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Sullivan House
1990 to 1994House reconstruction design and construction management. Concrete, redwood, fruitwood, plaster, terrazzo tiled floors and hand made metal detailed interiors.
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Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor
1995
850 hand-made tiles with flower, cast in blue and white terrazzo, ground and polished for the terrace floor; mockups and experimentation for developing the flower mold and the way of making them were developed in a construction course, and the ...
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Sullivan House: Fireplace nook details
1995
A wood-paneled fireplace nook, where upholstery is built into the hardwood arms of the structure.
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Sullivan House: Craftsman/Subcontractor Agreements
24/04/1991
Two subcontracts between Center for Environmental Structure and 1) Randy Schmidt for Entrance #2, providing labor and materials to install the front stoop extension, the brick path to sidewalk etc., as described in detail; 2) David Soffa for Entrance #3, ...
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Sullivan House: Craftsman/Subcontractor Agreement
18/06/1991
Two subcontracts between Center for Environmental Structure and Nils Smith for 1) Entrance #4 demolition works, including a supportive structure, and subsequent removing of debris and cleaning; 2) Entrance #5 steel and timber framing works, including the removing of existing ...
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Sullivan House: Craftsman/Subcontractor Agreement
25/07/1991
Three subcontracts between Center for Environmental Structure and Nils Smith for 1) Laundry #1 water supply, plumbing and gas installations, as well as drywall works; 2) Laundry #2 drywall and ceiling works as well as minor mechanical installations; 3) Entrance ...
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The Sullivan House: Photographs of building interior
01/01/1996
View of the living room area with the red sofa.
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The Sullivan House: Photographs of building interior
01/01/1996
View of the living room area with the red sofa, while the wind is blowing.
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The Sullivan House: Photographs of building interior
01/01/1996
View of the dining room opening onto an outdoor terrace.
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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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site
Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...
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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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Re: New Projects to Photograph: List of five projects with special aspects worth photographing and suggested list of possible magazines for publishing them individually or as group.
16/02/1994
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Forwarding the contact information of clients Anderson, Upham and Sullivan together with that of Keneth Baker of the San Francisco Chronicle.
24/02/1994
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Request for confirmation regarding the quantities of images from various projects selected by Mark Darley for duplication. Total and partial costs are analyzed
04/06/1996
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor; wooden and rubber molds
01/01/1995
Two wooden tile molds, one with a low relief pattern, another with a carved pattern, and a third silicon mold. All three were used for casting the 800 blue and white terrazzo tiles used for the terrace floor.
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor; paper mockup
01/01/1995
A full-sale paper mockup of the terrazzo pattern, drawn free-hand in black-ink, on tracing paper .
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor; tile mockup
01/01/1995
A final-stage test of one terrazzo tile, used as a sample for the final reproduction of 800 more tiles, which composed the terrace terrazzo floor.
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor for the house terrace - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1995
Four photographs of the floor tiles mock-ups and experiments.
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor for the house terrace - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1995
Nine photographs giving a general overview of the floor tiles making sequence. This was the process followed for the production of the tiles by a group of students, under the tutelage of a project supervisor.
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor for the house terrace - Photographs
01/01/1996
Photograph of the finished terrace floor with terrazzo tilework.
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