by jon@piercesd.com | Apr 3, 2014 | Publications
If residences are portraits of their owners, as architectural designer Wallace E. Cunningham suggests, then a house situated on a bluff overlooking the Pacific—its roof appearing to rise effortlessly toward infinity—begins with art. One of the owners, the wife, is a...
by jon@piercesd.com | Apr 3, 2014 | Publications
“The concept came while flying around in Pascal’s helicopter, which he describes as his magic carpet,” says architect Wallace Cunningham. “The concept came while flying around in Pascal’s helicopter, which he describes as his magic carpet,” says architect Wallace...
by jon@piercesd.com | Apr 3, 2014 | Publications
The best architects are prestidigitators, and their most important sleight of hand—the biggest, whitest bunny they can pull from the hat—is to expand space and make a small lot feel big. California is in a good position to know infinity because for some 800 miles of...
by jon@piercesd.com | Apr 3, 2014 | Publications
Never mind the cookie-cutter tract housing of so many South County developments. The area offers several landmark examples of contemporary architecture such as San Juan Capistrano’s sleek, modern Museum of Architecture. Take a trip to South County to celebrate the...