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Design Guidelines We encourage creativity in architecture in harmony with the landscapes. Our guidelines were developed and tested at The Preserve by six renowned architects: Robert A.M. Stern, Hugh Newell Jacobson, Buzz Yudell, Tom Beebe, Bob Hart and the late Joseph Esherick. Their lively debate produced general agreement that homes must recede into the landscape to maintain the environmental and aesthetic integrity of The Preserve's landscape. Siting should afford unencumbered views from vantage points out of the line of sight of others. Architecture ought to favor indigenous materials and traditional forms that evoke historical authenticity or a modern adaption. These guidelines draw on the California traditions of Spanish Mission, Monterey Colonial or "hacienda" style, Arts and Crafts or California Cottage, and board-and-batten barn and out-buildings. Rather than impeding inspiration, the guidelines foster creativity and allow for contemporary interpretations of traditional California architecture. The overriding goal is to integrate architecture into the Preserve's quintessential 19th Century California landscape as if 300 families had graciously homesteaded here over the past two centuries and beyond. |
 "The Design Guidelines reference an architecture that evolved over time using indigenous materials in this landscape and building forms appropriate to the climate and way of life."
Dave Howerton, Architect and Planner
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