GIFT for THNOC-NEW ORLEANS six drawings/ five projects begin my gift on OCTOBER 26th 2012 ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ORIGINAL DRAWINGS GO BACK TO MY NOLA LOUISIANA ROOTS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the oeuvre of a young architect in st. tammany parish louisiana ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IN MEMORY OF MY PATRONS john lawrence & robert heck of TULANE & LOUISIANA STATE U.

                      +GIFT TO THNOC+
      >the historic new orleans collection<
            +NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA+
                         +10-26-2012+
                             ^^^^^^
            +ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS+
               >eugene ray mfa architect<
               >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                 (professor tulane and lsu)
                  +ORIGINAL DRAWINGS+
                     +RENDERINGS AND+
                      +LITHO NEGATIVES
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
             >dozens of original drawings<
                          >for many<
                   +RADIANT PROJECTS+
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
              >go back to my roots in the<
                     +NOLA VIEUX CARRE+
      >home of my ray/degruy and cavaroc<
           >ancestors, where i worked and<
                  +BUILT THREE PROJECTS+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            >publication is the goal of our<
                       +PAPER-VIDEO+
                        +ELECTRONIC+
           >archival effort and we reserve<
                >this right for dave fobes<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              +IN COLLABORATION WITH+
                    >sdsu/thnoc and lsu<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
             >who shall hold and conserve<
                        (+EXHIBITIONS+)
                >the original documenta<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
              
                     +DOCUMENTATION+
           >dave fobes has photographed<
            >all of these drawings for the<
                       +SDSU ARCHIVE+
                >mr robert ray in charge<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                        +SIX PHOTOS+
                >five projects from decade<
                            +1960-1970+
              >new orleans and covington<
                    >st. tammany parish<
                          ^^^^^^^^^

        #1)        +RADIANT STUDIO+
                >prismacolor on blueline<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
        >first design for the ray residence<
                 +SANSOUCI FOREST+
             >near the bogue falaya river<
                    >st tammany parish<
                              +1960+
                   >drawn in covington<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^

        #2)   +PERRY RESIDENCE+
             >graphite on vellum original<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                +PATIO LIVING ROOM+
         >original concept perspective for<
         >my first african-american client<
                            +1969+
               >(drawn in new orleans)<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^

         #3)#4)     +HOLY CROSS+
                            +PAVILION+
                    >graphite on vellum<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
          >the second design for a shelter<
             >at holy cross highschool in<
                       +NEW ORLEANS+
                              +1967+
              >for my college friend chris<
                   >friedrichs landscape<
                        >architect, nola< 
                             ^^^^^^^

       #5)       +DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC+    
                 >prismacolor on blueline<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            >perspective rendering for the<
              >covington diagnostic clinic<
                               +1959+
                >post and beam addition<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    

       #6)        +BOOTHE RESIDENCE+
              >graphite on vellum original<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            >this residence along with the<
                            +1959-1960+
              >clinic addition are my first<
                       +CONSTRUCTED+
                   >buildings in covington<
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^
            +ACTING AS BUILDER AS WELL+
                  +AS ARCHITECT SAVED+
                    +CLIENTS MANY $$$+
                           ^^^^^^^^^^
               (>the best was yet to come<
                  >in those crucial years<)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
       +THIS WORK EARNED EXHIBITIONS+
                >oregon state/lsu/tulane<
                     >ultimately at sdsu<
         +& 1965 LSU TEACHING POSITION+
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           >tulane/sdsu teaching positions<
               +FOLLOWED IN 1967-1969+
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

              +METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
                >produced concurrently<
                   +ARE VITAL TO THIS+
                           ^^^^^^^^^^

                 gene ray, lajolla, california

               >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^