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Steps from the ocean and bay, the 2,607-square-foot, 4-bed, 4-bath residence has a 4-car garage and two additional uncovered parking spots. The home features panoramic unobstructed views with water visibility throughout.<\/p>\nA one-of-a-kind showplace home in South Mission Beach, the Babcock Residence at 2694 Bayside Walk, recently sold for $4.95 million.<\/p>\n
Designed in 1959 by Mission Beach native Kendrick Bangs Kellogg for Russell and Vergie Babcock, who requested an “A-frame” with a copper roof, and constructed in 1960, the home was originally listed at $5.68 million. Chris Love of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent.<\/p>\n
Steps from the ocean and bay, the 2,607-square-foot, 4-bed, 4-bath residence has a 4-car garage and two additional uncovered parking spots. The home features panoramic unobstructed views with water visibility throughout.<\/p>\n
The outdoor\/indoor open living concept allows for entertaining guests while giving the feeling of being directly on the white sands of Mission Beach. The property sits on one of the largest corner lots in South Mission Beach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis really is not only an iconic home for Mission Beach but for all of San Diego,\u201d said Love adding the residence \u201cis really special.\u201d She pointed out that the previous owner had it for almost 30 years, and \u201cwe were lucky enough to find a new buyer from Arizona who\u2019d had his eye on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody knows this home all over California \u2013 all over the world,\u201d said Love. \u201cIt is a piece of art and everybody in the community knows it. As the listing agent, I was so honored to be able to be involved in that sale.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Of her career, Love, now in her 46th year transacting real estate in Mission Beach, said, \u201cThis is one of the highlights, if not \u2018the\u2019 highlight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kellogg met Frank Lloyd Wright briefly in 1955 while attending the University of Colorado at Boulder and was heavily influenced by Wright\u2019s architectural style. The Babcock Residence\u2019s design is reminiscent of Wright, who used organic architecture to plan the 800 buildings he designed, 380 of which were actually built. Using the environment around where the structure would be, Wright would design and build accordingly, resulting in\u00a0unique structures and homes that fit their landscape.<\/p>\n
Wright designed two projects for San Diego but they were not constructed. The first, the Russell Babcock Residence (1953), went unbuilt on its projected lot on Mission Cliffs Drive in University Heights. Soon after the project failed to be realized, Babcock hired Kellogg to realize his Wrightian dream home to be built on Mission Bay.<\/p>\n
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The Babcock Residence jump-started Kellogg\u2019s career and he since has designed and engineered more than a dozen startling residences, most notably the Surfer House in La Jolla, the High Desert House in Joshua Tree, and the Onion House in Kona, Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Kellogg\u2019s distinctive aesthetic has been described as \u201can architecture so full of life that it seems to breathe,\u201d and his residences have been chronicled as “the Sydney Opera House meets Stonehenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Said Kellogg: “To realize truly creative architecture you need clients with the vision and imagination to make the most of any site. Great clients are those who allow an architect the latitude to give them what they didn’t know they wanted until they have it. They are willing to risk being unique.\u201d<\/p>\n
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BABCOCK RESIDENCE<\/p>\n
Listing agent: Chris Love of Coldwell Banker Realty.<\/p>\n
Architect: Mission Beach native Kendrick Bangs Kellogg.<\/p>\n
Where: 2694 Bayside Walk in Mission Beach.
\nDetails: 2,607 square feet, 4 beds, 4 baths, 6 parking spaces, 4 in the garage.<\/p>\n
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