Luxury Life & Style - (Page 27) His design aesthetic may be best exemplified by his daily uniform: a crisp button down shirt, sleeves rolled up to the elbows, jeans and flip flops — simple, elegant, and effortless. Starr grew up in Laguna Beach, earned a Masters in Architecture from Cal Poly, and set up his design firm in a renovated surfboard factory in Hermosa Beach. His design vocabulary is heavily influenced by the casual nature of the beach lifestyle. “A lot of people talk about walking into the house with sandy feet. They don’t want the architecture to be too fussy or the materials to be too precious,” he says. “I try to create spaces that are timeless, real, soft and warm, but still modern. Sometimes people have this fear of modern design being cold and unforgiving and not a place you want to call a home. So I am trying to design a home, a place that you would feel comfortable, a place that you can put your feet up.” What began as a single person practice has grown into a cutting-edge design and planning firm, with a portfolio of residences and commercial developments that span the Southern California coast. The firm handles as much of the design/build process as the client requests, from the design and planning stages to daily on-site supervision of the construction. Starr describes a design as a continuously evolving dream, a process rooted in creative problem solving. One of his clients wanted to be able to play catch with his son, but the lot was too small to accommodate a rough and tumble stretch of yard. Starr’s solution was to create a sliding door system that allowed the interior of the home to transform into an open play space. He says, ”Simple things can drive the design, and small details have a big impact.” In the beach communities where Starr designs, square footage is precious. Many South Bay houses are intent upon maximizing square footage. Left unchecked, however, this imperative results in the building of giant boxes. Starr feels that one of his main design July/August 2008 Luxury Life & Style 27
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