Fwd: NEW & OLD READER LOGISTICS> professional oeuvre vs research> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE+ "lost secrets of maya" new book ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TWO >URBAN SITE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ URBAN SITE DESIGNS w/ curves> differs w/ free form biomorphics ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 PHOTOS=URBAN LANGUAGE ! controlled curves like silver ship

                         +GRATITUDE+

kind letter from tom davis about<

his ongoing esoteric research<

                    +VISIONARY SEERS+

tom has already compiled a very<

                       +VITAL REVIEW+

of important esoteric persona<

               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            (>i show one of my projects<

tonight tom likes best<)

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                        +GRATITUDE+

many kind international architects<

are contacting me on facebook<

                 (+PLEASE WRITE C/O+
                     +EMAIL or BLOG+)

but i cannot do facebook and<

research for this blog too<

                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                     +SUBJECT FOCUS+

reviewing this life oeuvre plus a<

variety of ongoing research<

                          +ESOTERIC+

manifold dimensional<

technical/historical<

                        ^^^^^^^^^^

          +EXCITING RESEARCH IN MAYA+

conical/tensile<

             +ENGINEERING IS COMING+
                 (>"the lost secrets of<

maya technology"<)  

                         ^^^^^^^^^

                 +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+

for many new readers, two urban<

                       (+SILVER SHIP+
                         +LANGUAGE+)

sited projects review my use of<

controlled curve urban design<

                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #1)#2)   +CHARLES SANFORD+          
        #3)        +RESIDENCE 1981+
                          ^^^^^^^^^

lamella vault roof structure design<

on narrow urban site provides<

                   +URBAN LANGUAGE+

ability for concept to meld<

into the urban fabric<

                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
            +DOMES & FREE FORMS ARE+

best in country locus<

             +DIFFICULT W/ URBAN SITES
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

frank lloyd wright used to say<

in regard to site location<

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              +DRIVE INTO THE COUNTRY+
                    +AND KEEP DRIVING+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^

   #4)#5)       +RESTAURANT 1973+

conversion of a gas station into a<

urban corner lot restaurant with<

                +NEGATIVE ION RADIANT+
                   +BIOTRONIC ENERGY+

watrfall feature... during the<

seventies gas limitation<

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            +COLOR & WATER FALL OVER+
             +SKYLIGHTS INTO TROUGHS+

radiant passivity<

                +OFFER SOUND & LIGHT+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^  
           (>i later used this effect in a<

yogurt shop built for<

larry uruttia<)

                            ^^^^^^

dave fobes and chris jung were<

exellent craftsmen on that<

                       +R A D I A N T+

yogurt shop which i shall<

feature sometime soon<

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                        +DEDICATION+

i dedicate the gas station design<

to gerald hoshi who assisted<

                       (+CHARLOTTE'S+
                            +BROTHER+)

me on that project and<

died much too young<

                       ^^^^^^^^^^^

postscript<

            +GERALD LIVED IN BERKELEY+

one must wonder if<

            +HE KNEW WUN CHOK BONG+
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                gene ray, lajolla, california

eugene ray, mfa, architect<

professor emeritus. sdsu<