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House & Carden 
The. modern interpretation of Spanish 
architecture takes many forms in Cali¬ 
fornia. This example of a San Diego home 
by Richard S. Requa is one of the types 
The flat white walls form a perfect back¬ 
ground for vines, trees and foundation 
shrubbery. Tile above the casement win¬ 
dows introduces a note of color 
so you find a house of Moor¬ 
ish inspiration brought up- 
to-date and suited to the 
climate, a Spanish type 
developed and changed and 
made comfortably modern, 
and the bungalow from In¬ 
dia fitted into the special 
needs of our western coast 
architecture. 
To lie sure, there are few 
of those old homesteads such 
as are treasured in New 
England and in the South, 
there are no picturesque or 
gentle ghosts that pattar 
down the hallways at twi¬ 
light, no melancholy fields 
telling of drudgery and fail¬ 
ure, for California is still a 
young land with its vigor¬ 
ous romance, thrilling his¬ 
tory and a childlike enjoy¬ 
ment of life. 
A more definitely historic 
and delightfully original 
piece of domestic architecture than the house 
and detail on the first page of this article has 
rarely been accomplished on the Coast. I he 
severity of its outline is Spanish and the exqui¬ 
sitely ornamental detail of the arched windows 
and doors and the splendid columned entrance 
to the porch are derived from the Moorish. 
There is not one superfluous piece of ornament 
on the entire house. The windows and entrance 
on the lower floor are protected from the sun 
This water garden 
is in the center of 
a Hollywood home. 
A pergola sur¬ 
rounds the pool. 
Mead & Requa, 
architects 
and rain by old hand-made 
tiles which add a gorgeous 
note of color. Curiously 
enough, a group of windows 
in the second story of the 
house arc held together with 
twisted Saracen columns, 
and all seem in perfect ac¬ 
cord. As the architect has 
evidently relied on tropical 
vegetation for the ornament¬ 
ing of the walls of the 
house, it is vivid and color¬ 
ful to a degree. 
It is interesting the way 
in which the roof outline of 
the house follows with its 
square forms the curving of 
the outline of the hills be¬ 
yond, and yet how perfectly 
suited it is to the level stretch 
of land on which it is placed. 
How carefully each detail 
of the finish of the house has 
been considered is shown in 
the support used for the 
an old Spanish spear, 
modern architecture is like 
reading the history of the country, so intimately 
does it speak of California’s life and the qual¬ 
ity of her people. The northern and southern 
sections of California both have their own vari¬ 
ation in architectural type, developed from in¬ 
dividual requirements, and fitted to modern 
needs; in the north the great red-brown sequoias 
hnv’p (rivpn material and susfuested contours in 
A verde green gate 
set in a biscuit- 
brown wall is one 
of the details 
in a home de¬ 
signed by Richard 
S. Requa 
brilliant awning, 
To study her 
