So, in the 1970's Robert 'Bob' Mosher the famous executive architect was retired living in Marbella, Spain he was a friend of mine. I think he was gay .. anyway he built a lot of Southern California in the 1950's and 60's .. I would of loved to see his residence in LaJolla he built it the year I was born in 1950 he also built 18 homes in LaJolla, California, with his partner Jim Drew .. he did Terry von Pantz house's - the first one in the village and the same house, floor plan wise !! More going west away from the development - he did the same infinity pool - The main house was like say 10,000 sq.ft. and another 6000 sq.ft. guest house both around a glass court yard. His house was very HUMANIST AND MODERNIST it was a big house in the hills overlooking the sea, it had massive huge stones, it was in the hills and it was made out of stone blocks that were natural and looked like they came from Montana or North Dakota .. I thought Frank Loyd Wright who he knew and he was his apprentice, said, something, about design of a house should be "Organic to the Environment" - this looked to me a little out of place in Spain the building material was not like the other white/red tile looking Spanish houses .. .. It was for sure his humanist/modernist thinking these huge big stone blocks going out to a point over the hill side, and it was big, lots of glass and steel, was a trip - I can tell you .. he was a cool guy - we talked about establishing a relationship to a building - in a complex!!! Wow !! .. X ... his partner was Roy Drew in Calfornia they must of made some big money he also told me about the sabbatical he took from architecture and worked for "House Beautiful" in the mid 1950's. His design philosophies was legendary, his art center in 1965 in San Diego and who can forget the beautiful and long and a masterpiece his ----- San Diego - Coronado Bridge - *** he came to my parties..
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