"This stone structure, built on the beach side of Scenic Road on Monterey Bay, lies mostly below street level, seemingly a natural extension of the rocky promontory at this curve in the beach front. Two materials have graced the living room roof, porcelain enamel, and copper. It is necessarily cantilevered from the masonry core so that no weight rests on the corbelling bands of glass. These windows block a direct breeze, but admit a gentle current of air. The master bedroom has been enlarged."

— William Allin Storrer. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog. project 306.

The Creator's Words

"My prescription for a modern house: first, a good site. Pick one that has features making for character....Then build your house so that you may still look from where you stood upon all that charmed you and lose nothing of what you saw before the house was built, but see more.

Architectural association accentuates the character of the landscape if the architecture is right."

— Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and Gerald Nordland, ed. Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas. p44.

Details

Address:
Scenic Road at Martin Street
Carmel, California 93921

— Thomas A. Heinz. Architectural Monographs No. 18: Frank Lloyd Wright. p141.