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Balboa Beach
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AMERICAN HOMES
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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