Ashelford residence
The 2,400 square-foot, single-family Ashelford residence was designed in 1989-1990 without the use of computer-aided drafting. The program consisted of creating as much living space on the lot as the city's setback and height requirements (and my budget) would allow. It includes the following: four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room, three-car garage, workshop, lap pool, and two compact car parking spaces.

Building materials consist of balloon-framed construction, including glue-laminated structural beams upon reinforced concrete masonry unit foundations. Stucco was applied on the exterior, and drywall on the interior surfaces. All of the glazing uses black anodized aluminum mullions.

Most of the rooms have custom mitered-corner windows in an effort to, as Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright phrased it, "break the box".

Pavilion project
The Pavilion Project is envisioned as a weekend getaway in the North Cascade mountains just outside of Seattle, Washington.

The single-level dwelling consists of: three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, kitchen, dining, utility, and living room areas with a NanaWall model SL25 glass panel door system of fixed and operable panels. The folding glass panel doors allow interior and exterior spaces to blend seamlessly with the panels open or closed. The concrete roof mass is suspended from above by two steel beams.

Gunville 2 project
The Gunville 2 project is envisioned as a weekend getaway destination in the North Cascade mountains just outside of Seattle, Washington.

The two-level dwelling consists of: two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a 1/2 bathroom, laundry room, kitchenette, dining, utility, mechanical room, storage, home office, 2-car garage, and living room areas.

Hover project
The Hover project is a two-level, single-family home consisting of: the kitchen, dining, and living areas on grade protected with an earth berm and the four bedrooms, two full bathrooms, home office, and library space on the upper level. The primary materials are concrete, steel, glass, and wood.

The lower level features a band of almost continuous glazing from counter top height up to the ceiling leading to the illusion that the upper level is hovering over the lower level.

John Lautner's Harpel house
This project involved the creation of an "as designed" model of the first executed Harpel house by the organic architect John Lautner.

Hillside project
The Hillside project is a three-level, single-family home on hillside property. The house consists of: four bedrooms, three full bathrooms, three half bathrooms, living room, kitchen, pantry, dining area, home office, workshop, eight-car garage, and a patio with a swimming pool. The primary materials are concrete, steel, glass, and wood. The house is suited for large parties.

Privacy was a major design requirement for the rooms on the second floor; it is achieved through recessed glazing.

Container Bungalow project
The Container Bungalow project is a single-family vacation home. The house consists of: two bedrooms, a full bathroom, living room, kitchen, and dining area. The primary materials are two modified ISO shipping containers, concrete, steel, glass, and wood.

This project is still being developed so there are only a few renderings currently available but check back soon for updates.

Cooperative Homesteads project
The Cooperative Homesteads project is a single-family vacation home. The house consists of: four bedrooms, two full bathrooms, living room, kitchen, and dining area. The primary materials are earth-bermed rammed earth walls, glass, and wood.

This project is still being developed so there are only a few renderings currently available but check back soon for updates.

Vasquez project
The Vasquez project was intended for a car collector so that he could display up to nine cars in the living room area. The first floor features the following: a two-story living room area, dining area, kitchen, half bathroom, utility room, and a bonus room.

The second floor has two bedrooms sharing a full bathroom, a home theater, a home office, and easy access to the first floor and the roof deck.

The primary materials are reinforced, poured-in-place wall segments combined with reinforced concrete masonry units and glazing.

Cabin C project
This model is my interpretation of an unexecuted 1948 design for a one bedroom, one bathroom summer cabin by Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright. I adopted Mr. Wright's use of a 4' - 0" by 4' - 0" parallelogram building grid module. Stabilized insulated rammed earth was used for the load-bearing walls and chimney mass.

ARC II project
The ARC II project represents a single family home on a wedge-shaped lot. The house curves around an intimate private backyard space. The house includes: two bedrooms with private bathrooms, living room, kitchen, two-car garage, concrete floors, and a standing seam metal roof.

The living room includes a custom large bookcase/office workspace combination and a rotating fireplace. The kitchen includes a wall of cabinets with double ovens, refrigerator, and a microwave oven. The kitchen island includes: a sink, cook top, dishwasher, trash compactor, and a built-in dinning table assembly accommodating six persons.

Stabilized insulated rammed earth was used for the load-bearing walls.

Tower project
The Tower is intended for use on the weekends at a remote site with severe restrictions on the building footprint. The building footprint measures only 20'-0" by 20'-0" so in order to gain square footage, the answer was to go up - five levels up in this case. The current version of this project includes: two bedrooms with King size beds, three full bathrooms, storage level, office, kitchen, living area, and dining area.

Perforated ornamental concrete block with fixed glazing behind the blocks was used for the first floor as a secure means of letting light into the structure. This is a work in a very preliminary design stage so changes will be made as time allows.

Civic Park project
The park is located directly east of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles, California. My involvement in the work was divided into two sections, modeling the existing site conditions in Block 1 and modeling the proposed changes to the site in Block 1.

Baker remodel
The Baker remodel involved creating the original existing house model for Architect Robin Larzelere of Welcome Home Studio. The building site is in Orange County, California.

Wayman remodel
The Wayman remodel involved creating the original existing house and new addition models for Contract Expediter Terry Johnson. The building site is in Orange County, California.

Other links
This page includes: additional renderings, videos I have made, as well as links to the web sites of some architects who are continuing organic architectural design, rammed earth, Revit ® Architecture how-to and presentation document files, and other links of interest.