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Grand Egyptian Museum – Competition – 2003

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Station Point – Definition

Station Point – 1              March 1, 2007 The station point is the location in a linear perspective construction of the observer of the scene being depicted.  Brunelleschi’s conceptual breakthrough in 1412 was to pin the station point in a perspective construction to one specific place allowing the accurate identification of points of intersection of rays [...]

Design Exercise – Montana State University

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE                             MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Spring  2007 Architecture 551,2,3 Jim Blake – Instructor Project:  Bozeman Art Center – “A Tale of Two Modernisms” Exercises: Exploring Cubism – simultaneity, multiple station points, shallow pictorial space, democratized picture plane – the fractured lens. Sculpting human figure from live model – work at ½ life size with [...]

Turkish Pavilion 1895 – Prairie Houses

Le Corbusier went to school on the architecture of the Vienna Secession, particularly the work of Hans Maria Olbrecht although Corbu professed a hatred of the work.  Kill your sources like Frank Lloyd Wright did with the Turkish Pavilion at the 1893 Chicago worlds fair.  This exhibition from Turkey is the granddaddy of all Prairie [...]

“Giza Las Vegas” – Grand Egyptian Museum Competition – 2003

Olslund / Parramore Residence – Mt View, CA – 2009

Andrews Residence, Sunnyvale, CA – 2009

CitraModern – UltraModern : Two Modernisms

Arch 323 – Blake Architecture History II April 12, 2007 CitraModern                     UltraModern Sta. pt. Unpinned                Sta. pt pinned Indigenous                            Cosmopolitan Personal dialect                   Universal language Expressionist                        Rationalist Romanticized                        [...]

Architecture School – Lecture Topics and coursework

Jim Blake, NCARB 807 Bain Place Redwood City, CA  94062 Jim . blake@gmail.com (650) 366-4974 Blissdietbook.com/blog Jimblakeart.com Blakegrouparchitecture.com Topics upon which I could lecture effectively: Architectural design process Techniques and strategies for design development Contract documents: Plans, specs, contracts Marketing for a small office – cultivating social networks Coordinating the consultant team: landscape, structural, civil, [...]

Class Assignment – Montana State – Snow Typology

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE                               MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Spring 2007 Architecture 551,552,553 Jim Blake – Instructor                                                                               January, 18, 2007 Project:  Bozeman Art Center – “A Tale of Two Modernisms” A Typology / Topology of Snow During the initial design phase of the Denver Art Museum Daniel Liebskind said that this explosive form was inspired by the Rocky [...]