Correspondence

Potash House: Re: Potash Residence. Letter from Center for Environmental Structure’s attorney addressing all current and ungrounded claims by the clients and establishing the exact and real conditions under which the construction proceeded. Going in length about the unstable working conditions experienced by the crew, because of the repeatedly changing decisions taken by the clients throughout the construction process. In closing, the letter asks for a non-litigious resolution to the outstanding issues

04/01/1989

Legal Issue, Outstanding Issues

Sender:

Robert D. Links, Attorneys at Law - Dobbs, Berger, Molinari, Casalnuovo, Vannelli & Nadel, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Terry Carlson Esq., San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project

House for Daniel Potash and Maureen McCabe 1986 to 1988

1341 Butterfield Road, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1988

Client:

Mr. Daniel Potash and Ms. Maureen McCabe

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Chester Cervellino, Mark Brinner, Stephen Duff, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$150,000

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

Complete reconstruction of existing house, with emphasis on the house kitchen. Hand painted interiors, hand-plaster work, furniture, and garden terraces; benches, seats, table, fireplace and floor of kitchen --all built and painted by C.E.S. Total construction 2,500 square feet.

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