08 Mar Drawings
Drawings are more refined versions of sketches and often resemble paintings. The spark of recognition in a sketch is explored through drawings....
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08 Mar Sketches
Joe has been keeping a notebook for sketches and notes since 1989 resulting in over 60 notebooks to date. Every project starts with a sketch and small sample are shown here....
08 Mar Art in Space
Art has proven to be a way to explore ideas of space, color and form. The examples shown here were either developed just for the sake of the search or were developed for specific projects from our architectural practice....
08 Mar Gate
This temporary structure served as a gateway into a festival in Houston, Texas. It was dismantled and resituated for a time at Rice University. (with Greg Snyder)...
08 Mar Entry Panel
Using wood, gypsum-board and steel a panel was constructed to clearly mark the entrance to an exhibition at Rice University of Le Corbusier drawings from the Nivola Collection. Announcements for the exhibition were mounted on the panel as a preview to the drawings beyond. (with...
08 Mar Tomb
This project was developed while assigning the design exercise to design students. The tomb, half-buried itself, is fitted with a linear planted edge along the top. Small slots at the canted walls allow for a view out from within and remind the visitor of the...
08 Mar Homage to Aaron Copland
This fountain was developed for a competition at a music school. The concrete slab tilt-construction was planned to be covered in mosaic tile. Water from a source at the top was to flow over the forms and into a basin below. The basin edge was...
08 Mar Monument
This proposal would have placed obsolete mechanisms from a newspaper plant on the new site of a newspaper distribution facility. The mechanisms – painted, uplighted and resituated – would serve as reminders of past work methods and markers of a place in an otherwise generic...
08 Mar Garden Window
The painting made for an outside fence includes a small mirror and a found object in the form of a bird. The mirror reflects light and provides depth along with the perspective lines of the painting while the bird casts constantly shifting shadows....
08 Mar Stack
Concrete cylinders, salvaged from a construction site, were used for this dry-stack installation. The brushed concrete tops, score marks and chalk lines contrast with the smooth cuts at the cylinder sides where the aggregate is revealed. The changing position of the sun reveals the subtle...
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