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page: Santaluz homeowners Ron and Kris Cho insisted their architect, builder
and interior designer work together to tweak a Tuscan countryside design into
an urban motif. Architecture by Friehauf Architects; construction by Mulvey Custom
Builders; interior design by Pamela Bain Interior Décor. Office/library paneling
is maple, with desk by Lort's Estancia Collection. Custom chairs by Pamela Bain.
Handspun Persian-design rug from Outrageous Rugs. Tumbled travertine floors in
hallway from Unique Stone. Above: In the dining room, a chandelier hovers over the custom-built table and chairs with fabric by Pindler & Pindler's Hearst Castle Collection. Accent ironwork throughout designed by Pamela Bain. Wall color is orange suede by Ralph Lauren. Lighting by Concord Lighting. Rare square Persian-design rug from Outrageous Rugs. Opposite: Landscaping by Scott Seevers, with Teshima Design Group, frames ground-level flagstone work by Logan Grapp Construction. Light fixtures from Concord Lighting. Breezeway to pool area connects with wings of house. Custom, 9-foot front entry door at right also installed by Grapp. |
The deal-closer for the Chos was a decision the developers of Santaluz made back at "the turn of the century." DMB Associates Inc. and Taylor Woodrow Homes Inc. decided not to lop off the hilltops of their 4,000-acre tract, known then as Black Mountain Ranch South. Standard practice among tract developers in the West is to create the most level areas possible to build homes, which often means filling in canyons with the tops of hills. Santaluz developers earned accolades from the building industry for
cutting the tracts' lots into oval shapes, keeping them nestled into the
hillside and maintaining the native vegetation nearby. The curvilinear lots range
from 1 to 3 acres and allow owners to face their custom homes in any direction
they chose. |
San Diego Magazine | November 2005
HEN BUSINESS BROUGHT
HIM to San Diego, computer executive Ron Cho and his wife, Kris, had their pick
of established neighborhoods. The couple chose to live in Santaluz, a relatively
new master-planned community in the far northeast corner of the city. The Chos
purchased a lot with a great view of the San Dieguito River watershed and the
Pacific Ocean in the distance.