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The Art Jury, comprised of six members, was established in 1923 to monitor all building specifications and property changes to the developing peninsula.
- Art Jury Term: 2 years, December 2025.
- Doug is a native of the South Bay where he lives with his wife, Debi, of 37 years. He attended California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, graduated in
1980, was licensed as an Architect in California in 1985, and has had his own business for 38 years. He has designed over 900 custom homes and multi-family
projects in the South Bay. Doug and his wife have two adult children, Kyle and Michelle, and three beautiful grandchildren. Doug’s outside interests include all
sports, reading, dining with family and friends, and babysitting the grandkids. Doug has returned to the Jury after having served for 15 years in the early 2000s.
- Art Jury Term: 3 years, December 2026.
- Dan is an architect who grew up in PVE, attending Valmonte Elementary, Malaga Cove Intermediate and graduating from PV High. He attended university at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, graduating in 1973. He also qualified for the study abroad program in Florence, Italy where he spent his fourth year of architecture. After graduation he worked for Neil Stanton Palmer, Architect, who was located on the hill, for four years before he became licensed as an architect. Dan went out on his own shortly thereafter in 1977 with a friend from college, Dale Malcolm, as his partner. Their first oOice was in Malaga Cove Plaza where they specialized in designing single family homes on the hill.
As they grew both in size and project types, they moved the firm to Hermosa Beach and eventually into Torrance where they have been located since 1990. Dan specialized in infill housing of all types and densities, and Dale specialized in industrial /R and D projects. He has served as a board member of the LB South Bay AIA, a member of the Urban Land Institute, and the NCARB. The firm has garnered over 70 National Design awards over the years for their work in housing. In June of 2021 they were purchased by BSB Design, a large national residential design firm with 12 oOices throughout the United States.
Dan is currently a consulting partner to BSB where he works part time. He is a member of the PV Golf Club and lives with his wife Jan in the Malaga Cove area of PVE. They have been blessed with four children and eight grandchildren who keep them young at heart. Jan and Dan have traveled to all seven continents and continue to travel extensively. Dan’s hobbies besides golf, are he still rides motorcycles, snow ski’s, water ski’s and has been working out consistently with the same crew for over 35 years.
As a new member of the Art Jury, he wants to continue to preserve the quality and architectural integrity of the community which he has lived for most of his life.
- Art Jury Term: 2 years, December 2025.
- Stuart Magruder, Architect, is the founding principal of Studio Nova A Architects, an architecture and design practice based in Redondo Beach. The Studio’s work includes residential and commercial projects, and specializes in highly sustainable contemporary architecture. The Studio has built projects all over Southern California, and has developed excellent relationships with building departments and with quality contractors who can get your project built.
