lyndon construction – week 5

March 21, 2011

march 12 . 2011 week 5 : The unified-wall-of-everything is framed and the new kitchen / living room is starting to reveal itself.  The wall split the house in half, on one side the cathedral ceiling, the other has on-site made trusses.  A window header beam is to arrive this week for the new 15′ [...]

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goodbye Salk

March 10, 2011

march 9 . 2011 it was my last time visiting the Salk as an employee.  300 tours, many many architects and one group of 3rd graders.  i’ll miss you ol’friend.  i’ll miss you schooling me.

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lyndon construction – week 4

March 10, 2011

march 12 . 2011 week 4 : the new sub-floor beam and new interior walls are starting to show the new interior.  The new framing is deceptively simple, we’re tearing out all of the interior walls, while keeping the roof from collapsing.  Tricky, but that’s why you hire us, we’re ingenious at solving what others [...]

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lyndon construction – week 3

March 5, 2011

march 5 . 2011 week 3 : the demolition is almost done, some exterior riff-raff and planter box are nearing the dumpster.  to all those remodelers of the world, make sure your contractor looks at the drawings that your architects & engineers provide.  this week shed light on the fact that the floor plans, elevations [...]

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Bjarke Ingels @ the Salk

March 5, 2011

February 26 . 2011 I had the pleasure to meet Bjarke Ingels & stroll with him through the Salk Institute.  Thank you to Allen Ghaida & the NewSchool of Architecture’s AIAS for bringing Bjarke to California.  Can’t say if he brought the Danish sky with him, but he got to see the Salk on a [...]

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lyndon construction – week 2

February 23, 2011

I salvaged the original 1950′s white oak floor, which has a unique 3/8″ walnut plug in each plank.  2 days and mountains of sawdust later, the old floor awaits to re-purposed as an interior wall finish.  8 weeks away!

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lyndon construction – week 1

February 23, 2011

demo at the Lyndon.  4 truck loads of drywall, stucco and building stuff.

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Google Layout Introduction

December 3, 2010

The NewSchool Bridge december 3rd Google Layout Tutorial – “Making a more effective workflow for presentations” We’ll learn how to make the most of a SketchUp model through effective layer management, group & component making to create a building and presentation boards in 60 minutes or less. Following, we’ll take one of the presentation boards [...]

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2010 Symphony at Salk – 50th Anniversary

November 11, 2010

Here’s a photo from the Architectural Talk given to the Salk Institute’s honored guests.  Following me was the renowned scientist, Greg Lemke.  He spoke about TAMS receptors and how these pathways can promote or fight disease.  To all you architects, never speak before a scientist, for it makes you feel like a complete idiot.  For [...]

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Inside a Salk Institute’s study

September 12, 2010

Of the couple hundred Salk tours I’ve given, I have only seen this space once. My friend Steve is currently restoring a Study for a new scientist at Louis Kahn’s famous Salk Institute.  These are extremely rare photos, I know of only 2 published photos.  The White Oak Flush Panel Paneling and Teak Shutters were [...]

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