Completed in 1972, the Pacific Life headquarters was designed by William Pereira. Set on ten acres, the office holds 238,000 square feet of office space.
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Newport Beach: Crystal Cove Cottages
Originally part of the massive Irvine Ranch, Crystal Cove is a hidden beach along Pacific Coast Highway between the towns of Laguna Beach and Corona del Mar in Southern California. As kids growing up in Orange County in the 1960s, we could ride our horses and dirt bikes along the beaches and in the hills… Continue reading Newport Beach: Crystal Cove Cottages
Indigenous Inhabitants
Newport Center, Newport Beach. Intaglios incised carving by Tom Van Sant (1967). One of my favorite places to spend the holidays is Newport Beach, where I love to study the "brutalist" architecture of Newport Center. In 1967, artist Tom Van Sant created a series he called "Indigenous Inhabitants" that captured the region's wildlife (many of… Continue reading Indigenous Inhabitants
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