Article

New American Craftsman House

01/04/1996

Article

Authors:

Kenneth Baker

Published in:

American Home Style and Gardening, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 42-47

Publisher:

Gruner+Jahr USA Publishing, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Contents

Correspondence

"New American Craftsman House" artcle: Letter noting there are two attached copies of the American Home Style & Gardening magazine featuring Christopher Alexander's work on the Upham House 23/02/1996

Article Publication, Notification

Sender:

Kieran Juska, American Home Style & Gardening, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

References

Projects

House for Chris Upham and Stephanie Upham 1989 to 1994

37 Poppy Lane, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1994

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher and Stephanie Upham

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Carl Lindberg, Gary Black, James Maguire

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$439,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions

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 ...