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Hispano Moresque

EXTERIOR – POOL

The pool is beautified by vintage urns and custom-made tiles from Mission Tile West. Built-in benches are decorated in a Holly Hunt stripe and a Bunny Williams rattan chaise lounge features Perennials fabric.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – MASTER BATH

The master bath features a custom patterned floor of marble. The tub is vintage and was purchased in France.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – MASTER BEDROOM

The master bedroom features a 19th-century carved rosewood four-poster bed topped by a 1950’s Arturo Pani mirror.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – DINING ROOM

The dining room table and chairs were custom designed for the room. The photograph is by Richard Misrach and the lighting fixtures are from the 1920’s.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – KITCHEN

The kitchen walls are covered in zelij tiles and the hood is custom.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – GUEST BATH

The bath features a custom vanity created out of an 18th-century Syrian chest, the walls are adorned in Moroccan zelij tiles and the Italian sconces date to the 1920’s.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – LIBRARY

A Lee Mullican painting is flanked by 1920s Italian sconces mounted above a custom-designed mantelpiece. The desk is 20th-century French, the chairs are 19th century Berber and the cocktail table dates to the 17th-century. The Pacific Ocean can be viewed through the arched Moorish-style windows.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – LIVING ROOM

An 18th-century mantelpiece is flanked by Richard Diebenkorn and Frederick Hammersley artworks and 1920s iron sconces. On top of the circa 1957 Spanish Prado rug are custom-made sofas and a 19th-century Moorish side table.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

INTERIOR – GALLERY

The gallery offers stunning views of the Pacific Ocean. The center arch is flanked by 18th Century Italian stone consoles below Andy Warhol’s “Flowers” paintings.

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Trevor Tondro

Hispano Moresque

EXTERIOR – ENTRY

Casa de la Paz, a Hispano-Moresque style home designated a local landmark in 2002, was originally built by architect J. H. Nicholson in 1921 and completely remodeled by MSA. Only the original façade remains from the 1921 house.

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Trevor Tondro