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The Curiosity of San Francisco Stairs | Saxon's Angles
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The Curiosity of San Francisco Stairs. I have for years driven through San Francisco, admiring the consistent urban fabric and wondering about the nature of the architecture behind the streetwall created by the zero setback party wall buildings. I am working on a dental office in the second building from the right in this photo. I expect it is over a hundred years old. This stair has 31 steps all the way to the third floor. Don’t lose your footing coming down! Feed for this Entry. Extend the use of colou...
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nuts and bolts architecture | Saxon's Angles
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Nuts and bolts architecture. One of the really simple statements I can make with delight is that as an architect, I provide service to people. This family in the photo above is smiling and full of hope for a new restaurant I designed for them some years back. I love these photos because they are tactile reminders of what I do and inspire me throughout the process of getting to this photo opp moment. Measuring and drawing the existing conditions (bare ground site, building, or empty spaces in a building).
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Pyramids Across The Eons | Saxon's Angles
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Pyramids Across The Eons. From a ways back in time, like about three thousand five hundred years ago, comes one of the really profound and wonderfully simple ideas of architecture and urbanism. The precedent is an idea that is used throughout the human experience and it works especially well in designing buildings and cities. In short we take ideas from the past and transform them into projects for the modern era. Some facts from Wikipedia;. At the Palace of Legion of Honor art museum in Lincoln Park, Sa...
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Family of Four Houses | Saxon's Angles
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Family of Four Houses. Once the framing is complete much of the stucco and plaster is complete on the first house and the carpenters switch to smaller hammers for the finish work. By the time eight months rolls by, the family of four is pretty much complete and ready for people to fill them up. A nice day for the crew when they see people settling in. Responses to “Family of Four Houses”. Feed for this Entry. January 23, 2012 at 2:52 pm. Throw out the rule book. January 23, 2012 at 3:19 pm. Check out my ...
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The Grit of Graphite | Saxon's Angles
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The Grit of Graphite. My High School student, Sho Kawano took my breath away with these gritty drawings. The first few days in the classroom with Sacramento Waldorf Seniors focus some of our time on the concept of drawing for information during their note taking as we combine a ton of architectural concepts into this very compressed 4o hour/one month class. Responses to “The Grit of Graphite”. Feed for this Entry. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). New websit...
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My Latest Article – The Line That Connects | Saxon's Angles
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My Latest Article – The Line That Connects. The Hospice Della Trinita De Pelligrini With Composite Diagrams of Solid/Void, Function and Axes from the article. Responses to “My Latest Article – The Line That Connects”. Feed for this Entry. June 5, 2012 at 4:03 am. Fairly valuable stuff, overall I picture this is worthy of a bookmark, thanks a lot. July 23, 2013 at 6:15 pm. This is a source of technical coverage of printing and everyone with average understanding of printing. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Saxon's Angles | The architectural adventures of Saxon Sigerson | Page 2
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Buildings At The Edge Of The Sky. From a historically bent website here is some detail on the building. He was for sure not a cornice guy either but nifty how this worked out. There is lots more to say on this building later on. A future post is needed to see some of the form making that modernists have done up there at the edge of the sky. Pyramids Across The Eons. Some facts from Wikipedia;. The Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for the Pharaoh khufu over an approximately 20 year period concluding arou...
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Ideas That Inspire Me | Saxon's Angles
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Ideas That Inspire Me. The Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander is a book I use on all of my residential projects and many of my commercial projects. It is a great tool for allowing clients to communicate their wants and desires for a project back to the architect in a very architectural and sensitive way. It is also great for the architect as a reminder and inspiration in making wonderful alive places for people. Some years back I wrote,. Responses to “Ideas That Inspire Me”. Feed for this Entry.
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Finding a Home for a Dream House | Saxon's Angles
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Finding a Home for a Dream House. I was paddling my kayak on the Sacramento River last weekend, enjoying the river life, and remembered that I needed to get the word out that this lovely little house, also on the river, designed by Brent Smith here in Sacramento is looking for a new loving owner. Here are a few images and an article written by Hilary Abramson. They call it The Wisteria House. This is the house that Brent Smith designed. An artist at heart (and former Sacramento high school art teache...
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Saxon Sigerson | Saxon's Angles
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Author Archive for Saxon Sigerson. The Bachelor’s Life Redefined. Also a detached garage needed to be added since the original one was becoming master bedroom, bedroom and other functions. Due to the slope of the site, the garage floor sat thirty-eight inches above the second floor of the house where the new front door was placed. A thirty-six foot long covered walk that bridged to the house was conceived and had to drop six steps to get down there. Finding a Home for a Dream House. Near the edge of the ...