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Kudos to the Planning Department
I attended the 2013 Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Business Fair on March 13th. I must say that amongst all the booths, the most...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Mar 10, 20132 min read
Book Haven Bookstore
The photograph, taken by Katherine Herrera in black and white, features the crystalline stillness of the books arrayed on their shelves...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Mar 6, 20131 min read
Less is More House
LESS IS MORE Bold, vibrant colors contrast with natural materials – exposed timbers, hardwood floors – in this home to create a sense of...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Feb 23, 20132 min read
Designing Felton Veterinary Hospital
As I recall, one of the first questions I asked owner Robert Atton in the pre-design interviews preparatory to designing the Felton...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Feb 17, 20131 min read
The Modern Strawbale House: Machine for Sustainability
In January 2004 we were invited by Depth Magazine to contribute an article about sustainable architecture. I decided to write an...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Feb 11, 20134 min read
A Sculpture in the Form of a Garden Aspiring to be Art: Robert Irwin, Richard Meier, and the Getty C
Yet there is more to this assemblage than meets the eye, for in fact this seemingly seamless whole came about through a remarkable...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Feb 1, 20132 min read
Buckminster Fuller: Roam Home to a Dome
The inventor and architect R. Buckminster Fuller was the subject of a recent NPR (National Public Radio) article. That interview centered...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Jan 28, 20131 min read
Ada Louise Huxtable Architectural Critic 1921-2013
“As an architectural historian, I have not bought into anyone’s belief systems, including modernism’s most admirable and often faulty...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Jan 23, 20131 min read
How Important is Architecture in Homeopathy?
I recently posted an article celebrating the Lovell Beach House designed by architect Rudolph Schindler. The home is interesting from an...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Jan 21, 20133 min read
A Sustainable Alternative To Polystyrene Underslab Insulation
Subgrade insulation types sort into two broad categories, organic and inorganic materials. Organic (carbon-based) options are primarily...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Jan 20, 20132 min read
Aboard Febus in the West Indies: Thoughts about McKibben’s classic, “The End of Nature&#
Dear Reader: I wrote this article as my editorial contribution while as Executive Editor of the CASBA Journal way back in 2004. But the...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Jan 13, 20131 min read
The Palace of Flowing Waters
The Waterworks Building, most properly known as The Palace of Flowing Waters (Palacio de Aguas Corrientes) is described as an Buenos...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Jan 11, 20132 min read
The Temple of Hercules
At the time I seem to recall the guidebooks identifying the little monument as “The Temple of Vesta”. As it turns out, the tempietto is...
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Jan 3, 20131 min read
About Dueck Residence
Dueck Residence (Santa Cruz County, CA, 2004-2006) was designed in collaboration with the owners as a dialogue between our own era and...
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Jan 2, 20131 min read
Architecture of the Wynwood Art District
During the holiday break while in south Florida my wife and I made a very deliberate visit to the Wynwood Art District neighborhood of...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Dec 21, 20121 min read
Images of the Walt Disney Concert Hall
In 2009 my own true love (and at that time, future wife) and I had the opportunity to visit the Disney Center in Los Angeles. We were...
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Vistacraft Engineers
Dec 14, 20122 min read
Make No Small Plans
Daniel Hudson Burnham, FAIA (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912). It is to Burnham that we owe the famous aphorism, “make no small plans....
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Dec 2, 20122 min read
Architects are Opportunity-creators
Among the primary job descriptions of an architect is that of problem-solver. By that, what we mean to say is that we are...
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Nov 24, 20122 min read
Lovell Beach House: Architectural Masterwork
During the Thanksgiving break, between visits with our families in Los Angeles, my wife and I took the opportunity to visit Lovell Beach...
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Nov 11, 20122 min read
Why Go LEED?
LEED certified buildings offer specific advantages for those who wish to conserve resources. These include: -Leading the transformation...
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