VERTICAL CITY 5 – LET IT BE 1967
VERTICAL CITY DETROIT RISING OUT OF THE RESTORED LANDSCAPE, THE CULMINATION OF THE VERTICAL CITY STUDY. WHAT I SAW AS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER OTHERS IGNORED OR PROJECTED AS FANTASY. NOW MORE THAN EVER I...
View ArticleZaha Hadid Exhibit @ Sci-Arc Sham
reinventing the world with confusion. there is a contemporary architect that produces some designs that i respect, she is zaha hadid. i first met her at a rick mather party in london around 1980. peter...
View ArticleBIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE 1 – LAUNCHING PAD
THE VERTICAL CITY WAS DORMANT BUT NOT DEAD, IN 1969 I HAD AN OFFICE IN VENICE CALIFORNIA, WHERE I WAS DESIGNING APARTMENTS. VENICE CALIFORNIA WAS THE DREAM OF ABBOT KINNEY, A TOBACCO TYCOON THAT CAME...
View ArticleBIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE 2
LETTERHEAD 1971 THE BIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE WAS FOR LA, BUT MEANT AS A PROTOTYPE TO TRANSFORM OTHER CITIES. CITIES ARE THE HIGH DENSITY POINTS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE LIVE, AND FOR SOME STANGE...
View ArticleBIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE 3 – SYSTEM DESIGN
BB BUILDING MACHINE 1972 I DESIGN WITH SYSTEMS, YOU NEED THE INTEGRATE WHOLE TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME. NATURE UNDERSTANDS THAT. THE OVERLAYING SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN HAND FROM BONES TO...
View ArticleNICARAGUA SMOKE
ometepe nicaragua, an island in lake nicaragua, constant eruption wife 3, christine lugo baca on the main drag of ometepe, no traffic jams here. all the buildings a different color, how wonderful. who...
View ArticleGLEN PAULSEN FADES AWAY
ROEPER SCHOOL, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MICHIGAN, GLEN PAULSEN AND ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS 1965 CONSTRUCTION OF DOME, ONE OF MANY ( THIS WAS THE PROCESS TO BUILD, NOT POSITIVE THIS IS THE SCHOOL) I VISITED THE...
View ArticleBIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE 4 – THE THRILL OF IT ALL
TO SELL THE BIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE REQUIRED PERFECTING MY LIMITED DRAWING SKILLS. I THOUGH THAT WHEN INTELLIGENTLY PRESENTED WITH FUNCTIONS AND WOW VISUALS, THE BB WOULD BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. TALK...
View ArticleBIG TIME SCI-ARC 40TH ANNIVERSARY, APRIL 20 2013
THERE WAS A 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER AT SCI-ARC RECENTLY. RAY AND SHELLY KAPPE CONTACTING ME IN NICARAGUA WITH AN INVITATION TO SIT AT THE FOUNDERS TABLE. NO MINOR GIFT AT $1000 A SEAT. ALL...
View ArticleBIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE 5 – FLYING HOUSE
INTERIOR OF FLYING HOUSE LOOKING AT INFINITY AND A NEIGHBORS HAPPENING IN THEIR FLYING HOUSE. 1976 THE HOUSE IS THOUGHT OF AS A PERSONAL KINGDOM. THIS IS WHERE ANYBODY WITH THE LEAST BIT OF MONEY...
View ArticleRICK MATHER DONE IN
RICK MATHER, ARCHITECT DIED APRIL 20TH , 2013. THE DEATH THE RESULT OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE 40 YEARS AGO THAT TURNED ACTIVE RECENTLY AND DID HIM IN. virginia museum of fine arts, usa READING THE...
View ArticleBIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE 6 – PITCHING THE DREAM
the biomorphic biosphere poster 1972, with head shot drawn by friend glen vippu, the way i was IN 1972 I PUT TOGETHER A POSTER 21″ X42″ OF THE BIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE , PUT IT IN A TUBE, AND SENT IT OUT …...
View ArticleRestoring a monument
horatio west court apartments, irving gill architect 1919 four detached houses with two apartments over garages AT THE BEGINNING OF 1973, I REDISCOVERED IRVING GILLS HORATIO WEST COURT APARTMENT...
View ArticleGREEN MACHINE CONCEPT – 1
the big idea happening at a small scale AFTER 12 YEARS OF PROMOTING THE BIOMORPHIC BIOSPHERE WITHOUT ANY PEOPLE RUNNING DOWN THE ISLE AND THROWING THEMSELVES ON THE STAGE BEGGING TO DEVELOP THE...
View ArticleGREEN MACHINE 2 – FEASIBILITY ADVENTURE
1980 the green machine as seen traveling west to the pacific ocean on venice blvd. i raised the ocean a bit to see it, the site is still open, so why not build it. needed more than ever these days. …...
View ArticleGREEN MACHINE 3 – WHY NOT NOW?
paris biennale 1984 green machine presentation board WHAT HAPPENED? A PROJECT THAT WAS UPBEAT IN NATURE, HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND POLITICAL BACKING. WHAT WENT WRONG? THE TIMES CHANGED. THE...
View ArticleWRAP
zebras hanging out, ready to blast off away from the tiger with a camouflage coat that looks like grass . the zebra stripes have proven to drive flies away. the smaller and closer the stripes the more...
View ArticleRECOVERY ROOM
THE SCINTILLATING FLOOR WRAPPING UP THE WALLS. IN THE BEGINNING IN 1976 THERE WAS A VISION OF DR. DAVID LEVINE FOR A RECOVERY ROOM ON THE CORNER OF LA CIENGA BLVD. NEAR THE SANTA MONICA FREEWAY IN L.A....
View ArticleBYE BYE FOUNTAIN
colon fountain, managua nicaragua, 2004 glen howard small and roger lewites architects night view in the still of the night on july 21 2013 the fountain was torn down. no prior notice given. the...
View ArticleWHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?
IN THE YEAR 2005, MANAGUA NICARAGUA GOT A GEM , THE CONCHA ACUSTICA, IT GOT RAVE REVIEWS. THE OPENING NIGHT AUDIENCE OF 150,000, LISTENED TO WORLD CLASS LATIN MUSICIANS PERFORM. NICARAGUA HAD A...
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