House in the Badlands, SD
Date of Sketch: November 28, 2003
Rising above spruce forests, this house is inspired by scenes in the movie "North By Northwest".
VCU Institute For Contemporary Art
Date of Sketch: January 11, 2011
Prior to architect selection this sketch proposed an L-shaped promenade which loops and connects lobby, exhibit galleries, performance space, sculpture terrace, cafe and offices, with access at the corner or from the treed parking court to the roof. Sited at the busiest traffic intersection in Richmond, this building captures the dynamic movement of its historic location and of the University itself.
Zephyr Hotel, Butte County, CA
Date of Sketch: February 28, 2004
Concept hotel at a crossing of the Feather River Canyon along the historic Union Pacific route, with a future Oroville on the horizon. "The Inextinguishable" (Symphony #4) by Carl Neilsen, is played in four connected movements without breaks, referencing the First World War and expressing the "elemental will to live." The Zephyr Hotel is depicted here as one building in two parts echoing the monumental drama of two sets of timpani battling one another in an orchestral landscape.
Parisian Tower for a Corner Site
Date of Sketch: August 15, 2010
Gershwin's music inspired a small tower with human proportions and an American sense of humor.
Auroradome; Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Date of Sketch: April 9, 2011
Auroradome Visitor Center on Lake Louise is a restaurant, photograph pavilion and starting point for viewing the Northern Lights.
Marshall University Studio Arts, Huntington, WV
Date of Sketch: January 7, 2012
Light shafts inserted deep into a six-story brick building contain vertical galleries and stairs which redistribute program equally on all floors and revitalize a central section of downtown Huntington.
Proposed Entrance, Frankfurt International School, Oberursal, Germany
Date of Sketch: July 17, 2016
Memories of a recent visit coupled with a recent performance of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony inspired an image of arrival to a school of arts and sciences.
Study for Pierre Lassonde Pavilion Competition, Montreal
Date of Sketch: April 8, 2006
Complex program of above and underground connections to a cloister and other existing buildings suggest a multi-level entry with galleries vertically distributed.
River Center Library, Baton Rouge
Date of Sketch: October 6, 2012
This pre-Concept was very early in the design process with little programmatic content. The site, sketched at the top of page, is basically square, and the building at the bottom depicts a raised structure which provides maximum shade in a hot, sunny and rainy environment. The Library, now under construction, still retains its raised form and sheltering lower floor to provide a canopy above a shaded civic open space.
Hotel Casino, Iberian Peninsula
Date of Sketch: n/a
Wide terraces shade uninterrupted views of the large coastal rocks into one of which the casino is carved.