The Prospect by Jonathan Segal
Architect Jonathan Segal designed The Prospect house in La Jolla, San Diego, California.
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Description from the architect:
This 7,200 square-foot lot was an abandoned brown-field site, vacant since 1992. The architect/owner used the space to build a private, urban residence for his family with an on-site architecture studio. The residence is a stucco box resting on and supported by Corten steel wall planes, providing both privacy and noise attenuation. The main living area is surrounded by a reflecting pool on one side and a glass floor on the other. Below grade, where the office and recreation facilities reside, the glass floor/ceiling liberates the space and allows ample natural light. The house is open and flowing extending the livable space into the private garden and reflecting pool. Boundaries are dissolved and extended through sliding panels and lightness, transparency, and expansive views.
Visit Jonathan Segal’s website – here.
Joe Wolf on 17 Aug 2011 at 10:23 pm #
Thank you for highlighting Segal’s work. As a designer/builder he has brought a lot of great architecture and housing to San Diego. I lived in one of his first projects, the Columbia/Fir lofts in Little Italy for several years.
zach on 18 Aug 2011 at 12:28 am #
The most interesting part of Segal’s work here is the Malcom Leland sculpture attached to the front of the home. Leland was a fantastic artist who worked a bit in San Diego. Segal is his own biggest fan and has quite a reputation for this and often refers to himself as the “James Bond of Architecture” he even goes so far as to set his dial through on his office voice mail to “007.” He has indeed left his mark on San Diego architecture but it remains to be seen how long this will last as the vast majority of his work is made of very cheap materials and the finishes are not designed to last more than 25 years. A more appropriate alter ego for the architect might be “Jonathan Stucco” as a vast majority of his work is a wood framed stucco box.
tobeanarchitect on 18 Aug 2011 at 3:44 am #
what’s the function of the red box on the north facade between F2 and F3 ?
seema on 18 Aug 2011 at 3:44 am #
its marvelous !!! a dream house ! loved the geometric pattern straight lines and use of space. wish to have such structure in pakistan !!!!