The Guth Residence by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg
The Guth Residence by architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg is a joyous work of architecture with detailing by artists James Hubbell and John Vugrin
The Guth family hired the architect to reimagine a suburban site into a wondrous wood and glass oasis. Key to the the spaces is an abundance of natural light brought in from its central atrium, skylights and walls of glass.
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg grew up in Mission Beach, in the backyard of his family home, where he is said to have designed and built his first structure - a fort or club house of sorts. He attended the University of Colorado, University of Southern California, and the University of California at Berkeley.
In April 1955, Ken and his fellow architecture students from the University of Colorado (Boulder) took a field trip to see the architecture of Phoenix and Scottsdale. Here he met Frank Lloyd Wright and heard him speak for the first time. In his interview with Mr. Wright, Ken realized that the unaccredited school may not be the best direction to take at the time but hung on every of Mr. Wright's words. He would later hear a great number of stories from Taliesin Fellows about their time with Mr. Wright.
Mr. Kellogg returned to San Diego and work in the offices of Sim Bruce Richards (during the summer of 1955 and ’56 building models for residences on the Kona Coast of Hawaii and in Rancho Santa Fe) and Dale Naegle. Source: ModernSan Diego.com
The Guth Residence is currently represented by Agents of Architecture and is on the market for $1.675M.
Inquires are welcome.