+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>began as a desire to build affordable<
>healthy and beautiful structures<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TWELVE DESIGNS+
>over five years<
+DID EARN CREDIT+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+DEDICATION+
>to my friends in louisiana who knew me in the<
+1960s DECADE+
>when i was possessed with a vision to build<
+PLEASE FORGIVE+
>my human frailty and lack of time to be a<
+BETTER FRIEND+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>i live with daily sorrow for my errors<
>and look back with wonder and<
+TREPIDATION+
>concern for my radiant family<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
>designs sometimes not built and<
+UNPUBLISHED+
>in some cases never paid for<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ARCHITECTURE AS ART+
>total devotion<
+WAS A VERY DIFFICULT+
>(without subsidy)<
+ROW TO HOE+
^^^^^^^^^^^
>but for me it was the only<
+WAY TO GO+
>i had a vision as only<
>a dedicated agent
^^^^^^^^^^
+PORTE COCHERE+
>sculptural hollow stressed skin plywood<
>cover for the entry to a bowling alley<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+HAND DRAWINGS+
>are all blueline prints made w/ a<
>process i developed using<
>acetate negatives<
^^^^^^^^^^^
+WEEKEND CABIN+
>this one may have been constructed<
>as may others where i gave designs<
+EASILY+
>without providing drawings for<
>construction as i usually did<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MONTE VEDRA+
>sales building for a new community<
>i designed outside huntsville, ala<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ALL DRAWINGS+
+OF MY HAND+
>the lower drawing is a construction<
>longitudinal section drawing<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+CEMETARY ENTRANCE+
>laminated wood structure<
>used also in a chapel<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SHOPS & OFFICES+
>perspective for a large shopping center<
>with upper end shops and offices<
>landscaped w/ reflection pools<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>roof structure of prefabricated plywood<
+CELL UNITS+
>box units bolted together for strength<
>deep blue long life plastic finish<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OVERVIEW+
>the best of my work was built<
>but one feels sorrow for<
+YOUTHFUL+
>structures unrealised<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+CALIFORNIA WORK+
>mature effort<
+MORE PROFOUND+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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