Correspondence

Berryessa House: Letter of thanks for contributions made to the Center in the amount of $7,004 and its intended purpose expressed

12/04/1983

Funding of Works

Sender:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

John Lighty, Mara Lighty, Sausalito, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project

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

Correspondence

Berryessa House: Cover letter forwarding a draft copy of a proposed agreement whereby the Lighty's would transfer their property to C.E.S., while stating the legal ways for donating funds and labor for the construction; review of agreement requested 19/10/1982

Project, Funding of Works

Sender:

Michael L. Meyers, Attorneys at Law - Jacobs, Sills & Coblentz, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter