Approved Terminology Associated with Sunnylands Historic Estate
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UPDATED (8.22.2017) Approved terminology associated with Sunnylands historic estate The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands is a 200-acre historic estate (400 total acres of property - Grounds) featuring the: historic house(residence acceptable) 25,000 sq ft (designed by A. Quincy Jones) which has two guest wings: Guest Wing East includes: The Yellow Room (favored by Nancy and Ronald Reagan) The Pink Room The Game Room Guest Wing West includes: The Blue Room (favored by Barbara and George Bush) The Green Room The Peach Room Courtyard formerly the service wing Also on the historic estate are three guest cottages labeled by the Annenbergs as Cottage 1, Cottage 2, and Cottage 3 (10,000 sq ft total) see updated names below. The operations building, three greenhouses, and a maintenance building are also located on the grounds. The grounds of the historic estate include a nine-hole golf course (designed by Dick Wilson) and a number of works of art. Adjacent to the historic estate is the Center designed by Frederick Fisher and Partners. It is situated on 15 acres of land of which nine comprise the Gardens designed by The Office of James Burnett. Interiors Interior features entry; atrium; living room floor-to-ceiling glass walls Royal Sitting Room Portuguese rose marble floors Room of Memories parquet floors Room of Memories hall lava stone veneer walls secretary’s office coffered ceiling President’s Office (formerly Ambassador’s office) exposed steel columns Ambassador’s dressing room atrium skylight with monitor Annenberg Suite (formerly master bedroom) walls with painted vertical redwood paneling Leonore Annenberg’s dressing room built-in cases for Steuben glass maid’s workroom celadon colored walls (pale green reflects Asian ceramics) music room (hallway to Inwood room) Inwood Room (formerly indoor swimming pool) coat room restrooms gallery (location of Steuben glass display) dining room butler’s pantry (large; off gallery) butler’s pantry (small; off dining room) bar & ice room kitchen kitchen walk-in silver closet staff desk area laundry room (now guest services) china room (originally butler’s quarters, then china room, now retreat accommodations) Game Room Guest Wing East (Pink Room, Game Room, Yellow Room) Guest Wing West (Peach Room, Blue Room, Green Room) Exteriors Exterior features main gate (on Frank Sinatra Dr) originally painted concrete Bermuda roof tiles (historic west gate (on Tamarisk Lane) color pink – integral color “Peach Parfait” roof tiles now) entry court pyramidal roof service court concrete block walls with stucco surface security room (formerly the flower room) lava stone veneer walls historic house trellis (painted metal) patios two modern mosaics of Italian marble (made by artisans in terraces (off of historic house) Italy) lower terrace (pool area) concrete block battered (angled) retaining walls concrete pathways Mexican Column with fountain feature swimming pool Kwakiutl (subgroup of Kwakwaka’wakw) Totem Pole golf course Chinese Pavilion landscape Delos Bench Leonore’s rose garden; Walter’s cactus garden pair of Meiji cranes Courtyard - C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 are the suites (formerly 4 mausoleum within 50-acre cemetery on estate back of house bedrooms; C1 was formerly china room) Cottage Campus (formerly employee campus): Mesquite golf and cultural landscape features information to follow Cottage (formerly Cottage 1); Ocotillo Cottage (formerly Cottage 2); Palo Verde Cottage (formerly Cottage 3) Twelve (12) bedrooms total at Cottage Campus in 2012 Retreat Pavilion Sunnylands Center & Gardens Sunnylands Center & Gardens (use & not “and”) Center sculpture: Center (not Visitor Center) Alberto Giacometti, Bust of Diego on Stele III guides (not docents) Yaacov Agam, Reflecting Space staff (not employees) Yaacov Agam, 3 x 6 Double Frame Interplay visitor service officers (VSOs; not security guards) Auguste Rodin, Eternal Spring gardens (not desert gardens) Étienne Hajdu, Belle de Nuit 1958 native plants – naturally occurring in area gate in the overflow parking area Administration Building Archives Art Terminology Operations Yard painting (not picture) Operations Building work of art (not artwork) Storage Building sculpture (not statue) installation (not display) acquired (not bought or purchased) Interiors Exteriors reception desk entrance gate on Bob Hope Drive lobby (main entrance) west patio (views of Santa Rosa & San Jacinto mountains) Great Room (furnishings by Michael Smith Interiors) Great Lawn terrazzo floors (sustainable) performance circle exhibition hallway (on left as you enter thru main entrance Gardens gallery labyrinth south hallway (architectural mural) No Tech Totes theater (acoustic panels /details of Sunnylands Collection) shuttle stop (located at south hallway) north hallway (towards Studio) fire road (emergencies only/ access thru overflow parking Café area) video: Sunrise to Sunset; Timelapse – Building Sunnylands overflow parking Shop (not store) garden walk mechanical room walking paths Studio solar field restrooms geothermal wells water fountain twin reflecting pools room 118 (staff office) wildflower field (in front gardens) mechanical room Architecture Terminology Sustainability Terminology (check w/ Michaeleen midcentury modern architecture Gallagher) midcentury modernist features green vision midcentury modernism wide-flanged steel columns Annenberg Terminology Ambassador and Mrs. Annenberg Walter and Leonore Annenberg Walter and Leonore Confirmed usage French/English translation of sculpture and Paintings: Chapeau-Foret = Forest Hat Sculpture Classique = Classic Sculpture Simplicite Sinueuse = Entangled Simplicity Le Coq = The Rooster Belle de Nuit = Ipomoea alba, moonflower, morning glory (any of the various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day L’Enfant au Biberon = Baby with Bottle .