LA PLAYA NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLOOKING SAN DIEGO BAY AND YACHT CLUB.
THE EXISTING HOME HAD EXTREMELY GOOD BONES, BUT THE INTERIOR HAD MANY “DECORATING “ CHANGES OVER THE YEARS, THE LASTEST BEING THE TUSCAN VERSION. THE RESULT WAS A HEAVY, DARK AND OLD WORLD FORMAL HOME WITH GARISH TOUCHES OF COLOR . THE FLOOR PLAN WAS BETTER SUITED TO HAVING A MASSIVE STAFF OF SERVANTS AND MANY ROOMS WERE CUT OFF FROM EACH OTHER AND THE AMAZING VIEW THE PROPERTY POSESSES.
THE GARDENS WERE REDUCED TO A SERIES OF INACCESSABLE ARTIFICAL TURF TERRACES COMPLETE WITH A “ LAS VEGAS “ INSPIRED TIERD FOUNTAIN.
THE VISION FOR THE RENOVATION DREW ITS SOURCE FROM THE YACHTING WORLD THAT LAY DIRECTLY BELOW.
THE RESULT IS A SIMPLE ELEGANT YET INFORMAL AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN. WHITE BEING THE PREDOMINENT COLOR, WHILE UNIFYING THE HOME, ALSO SERVES TO INTENSIFY THE MAGNIFICENT VIEW.
HISTORIC DETAILS WERE RETAINED WHILE IRELLEVANT ADDED DETAILS AND MOLDINGS WERE REMOVED. CABINETS AND STORAGE WERE DESIGNED WITH VERY SIMPLE AND FUNCTIONAL DETAILS AND CONSISTANT WOOD TONES. MATERIALS WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND CLASSIC STYLE.
MAJOR STRUCTURAL CHANGES ALLOWED ROOMS TO OPEN UP TO EACH OTHER WHILE REPURPOSING SPACES CREATED A MORE CONTEMPORARY AND FUNCTIONAL FLOOR PLAN.
THE LARGE VIEWING TERRACE WAS GIVEN A MODERN WHITE CANVAS AWNING THAT WHILE PROTECTING AGAINST THE SUN ALSO REINFORCES THE CONNECTION TO THE WORLD OF SAILING.
A LARGE POOL AND SPA WAS BUILT IN THE BACK GARDEN ALONG WITH A LOUNGING TERRACE AND BBQ AREA. LANDSCAPING CHANGES INCLUDE PRIVACY HEDGES AND TREES, A MULTITUDE OF FRUIT TREES, A ROSE GARDEN AND A LARGE VEGT AND HERB GARDEN ON THE LOWER TERRACE.
THIS HISTORIC HOME, NOW REBORN SERVES TO REINFORCE ITS
Project Year: 2015
Project Cost: More than $2,000,000
Country: United States
Others who worked on this project: Shelley Metcalf Photographer
