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House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Photographs of layout process on the land

01/09/1994

Layout Process on Site

Nine images depict the staked-out area of the full building length, the central building and two structural column locations; two collage and two single images of a more worked out version.

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Project 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar 1993 to 1995

Lake Tomahawk, WI, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed , Not built

Vacation house overlooking Tomahawk Lake, on a site with pronounced slop and existing cottage. The wish of the client, to preserve part of the cottage, was seriously considered and it was incorporated successfully into the design of the new house. ...

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Scientific Research 1 Items

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 ...

Correspondence 3 Items

Drawings 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Preliminary Design Drawings - Building layout on site 30/08/1994

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Layout Process

CA’s Versions 30-Aug-1994 & 17-Sep-1994 is noted on the drawings. Christopher Alexander’s revised proposal of the building layout staked on site, overlaid with thick continuous line above the initial layout.