PCAD - Cuff, Charles, House #2, Valley Center, CA

Valley Center, North San Diego County, CA

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The Charles Cuff Valley Center House is located at an elevation of 550 meters above sea level approximately 70 km northeast of San Diego, CA;

Construction: 1998; house built for UCLA Architecture Professor Dana Cuff's father, Charles Cuff, Kevin Daly's father-in-law; Daly-Genik awarded an AIA/Los Angeles Honor Award in 1999 for the Charles Cuff House; Charles Cuff is a second generation citrus rancher; the house and grounds were sited on the western foothills of Mount Palomar, to prevent frost damage to citrus trees; extensive use of metal screens on the exterior were meant to protect this residence from future wildfires; the house contains 265 square meters and is located 550 meters above sea level;

Previous Charles Cuff House was destroyed by wildfire in 11/1996;

PCAD id: 219

Publications

Carter, Brian, Lecuyer, Annette, All American Innovation in American Architecture, 200-205, 2002. Jodidio, Philip, Architecture Now!, 158-161, 2001. Slessor, Catherine, Contemporary Doorways Architectural Entrances, Transitions and Thresholds, 28-31, 2002. Frohlich, Burkhard, ed, Schulenburg, Sonja, ed., Metal Architecture Design and Construction, 28-31, 2003. Soane, James, New Home, 170-175, 229, 2003.

Cuff, Charles, House #2, Valley Center, CA (1998)

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