Berryessa Terraced House: Stone retaining wall – Photographs of the project during construction

01/09/1987

Works in Progress

Two images of the stone retaining wall, built with the stones retrieved from the site after the excavation, which formed the edge of the house veranda, extending all along the living room and kitchen volume of the house, and one image of the veranda, still in progress.

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

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Project

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$72,788

Project stages:

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

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...

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