LIGHT IN THE EVENING SKY # 6 / 13 photographs for a monograph publication

+DEAR PROF. RENE PERALTA+

>it was inspiring to see the lou kahn exhibition<

>yesterday in the san diego museum of art and<

>w/ renewed enthusiasm i again include photos<

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+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+

>i consider valuable toward a monograph of my<

>own work / i am very grateful for your interest<

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+THE SILVER SHIP+

>our home and studios for over a quarter century<

>is perhaps a fitting project to start with / it is w/<

>poignance that i show this as my dear first wife<

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+ / MARIAN OLSEN RAY)+

>marian died here and i >sold the house in 2005<

>not that i wanted to >but a new life needed this<

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+BLESSED MARIANNE OUR FRIEND+

+FOR 10 YEARS BRAVELY BECAME+

>(google :>> eugene ray /<

>marianne conway ray)<

+MY SECOND WIFE AND >KINDLY+

+GAVE ME NEW SPIRIT & WEB-TV+

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>web-tv for 5 years was my media of<
>research & writing about my family<
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+deGRUY / RAY IN FRANCE)+
>history in europe & louisiana / >this<
>was vital >info for my current blog<
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 +SILVER SHIP / ELEVATION+
>this >front elevation drawing< was published<
>in the world's most beautiful design magazine<
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+>>>>> / DOMUS / 1981)+
>"DOMUS / 1981 was my 1st euro publication<
>followed, 1985 in france & japan  publications<
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 +SILVER SHIP / STUDIO+
>this is the >mis-en-scene of many profound<
>memories of projects on the drawing board<
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+>> / DESIGN GRAPHICS)+
>california villas / affordable housing / hong<
>kong & iran competitions / biotronic design<
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+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS)+
>yogurt shop / tanzania & philippine  design<
>metaphysical graphics / good friend letters<
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 +WILTY RESIDENCE / LIVING PATIO+
>this garden in the living room for an artist was<
>the favorite of professor heck at LSU / >plants<
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+> / WILTY RESIDENCE)+
>along the edge of the >pebble aggregate living<
>room patio are watered automatically by spray<
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 +WILTY RESIDENCE / NIGHT LIGHTING+

>the night approach was dramatic / i devoted much<

>time to designing the lighting in my buildings and<

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+>> / NIGHT LIGHTING)+

>scandinavian >kurt verson fixtures were important<

>(electric box in our home< was >particularly large<

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 +SAN DIEGO GATEWAY+

>the blueprint version of my drawing is an<

>invention i made of running >lithographic<

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+ / DESIGN GRAPHICS)+ 

>negatives of my drawings through a blue<

>line machine / >it takes prismacolor well<

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 +SAN DIEGO GATEWAY+
>tensile fiber optic lighting cables inspired<
>by the golden gate bridge structure cause<
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+ / S.D. HIGHWAY ENTRY)
>this >auto entry to san diego from l.a. to be<
>a >radiant architecture< >visual spectacular<
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 +ART & ARCHITECTURE BUILDING+
>the site for this design is only a few miles from<
>my sansouci forest studio house but i made the<
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+> / GEODESIC DOME)+
>design after moving to california / >the central<
>courtyard is covered by a glass geodesic dome<
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 +ART & ARCHITECTURE BUILDING+
>this design expresses the >virtue of plasticity and<
>organic strength in a ferro cement shell structure<
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+ART & ARCH. BUILDING)+
>"there are no boxes in nature" >vision results in<
>affordable buildings that are >gracing the earth<
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 +HOTEL IN HONG KONG+
>openable >"usisphere" style suites in this hotel<
>competition give organic plasticity & strength<
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+ / HONG KONG HOTEL)+
>this model shows a small section of the whole<
>shall show the entire design (future nights blog<
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 +S.D. NATIVE AMERICAN OFFICES"
>it was w/ pleasure that i was able to employ<
>a large conoid in a commissioned design &<
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+ >>/ PUBLIC SERVICE)+
>i donated my time to this project >as a public<
>service / i did this for many deserving people<
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 +S.D. NATIVE AMERICAN OFFICES+
>paper collage is rarely used by architects / my<
>approach was direct and simple / the drawing<
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+>> / PAPER COLLAGE)+
>was run through a xerox machine using three<
>different color papers / >bold results quickly<
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+S.D. NATIVE AMERICAN OFFICES+

>a native american group+ in san diego needed<

>local offices and my immediate solution was<

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+CONICAL STRUCTURES)+

>this tensile conical teepee structure w/ fabric<

>we built a large model based on my drawings<

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 +YOGURT SHOP / SAN DIEGO+
>if you wonder about my gratitude to dave<
>fobes & chris jung / they crafted this shop<
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+>>>> / YOGURT SHOP)+
>beautifully to my design as they did silver<
>ship construction including a parking deck<
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+GRATITUDE+
>to you professor peralta for submitting<
>your application for a grant to publish<
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+ / RADIANT CONCEPTS)+
>a monograph on my work / >this was a<
>courageous idea / it would be a miracle<
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+RUDOLF STEINER DIED IN PRISON+

>we remember very sadly<

+SELLING HIS BIOTRONIC CONCEPT+

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>i shall continue posting my concepts<

+(I COULD WRITE A BOOK+

+REF.  EVIL HURDLES and +

+my DESIGN STRUGGLES)+

>regardless of the application outcome<

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu