SANSOUCI FOREST 1960 / derek & our first studio home

+DEREK OUR SON ARRIVED 1959+

>(the architectural exam passed<

> /we moved to covington and<

>began our architecture work)<

+SAME YEAR AS OUR LICENCE+ !

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>next year we bought a half acre in the<

>sansouci forest and built our #1 home<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>a glazed pavilion in a >tropic jungle<
>all for a grand sum of 15,000 dollars<
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+I HAD ALREADY BUILT QUITE+
+A FEW STRUCTURES IN THE+
>(my first, churches in 1953<
>for the e. la. state hospital)<
+>BATON ROUGE< REGION+
+for OTHER ARCH. OFFICES+
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 >marian olsen ray my first wife, here w/ derek<
>was my inspiration as i built my first work as<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ MARIAN OLSEN RAY)+
>a licensed architect in the st tammany parish<
+(FRANCOIS VERLOIN de GRUY)+
>where my great great grandfather had built<
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 >the great american architects frank lloyd<
>wright & bruce goff were an inspiration<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+/ FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT)+
>for me in designing architecture as >art<
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 >in those first years building in covington i<
>found out that bruce goff had designed a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>>/ BRUCE GOFF)+
>house on the gulf coast. i drove over and<
>bob faust of goff's office was welcoming<
>(bruce goff became my first sdsu guest)<
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>by 1965 i had built enough work in covington<
>to earn an invitation to teach at lsu and at that<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ BIOMORPHIC DESIGN)+
>time i designed a biomorphic office structure<
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 >biomorphic structure design led to biotronic<
>energy design later in california where i was<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+/ BIOTRONIC CONCEPTS)+
>invited to teach at sdsu because of my work<
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>it was major donald kehoe who headed NICAP<
>who wrote some excellent UFO books & who<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>>>>>>>>/ NICAP)+
>gave strength to my >cosmic vision inspiration<
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 >i have written that the UFO craft i saw over<
>baton rouge in 1947 was a huge mothership<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ MOTHERSHIP UFO)+
>craft that influenced my life & architecture<
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 >in 1977 i designed for a >steep site in lajolla<
>california the #2 studio-home for our family<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>>>/ SILVER SHIP)+
>(that now comprised three children) & that i<
>gave the title "silver ship" >UFO inspired< !
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 >i consider this prototype, the most unique and<
>valuable of my work in california in that it<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ RADIANT ENERGY)+
>incorporates both sphere & cone energy<
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 >in california my architectural oeuvre reached<
>its full maturity & these 2 residential concepts<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY+
+/ RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+
>express the wide range of design possible in<
>the scope of >biotronic energy prototypes<
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>two magazines i recommend for valuable<
>insight into >cosmic conscious concepts<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>> / "OPEN MINDS")+
>are "open minds"for UFO history and<
>"atlantis rising" for ET cosmic history<
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>post new year note<
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+THE BEAUTIFUL LETTER SENT+
+TO ME BY OUR >SDSU ALUM<+
>(thanks so very much araty<
>your words mean >much)< !
+ARATY RANGSWAMI GIVES+
+ME MUCH >>STRENGTH<<+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu