Remembrance: George Sweeney was the Peninsula’s architect
While George Sweeney was studying to become an architect at USC, he worked for Walter Swindell Davis, an architect with the Palos Verdes Project, the group responsible for establishing the Palos Verdes Homes Association and Art Jury. Sweeney passed away on October 10, at age 79. Sweeney started his own practice in 1976, in a small office on the west corner of the Gardner building in Malaga Cove Plaza. His first client was a developer who commissioned him to design two homes. His quickly became the architect of choice for Peninsulans who wanted a traditional design with accurate detailing, whether in the style of a Tuscan Italian Villa, Italian Renaissance, French Normandy, Spanish Colonial, or California Ranch. Sweeney also designed his homes’ the interiors, and landscaping, which he believed were integral to his designs. Most of his works was residential, although he did redesign of Malaga Cove Plaza, adding the treelined walkway, in the early 1990s. His homes can be found throughout California, from San Francisco to San Diego. In the early 1990s Sweeney moved to the best office in the Plaza, the north end of the Casa del Portal building, which he enjoyed for more than four…
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