Fred and Marion's Cabin
Fred and Marion approached us to upgrade their quaint little cabin and add on a master suite.
topic: building design
Western Mountain Region AIA's Conference 2019
I took this picture summer of 2001 and included it in our response to a national request for qualifications to design the visitor center in Moose, Wyoming (the south entrance to Grand Teton National Park). We teamed with Jones Studio also in Arizona. Fond memory.
topic: building design
New York's 911 Memorial
Along with a world of other architects, I was invited to participate in the international design thinking of “what next” after the devastation in New York.
topic: public art, building design
Denmark's and Arizona's Cohousing
Our home, within the setting of the Arizona Sonoran Desert, has been a primary place for our Danish friends to pause during their lifetime of United States travel vacations.
topic: building design, landscape design
Arizona's Rocks and Plants
Enhancing my design background, I dedicated eight months with the Desert Botanical Garden to become certified as a desert landscape designer.
topic: landscape design
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