The Upham House: Colored terrazzo kitchen floor – Photographs of drawings

Terrazzo floor for the house kitchen, in red, yellow and green triangles; full size painted mockups were made to check the colors in position.

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 ...

Two-story family house, with 2,400 square feet floor area, designed with the participation of the clients. The construction of a massive 15 high foot high retaining wall and sewer reconstruction caused by unusual hill condition added $96,000 to the house ...

Photograph of the finished terrazzo floor.

Photograph of the colored mock-up, tested on the real site.

Photograph of the Styrofoam forms, set in place, before the first pour of the yellow pigment terrazzo mix.