Mike Close creates a unique Irvine Terrace compound in the CDM community he knows best By Alexandria Abramian Mike Close is no stranger to Irvine Terrace, the coveted Newport Beach enclave of just under 400 homes, many of which come with sweeping, unobstructed ocean views. In fact, the president of Spinnaker Development has called the neighborhood home for more than a decade. So when an opportunity came to reimagine a home on Bayadere Terrace, one […]

Orange County’s Top Design Talent Creates a Home Worthy of Its Location  By Alexandria Abramian  Mark Hammond has found everything from an octopus to stingrays and even a sand shark swimming in his Laguna Beach saltwater tide pool, maritime visitors transported by the waves into one of only six such pools along the Laguna Coast. The visitors rarely stay beyond one tidal cycle, offering a coastal experience as dramatic as the geysers that travel from […]