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O
ne family visiting the Iraklion Archeological Museum on the
island of Crete took home with them more than photos and
memories; they also left with a binding, lifelong passion for
stone. The museum’s marble flooring – a rich reddish-brown stone laced
with chocolate veins, known as Red of Epidayros – would come to play an
important role in the design of their future home in Newport Coast, Califor-
nia, for which they hired
Jack Warner
and
Thiep Cung
,
CEO and lead architect of The Warner
Group Architects in Montecito.
For The Love Of Stone
The process took six years from design through construction, culminat-
ing in a provincial 22,000-square-foot country French home on an acre
and a half overlooking Newport Beach and the ocean. The main house
features five bedrooms plus servants’ quarters, with an additional two-
bedroom guesthouse on site. From interior to exterior, the resi-
dence showcases 30 different kinds of stone, including
slab marble, limestone, and travertine.
Simply choosing the right
stones took a year,
s t ructures
Rough rubble stone walls reminiscent of old
French and Italian farmhouses, combined with
smooth French Limestone and a variable thickness
Vermont slate roof help to set this residence apart,
and is what the client had in mind when he hired
Warner Group Architects in Montecito
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