David hertz and stacy fong q
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A solar panel, solar radiant heating, sustainable hardwoods, and nontoxic materials also evidenced the couple’s growing interest in intertwining sustainability with cutting-edge design.
By 2002, the family had outgrown the nest and decided to build onto the adjacent 40-by-90-foot property they’d bought as an investment in 1998.
The kids got bedrooms in the rear building, with parents up front. And a new generation of surfers is enjoying a harmonious environment, where their boogie boards seem right at home.
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STACY FONG VS DAVID HERTZ
Case Summary
On 08/03/2009 STACY FONG filed a Family - Marriage Dissolution/Divorce lawsuit against DAVID HERTZ. This case was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Courts, Stanley Mosk Courthouse located in Los Angeles, California.
He began pioneering a then-radical specialty: ecologically sensitive design. "Those houses seemed able to breathe, like plants and flowers."
Hertz has transported this idea of an ecological village to Venice, California, where he lives near the beach with his wife, Stacy Fong, and their three children.
"With four buildings at the corners I could explore multiple interior spaces."
As a practical consideration, the wide-open resort atmosphere is sustained by hefty solar power.
In 2009, she and her children explored Antarctica, accomplishing travel to all 7 continents.
Her work has been published in International design publications and exhibited in museums worldwide.
Pressed for time, he dashed off a design that stacked space in two buildings joined by a glass bridge above a courtyard. She also runs Birdhouse Studio, where she explores materiality and form through clay.
She finds her inspirations through her extensive travels around the globe. And for the old Tony Duquette estate in Malibu, he’s salvaging a mothballed Boeing 747, which he will dissect and reassemble into a solar-powered residence with a meditation pavilion in the cockpit.
Hertz is also an entrepreneur, whose product Syndecrete, his recipe of cement plus recycled glass chips, computer parts, and vinyl records (among other things), transforms trash into stylish interior elements.
Hertz parlayed this early interest into offbeat but practical projects. The original house had just one solar panel (its rooftops were designed more for outdoor living). Colin, 13, and Sophie, 11, got new bedrooms while eight-year-old Max stayed put in the boys’ original space.
"If I’d plopped a house in the middle of the lot, I’d have had four small bifurcated yards," Hertz explains.
Hertz is a graduate of SCI-Arc, and worked with adventurous architects John Lautner and Frank Gehry before starting his own Santa Monica–based practice in 1984. Stacy Fong An architect-turned-designer, Stacy is the founder of Q, a Santa Monica-based multidisciplinary design firm specializing in architecture, interior design, and landscape design.
The monthly savings are sizable.
Though they’re far from the Far East, Hertz and Fong are luxuriating in their tropically inspired eco-resort. Fascinated by how play shapes our understanding of space and objects, he draws from building blocks, jungle gyms, and puzzles to evoke curiosity and exploration.
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"This time," Fong says, "we wanted more space, especially outdoors, a pool for the kids, and the ability to entertain leisurely."
While vacationing in Bali, the couple envisioned a resortlike family compound. (Fong, a nonpracticing architect, handles the business affairs for Syndecrete and Hertz’s architectural practice.)
"I saw the house as a working laboratory to test my ideas and as a showcase for Syndecrete," Hertz says.
They made a low offer to secure the lot, but serious strings were attached: They had to design and permit their as-yet-undreamed-of dream house in just 90 days or forfeit the deal.
Fortunately, the pair was up to the challenge. Hertz and Fong realized, as many homeowners do, that a new addition was a great way to gain solar capacity.
Sustainability in Stages
"Personally, I’d rather be living outside," says architect David Hertz.