La Cresta

A handmade period modern house of redwood, masonry, and stone with the objective to honor the energy and ethos of the Davenport Residence.

002 — La Cresta
La Cresta exterior with pool and palms
Interior dining room with Eames chairs and redwood paneling
Redwood framed window with trailing plants
View through doorway to pool with Bertoia chair
Interior with stone wall and teal glass door
Textile art on stone wall with guitar
Pool from above with palms and succulents
Two people walking through redwood hallway
Photography — Annie Alarcón

Herb Turner, a friend of ours who works with John Lloyd Wright, was over and he and Bill took some measurements of the lot. The Wrights have a beautiful home — rambling, beautifully designed, with indirect lighting, a lovely swimming pool. Bill is getting awfully excited and ready to start the whole thing soon. Of course we won't have anything that grand, but we do hope to incorporate a few of the things we really both want.

— July 1953
House through sycamore trees, March 1955
Brick wall going up at the entrance, March 1955
Redwood exterior with lumber pile, March 1955
Children at the construction site, March 1955
Children on the porch, March 1955
Photography — Davenport Trust