Go BackBerryessa House: Preparation for shooting the gunite – Construction of walls – Photographs
01/01/1988Seven images depict the various construction activities to be accomplished on the external surface of the walls, to prepare them for the shooting of the gunite, being the finishing material of all exterior walls.
Photograph:
- 1) Completing stud framing & placing thermal insulation in the walls of the bedroom & library volume
- 2) Covering the livingroom exterior wall surfaces with waterproofing & building paper and fastening wire mesh and rebars
- 3) Closer view of the previous image with mock-ups of the roof parapet
- 4) Setting up the guides for the roof parapet, supported by a wooden structure on the roof
- 5) The bedroom and library volume almost ready for the shooting of gunite
- 6) Closer view revealing details of construction; window openings are now covered
- 7) Detail of the roof parapet guides
References
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Berryessa House: Foundation concrete works - Photographs
10/02/1982
Four images of the concrete slabs and retaining walls after the formwork had been removed. In some of them the blue tiles embedded in the perimeter slab beam can be discerned.
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Berryessa House: Timber framing detail - Photographs
01/01/1988
Two images of connections between 6″x6″ Douglas fir posts and 6″x8″ Douglas fir main beams and 4″x6″ secondary beams through shaped doweled corbels.
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Berryessa House: Deciding on spacing and size of windows - Photographs
01/01/1988
Five images of mock-ups for the living room windows for shaping their details in relationship to each other and in relation to the space between them. The first depicts the alcove windows, the next two the windows towards the veranda ...
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