ARCHITECT | DESIGN | BUILD 2012
What is your favorite architectural icon in the world?
Louie Tomaro: Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie-style work such as
Robie House, with its linear kind of lines and handle on geometry
What architectural figure, living or historical, has made the
biggest impact on your career?
Louie Tomaro: Frank Lloyd Wright
If you could design your dream home, what style would it be and
Louie Tomaro used his clients' love for traveling, and photographs they took
in Bali, as inspiration to create their home on Braeholm Place in Hermosa Beach.
"They were inspired by indoor and outdoor shots of lanai-type rooms," he explains.
Tomaro built a wide-open palette of entry space that flows into the outdoors and is
ideal for entertaining. Furnished indoor-outdoor spaces, and Fleetwood doors and
windows, give the space a resort-like feel. Detailing includes extensive woodwork
where would you build it?
Louie Tomaro: A building in The South Bay because of its climate
and surroundings. There is no place better than home. We are
currently working on a more modern style glass project with
horizontal floor plans. I'd lean towards something like that with
minimalistic touches.
and exposed roof structures.
Perhaps the most stunning aspect of the house is the top-level master suite,
deemed The Treehouse. It is made of expansive glass and provides a 280 degree,
panoramic ocean view.
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