Greg and Liz's Views
Gated community design guidelines are mostly about the exterior appearances of buildings from the view of the greater community. Guidelines are intended to help maintain neighborhood values (dollars not necessarily standards). Though respecting neighbors remains important, higher in the priority of design concerns (in my opinion after many years leading various design review committees) are the opportunities within the home interiors and within the enclosed private yards...HAPPY HOME within the private domain leads to HAPPY NEIGHBORHOOD.
topic: building design
Delores's local art
I sketched some images for ... visiting lovers of Greer to enjoy. Local business establishments have been kind enough to display.....
topic: public art, object design, building design
Valley Presbyterian Church's stone walls REAL and LOCAL
...if designing in Arizona, my instincts lead to local and real material selections...
topic: building design
Phoenix Library's 10 second solstice
Every solstice in Phoenix... light dazzels the interior of the “world’s largest reading room” in a special way for just 10 blinks of the eye....
topic: building design
Phoenix's Camelback Mountain Views
Having been raised in the Town of Paradise Valley, views to Camelback Mountain have been a part of daily enjoyment most of my life.
topic: building design
Mac and Dotti's Cabin
In the early 60s, my father and mother purchased a little cabin from a couple (Mac and Dotty)for use as the Kurtz family retreat from big city (Phoenix).
topic: building design
our cat's own door
...this is my design response for my wife, and her special request for fresh air, while our pivoting front door is closed...
topic: building design
Suzie's Shoe Prints
Suzie’s Shoe Prints
During the feasibility analysis and site selection for the Ragel Family Greer Community Center, from the window of a private plane, scars from former horsback riding days were numerous and obvious.
topic: public art, building design
topic: object design, landscape design
Arizona’s World Wonder
I am fortunate to be close to one of the seven wonders of the world…THE GRAND CANYON. Having personally walked from one side of the canyon to the other, I am also in wonder at the extent of hand labor along those 25.3 miles.
topic: landscape design