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Berryessa House: Sketches
01/02/1981
Architectural Design,
Sketches,
Elevation
Three pages with various early sketch studies of elevations.
Drawing:
1) The four volumes of the house - the main volume at the bottom, the studio, the bedroom with library and the tower
2) Main volume of the house, viewed from below
3) The kitchen - left part of the main volume
Designers:
Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Medium:
Original on Tracing Paper, Photocopy
Size:
13"x15 3/4", 6"x8 1/2", 12"x14"
Content of
Project
1 Items
House for John and Mara Lighty
1981 to 1989
2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.
Residential, Realized, Construction completed in Aug-1989
Client:
Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty
C.E.S. staff:
Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner
Contractor:
Center for Environmetal Structure
Project cost:
$72,788
Project stages:
Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Use of full scale mock-ups Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative constructi
Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...
References
Photographs
1 Items
Berryessa House: Photographs of sketches
01/02/1981
Project, Drawing
Photographer:
Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Source:
Print, Negative
Characteristics:
8 1/2"x11", 4"x 4 3/4", B&W
Digitized
Three early sketches of elevations by Christopher Alexander, depicting the volumes of the house.
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