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House for Daniel Potash and Maureen McCabe
1986 to 1988Complete reconstruction of existing house, with emphasis on the house kitchen. Hand painted interiors, hand-plaster work, furniture, and garden terraces; benches, seats, table, fireplace and floor of kitchen --all built and painted by C.E.S. Total construction 2,500 square feet.
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Potash-McCabe House: Red, yellow and green polished terrazzo floor with squares and stars
1986
Red, Yellow and Green Polished Terrazzo Floor with Squares and Stars; with styrofoam lost form technique.
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Potash-McCabe House: Hand-painted farm-house kitchen
1987
Hand-painted walls and built-in furniture in pale sea green, light transparent yellow, pale blackish red, very pale blue, and light yellowish green. Varnished gouache applied on wood surfaces prepared with gesso.
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Potash House: Note indicating a check was enclosed for labor and house design
27/05/1986
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Potash House: Note indicating two checks being enclosed, for architectural and design fees for new kitchen, the living room beyond the kitchen and the laundry room
01/01/1986
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Potash House: Letter of reference for the Center for Environmental Structure as construction firm, regarding the construction of the house for John and Marilee Lighty; addressed to a bank entity. Describing the all-positive experience with the work performed for the addition to their house
23/01/1987
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Potash House: Design Agreement
26/02/1986
6-page signed design agreement between Mr. Daniel Potash, Ms. Maureen McCabe and the Center for Environmental Structure for remodeling and building additions to an existing house. Total area to be about 1200 square feet to be performed in three phases ...
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Potash House: Construction Contract for renovation to the home of Daniel Potash and Maureen McCabe
04/07/1987
7-page signed construction contract between Mr. Daniel Potash & Mrs. Maureen McCabe and the Center for Environmental Structure, for the purpose of renovation of their home. A list of nine construction operations with costs are listed, and later described in ...
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Potash House: Amendment to Contract dated 04-Jul-1987 between Daniel Potash and Center for Environmental Structure
22/10/1987
Amendment for who will be paid for the stucco installation portion of the contract, in lien of payment to the Center for Environmental Structure. Includes copies of the invoice by the Nichelini Plastering Inc. and of a check with partial ...
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Potash House: Update on Construction Items 23-Mar-1987
23/03/1987
Six varying construction items including credits and additional costs associated to each listed item. Workers compensation insurance increase of costs also mentioned.
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Potash House: San Anselmo Notes
11/01/1988
3-page punch list with items that were discussed on a call with Chester, that require subsequent attention.
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House for Dan Potash and Maureen McCabe: Photographs of building interior
01/06/1987
Six views of the hand-painted kitchen, two general views and the rest focusing on details .
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House for Dan Potash and Maureen McCabe: Photographs of building interior
01/06/1987
Four views of the hand-painted kitchen, one focusing on the kitchen table and the others on different corners of the large room.
References
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Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process
The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...
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Color and Inner Light: The Eleven Color Properties
Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...
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Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding
Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...
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Toward a Personal Workplace: Portfolio of Interiors and a New System of Office Furniture
15/09/1987
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A Renegade Architect Designs for 'Every Man' - A Rebel who Makes Every Client an Architect
29/06/1989
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The Heart of the House: Architect Christopher Alexander's Magic Kitchen
01/09/1989
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Potash-McCabe House: Red, Yellow and Green Polished Terrazzo Floor with Squares and Stars - Photographs
01/06/1986
Two photographs of the finished terrazzo floor in the kitchen.
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Potash-McCabe House: Red, Yellow and Green Polished Terrazzo Floor with Squares and Stars - Photographs
01/06/1986
Two photographs of the finished terrazzo floor in the kitchen.
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Potash-McCabe House: Hand-painted Farm-house Kitchen - Photographs of mock-up
01/06/1987
Three photographs from the mock-ups prepared for testing colors until they reached their right balance and harmony, before the kitchen was painted.
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