Photograph

Berryessa Terraced House: Photographs of sketches

01/02/1981

Drawing

Three early sketches of elevations by Christopher Alexander.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", 4"x 4 3/4", B&W

Content of

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 ...

Contents

Photographs

References

Drawings

Berryessa Terraced House: Sketches of elevations 01/02/1981

Architectural Design, Project, Sketches, Elevation

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper, Photocopy

Size:

13"x15 3/4", 6"x8 1/2", 12"x14"

Three pages with various early sketch studies of elevations. The first page includes various Northwest and Southwest elevations of the main volume, the tower, the bedroom building and the lower volume of the living room and the kitchen. The second ...