House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Drawings – Sketches

01/01/1993

Architectural Design, Sketches

Three pages of sketches depicting wall details and façades of alternative timber wall construction. The first page includes initial thoughts sketched on a manila folder. .

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

9"x14 1/2", 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. ...