San Onofre More than just a Surf Beach By Christine Lampert, Architect, AIA, NCARB | Artwork by David Harris Lang San Ouafie State Beach was mand in 1971 with the help of President Ricdund Noon. The park a just over 2.000 actes with five and a half miles of...
THE OLDEST MISSION IN CALIFORNIA By Christine Lampert, Architect, AIA, NCARB | Photo by Jackie Brown C ompared to Europe and even the East Coast of the United States, California has very little architecture that is considered old. We tend to designate buildings from...
I magine driving through San Clemente in the 1930s or 1940s on the two-lane road that was the only way to get from Los Angeles to San Diego. Suddenly, there are flashing lights behind you, and you are pulled over for speeding. San Clemente had a reputation as being...
O le Hanson, who master-planned San Clemente, built Casa Roman- He lost the Casa to a bank foreclosure in 1934 because of The Great Depres sion. The house survived for over 55 years until the City of San Clemente purchased and restored it as a cultural center that is...
Samantha, Michele & David in Paris, 2015 A s most architects are, both David and Christine consider themselves artistic. Indeed, their entire family, including grandchildren (there are three so far,) tend toward creative expression. While establishing his own...
M arried in Christine’s parents’ backyard in Cypress (she’s a graduate of South Gate High School) they went to work in San Clemente, both working for different architectural firms in the same building on Avonida Victoria. “He was upstairs, I...
