80 Hillside Units San Diego, CA GOLD NUGGET GRAND AWARD, 1982 & 1987

These luxury units are constructed on a hillside promontory, utilizing hillside adaptive design and innovative parking strategies. Private two car garages are stacked with entries offset 90º which allows grade level access to each of the stacked units. The units range in size from 1600 to 2000 SF and terrace down the hillside. The minimum grading which resulted for the planning solution saved $1.5 million in export and won the approval of a local citizen's group opposed to massive hillside grading.

In 1987, Ridgeline Park won the coveted Gold Nugget Award at PCBC for Best Affordable Attached Housing Development. The project was built entirely from private financing, yet offered rents that permitted qualified low and low-moderate income families to reside there.

Las Palmas was proposed (currently un-built) as an upscale apartment community for young professionals and working couples within reasonable commute of downtown LA employment centers. The project was a mixed use effort that included both professional services and retail shops. The central recreation/office manager's quarters served as a community center and provided recreation, dining and exercise facilities.