In my opinion, the most delightfully unusual building in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood is the Beaumont Building. The design–especially the two cylindrical towers–is both visually distinctive and impressive. Those mysterious-looking towers make me look up with fresh surprise whenever I see them.
The Beaumont Building was built in 1988. It was designed by Rob Wellington Quigley, whose architectural work can be seen in various places around San Diego. The lattice-domed San Diego Central Library and The New Children’s Museum are two well-known examples.
I often walk past this building, and have taken many photographs over the years. But none of my photos fully capture this very unique structure’s truly amazing presence.
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A very special building, perhaps the architect wanted to be an sci-fi movie maker? 😉
It looks like something from Batman or Matrix… Great photos of this odd but irresistable building.
Maybe some sort of interdimensional portal opens up between those two weird towers!
Ha ha! You never know… those Aliens are tricky!
it has been many many years since I’ve been to your hometown, I’m enjoying your posts =^_^=
Great! I’m glad others enjoy my walks, too!
I always liked that building too. My husband, though, thinks it looks like two toilet paper rolls on top of some boxes. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. I know Rob used to live there, as well as it was his office. Not sure that’s still the case.
It’s definitely unusual! I read that it’s half residential, half business, but I don’t know who lives there now. Those would be some gigantic toilet paper rolls!