H.H.RICHARDSON, ARCHITECT / plantation synchronicity

+PLANTATION SYNCHRONICITY+

>(richardson w/ ray family)<

+H.H.RICHARDSON, ARCHITECT+

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>the great american architect, h.h.richardson was born<

>in 1838 at st. joseph plantation, on the mississippi at<

>VACHERIE LOUISIANA+

>and i must wonder a link to the ray family as there<

>were many richardsons married w/ the john rays<

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+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+VALCOUR AIME+

>to get to the 2007 piece i wrote about the unique<

>creole planter who gave st. joseph plantation as<

+(FAMED "OAK ALLEY"+

+LOCUS NEXT DOOR)+

>a wedding present to his daughter josephine &<

>its link to his gardens and oak alley plantation<

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 >st joseph plantation has recently been opened<
+(1000 ACRES STILL UNDER+
+SUGAR PRODUCTION)+
>to touring after a long and difficult restoration<
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>the neat lawn in front of st. joseph plantation<

>does not reflect the jungle of vegetation that<

+(HEAT=SEEDS=SOIL+

+RAIN=LIGHT+(love))+

>grows with great vitality for indigo & sugar<

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>as a boy in new orleans, visiting ray grandparents<

>the st charles street car passed this h.h. richardson<

+(JOHN RAY DESIGNED the+

>(research / sam wilson)<

+LEE BASE & PEDESTAL)+

>library as it circled the r.e. lee circle monument<

>(i consider this library nola's finest building)<

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>h.h. richardson was a powerful designer of,
>impressive buildings that created a school<
+(GOOGLE: H.H. RICHARDSON+
+& ST JOSEPH PLANTATION)+
>of american architecture in massachusetts<
>(influencing louis sullivan & f.ll.wright)<

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+MY PAHLAVI  LIBRARY ROOF+
>(pyrex vaults on octet space frame)<
+/ PYREX STRUCTURAL GLASS+
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>my original design drawing for<

>the iran national library, 1977<

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>the 77 concept for the pahlavi international<

>library competition for the govt. of iran has<

+(PAHLAVI  LIBRARY+

+PUBLISHED IN A+U)+

>synchronistically, intuitively (unconscious)

>in structural glass a bit of h.h.richardson<

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+H.H. RICHARDSON BUILDINGS+

>(constructed in massachusettes)<

+ALL FROM THE LATE 19th C.+

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 >crane memorial library, h.h. richardson, architect<
+(RICHARDSON LOVED+
+MEDIEVAL POWER)+
>(romanesque rusticity & polychrome ceramics)<
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 >woburn, mass. library, h.h. richardson, architect<
+(BOOKS & SCHOLARSHIP+
+/ IMPRESSIVE CENTER)+
>architect, a brick and stone power assemblage<

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>trinity church, boston, h.h. richardson, architect<
+(ARCHIBALD STAIGG AN+
+ENGLISH SHIP CAPTAIN)+
>the milieu of our staigg grandfather as a boy<
>(ulyses s. grant lived next door after retiring)<
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+TULANE UNIVERSITY HAS MUCH+
>(h.h. richardson was a radiant<
>influence in american design)<
+RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE+
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>gibson hall tulene university, new orleans<
+(MY 1st TULANE CLASSES)+
>(first building) harrod & andry, architects<
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>tilton memorial library, tulane university<
+(MY GRUY SEMINAR 2008)+
>(by andry & bendernagel architects)<
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+SYNCHRONICITY: / CHICK+
+BENDERNAGEL WAS MY+
>(for friend patrick d. staub<
>& my sdsu s.a. jim bourke
>i dedicate this blog piece)<
+TULANE CLASSMATE, 52+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu