Drawing

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Drawings – Sketches

01/01/1993

Architectural Design, Sketches

Two pages with sketches of diamond shaped wall pattern proposals to be cast on the concrete base of buildings.

Designers:

James Maguire, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Content of

Project 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar 1993 to 1995

Lake Tomahawk, WI, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed, Not built

Client:

Mrs. Mary LaMar and Mr. Michael Price

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, James Maguire, David Soffa

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

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. ...

References

Photographs 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Photographs of mock-ups 01/01/1993

Project, Mock-up

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Print

Characteristics:

4"x6", Color

Two images depicting mock-ups cast in concrete of diamond shaped low-relief patterns. .