Post #640995 by Luckydesigns on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 8:44 AM

I posted something about a 'tiki neighborhood' in Newport Beach back in 2003.

Of course the photos aren't there anymore, but I do remember these houses having lava rock walls and a distinct Hawaiian A-Frame. The apex of the A-Frame was usually decorative as to set it apart from just being a 'mid-century' feature. There were a couple of places on the peninsula in Newport that still had aged and period correct styled tikis out front too. Very 1960's modern but well worn with age. They are gone now...

Newport Shores is the best example of the tiki neighborhood that I was referring to. Unfortunately some real-estate lady came through, during the housing boom, and remodeled and 'updated' a bunch of them, trying to flip them for 700-800k each. The use of stucco over lava rock and wood on an A-Frame house is just offensive.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3738&forum=1&hilite=neighborhood

Here is a web photo of three of the 'remodled' ones in that neighborhood. I guess it can be subjective whether that is considered 'modern architecture' or 'tiki'... When it had the lava rock walls, it looked WAY more tiki to me. Now it just looks midcenury-modern.