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Law professor Carole Goldberg and sociology professor Duane Champagne both teach at the University of California, Los Angeles. Both have a love of books and cooking, and since marrying in 2003, they now share six kids and eight grandchildren as well. To design the couple’s green, familycentric beach getaway in Oxnard, California, architectural designer Daniel Garness—–who has offices in Los Angeles and New Orleans—–had a lot more to consider than how high to make the twin sinks. Goldberg tells us why the couple’s home is very nearly its castle.

— Emily Young

The ground floor, which opens to the rear driveway and a pond in the private side garden, allows for easy indoor-outdoor dining and entertaining.

Photo by: Shawn Records

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architweek07.02.2010

More pictures please of this elegant yet comfortable and playful home. The owners obviously love it.
Stephen J Anderson07.22.2010

Is it just me, or does this appear to have been edited? It seems that, from the viewpoint angle, there is no way for the man's hand and the chair the woman is sitting in to appear reflected in the glass.
Amy Silberman07.27.2010

Hi Stephen. As the photo editor at Dwell I can assure you that the image was not edited in any way. It might look a bit off, but given the distance of the glass from the people sitting on the left side of the picture, the reflection is true. It's one of those things that's much easier to explain in person, but hopefully this will lend a bit of insight. As a rule of thumb we don't alter images.
Damasiana Wren07.31.2010

Having had the great pleasure to visit this house I wonder why you chose such bland images to represent it. The house is exciting, beautiful, and spatially complex. My guess is that the images were chosen to advertise products rather than to highlight the architecture. Now that I look more closely at recent back issues of Dwell, I see that this is indeed the case - your "My House" articles typically feature "products" not architecture. Shame.

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