LETTER TO ANTOINE PREDOOK / architect / my new Facebook friend

+DEAR FRIEND ANTOINE+

>i am grateful for your Facebook invitation<

>& write this letter in response / reading the<

+(FACEBOOK HAS BEEN+

+GOOD TO BOTH OF US)+

>details of your bio i >realize we have been<

>"ships in the night" passing & not meeting<

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+"LA LUZ COMMUNITY" / 1970+

 >was where i first discovered your work<
>published somewhere about the time i<
>came to california to start my teaching<
+(WERE YOU AT ASPEN+
+DESIGN CONF in 1975)+ ?
>career at SDSU / >it was an excellent<
>project and i >don't know why i didn't<
>invite you out to lecture to our people<
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+ASPEN IS WHERE I MET+
+RAINER BANHAM<  and+
>(everybody should<
>google your la luz)<
+I WAS very >IMPRESSED.+
+SORRY i >MISSED< YOU+
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>these are the two panels of my work that<

>i exhibited at that 1975 aspen conference<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ / ASPEN DESIGN CONF.)+

>perhaps you shall remember / >archigram<

>& bruce goff had already been my friends<

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 >to introduce my work to you >i illustrate<
>this blog letter w/ several projects / >this<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE)+
>residence has rammed earth solar towers<
>& was featured in "visionary architecture<
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 >the first decade of my work< was in<
>louisiana & >this residence published<
>in new orleans has a central living rm<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / WILTY RESIDENCE)+
>patio w/ >sliding panels opening side<
>rooms to the patio green house space<
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 >i love your new mexico very much and<
>have visited santa fe several times / this<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / RAMMED EARTH)+
>desert studio residence< should interest<
>you with its circular rammed earth walls<
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>light weight tensile structure is important<
>to my oeuvre and this arboretum for new<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+TENSILE STRUCTURE)+
>orleans expresses >affordability and light<
>that >wright used so well at taliesin west<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                            
                                       
 >silver ship my >studio / home in lajolla<
>was published in >domus 1981 & paris<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / THE SILVER SHIP)+
>& tokyo in 1985 / the french exhibition<
>was vital to me because of my heritage<
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 >my oldest children loved our studio home<
>in the louisiana sansouci forest / the glass<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>walls gave us the forest tranquility / derek<
>& bton both are devoted to radiant nature<
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 >california has provided the environment<
>that has >encouraged advanced concepts<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / YOGURT SHOP)+
>this >photo illustrates a yogurt shop that<
>i designed w/ a space exploration theme<
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 >the "jazz workshop" was my gift to the<
>city of new orleans & young black jazz<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / JAZZ WORKSHOP)+
>musicians / >in a 4 year period 1965-69<
>i built 3 projects based on color & light<
>this led to my energy work in california<
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 >in 1965 i was honored that the LSU<
>architecture dept. invited me to teach<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / BIOMORPHIC SHELL)+
>this design for a landscape office was<
>my >first shell biomorphic< structure<
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 >my first >large scale project design in<
>california was this 1971 design for an<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / ART-ARCH. BUILDING)+
>art & architecture building for the s.w.<
>louisiana state university in hammond<
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 >many california villas were designed as<
>people with $$$ came to my studio with<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+ / CALIFORNIA VILLAS)+
>desire for arcadia / personally my major<
>goal was >affordable housing and still is<
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 >california villas dominated much of my<
>commissions< of the 1980s / >this solar<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / PIERUCCI VILLA)+
>heated villa has >three linked suites with<
>parents left, children right, family center<
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+FRIEND ANTOINE+
>this is >just an introduction / shall post<
>more data for you soon / >i just posted<
+(GOOGLE : ANTOINE PREDOCK+
+ / CENTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS)+
>your petco park & exhibition photos / i<
>deeply love your >human rights center<
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+A VITAL STRENGTH YOU HAVE+
+IS YOUR INTEREST IN HISTORY+
+& CULTURE / I HOPE TO OFFER+
>(i posted your nine quotations<
>this profides valuable insight<
>to readers of my Facebook pg)<
+MY OWN VIEWS W/ DESIRE TO+
+find more >COMMON GROUND<+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu