Berryessa House: Multicolored blue diamond shaped tiles to be embedded into the foundation concrete perimeter wall – Photographs

01/06/1981

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Three images of thirty two-tiles glazed and fired in the C.E.S. tile workshop, shown in different combinations, before they were attached to the formwork of the foundation perimeter wall, to be embedded on the face of the concrete.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Berryessa Terraced House: Multicolored blue diamond shaped tiles 1981

Work of Art for Project, Hand-glazed Tilework

Thirty five diamond shaped porcelain tile fragments; hand drawn and painted, set into the foundation perimeter wall of the main house volume.

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Scientific Research 1 Items

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

Projects 1 Items

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

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 ...