GAZELLE MAGAZINE MAY 2018 | Page 42

HEARTH & HOME O Balboa Beach SPECTACULAR AMERICAN HOMES House 40 GAZELLE ne of America’s most fantastic beach homes is nestled on Balboa Beach in Newport, California. The stunning glass house captures views of grassy dunes, garden paths, swaying palms, the wide beach, the Pacific waters lapping at the sand, and the sunset, which brings the colors of Hawaiian flowers throughout the house in the evening.   Cleverly designed by the late Arthur Erickson to create privacy where it matters, along with totally unobstructed beach views from the entrance foyer to the ocean horizon, the open plan, with its use of interior and exterior glass walls and see-through stairwell, optimizes