Olmsted's landscape designs were curvilinear and irregular, a significant break from the formal symmetrical patterns of the time, a practice which Kellogg saw himself continuing.
[7] Kellogg's architecture does not fit neatly into the same category as Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff, Bart Prince, or other organic architects.
The beams and radiating members remind people of the stout keels and ribs in ships designed to weather storms.
Kellogg's visible interior structure reminds observers of spinal columns that supported the weight of whales or dinosaurs.
The Hoshino Wedding Chapel in Japan is a good example, built for a client with a great sense of quality and beauty, and a desire to circumvent the restrictions of society.
"[5] Kellogg was also a community planner responsible for instituting, in San Diego, the only planned district ordinance allowing compatible neighborhood character without inhibiting the diversity of any architectural style.
The High Desert House in Joshua Tree, California, built by Kellogg for the artist Bev Doolittle, is formed to integrate with the immense boulders found on the site.
Hand-built by Kellogg, with the assistance of William Slatton, the design employs translucent arching roof panels.
[4] One of Kellogg's most celebrated works is the Hoshino Chapel in Karuizawa, Japan, which employs precast concrete arches and stone walls.