Jean Roth Driscoll’s hilltop home boasts beautiful views of Los Angeles
September 2021. By Cassy Aoyagi: Friend and Theodore Payne Foundation board member Gary Breaux lives in a beautiful South Pasadena midcentury modern home designed by Jean Roth Driscoll. It’s perch on top of a hill gives it spectacular views – and a few vulnerabilities we wanted to address in designing the spaces that surround this gem.
Landscape architect Eric Crow used a wide variety of fire-defensive strategies in the design… yet most notice only the beauty!
The fire-defensive design strategies you’ll see include:
Gary, Eric and I also address how the garden lives year round. We hope you enjoy the conversation!