Berryessa House: Covenant between Mr. & Mrs. Lighty and Christopher Alexander for the transfer of the Lighty’s property to C.E.S.

19/10/1982

Contractual

6-page proposed agreement in draft form, between Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Lighty and the Center for Environmental Structure. The agreement deals with the way to complete certain construction stages. Matters of property ownership, property uses, obligations and responsibilities of the parties involved, its future status etc., stating all legal ways for this are laid out. Attached is a one page with a brief by Mr. Lighty on the points of the agreement.

Authors:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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 ...

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Correspondence

Berryessa House: Cover letter forwarding a draft copy of a proposed agreement whereby the Lighty's would transfer their property to C.E.S., while stating the legal ways for donating funds and labor for the construction; review of agreement requested 19/10/1982

Project, Funding of Works

Sender:

Michael L. Meyers, Attorneys at Law - Jacobs, Sills & Coblentz, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Reports

Berryessa House: Agreement for the Lighty House work engagement with Center for Environmental Structure 01/02/1981

Project, Contractual, Design Services Agreement

Authors:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

8-page signed design agreement between John and Merilee Lighty and Christopher Alexander for designing their approx. 1,500 square feet house and supervising for its frame construction. The construction contract forms part of this agreement.