wonder valley ca. 2000
wonder valley, east of 29 palms largest marine base in the usa. the hot spot retreat for artists , written up in the new york times etc. having your own 5 acres to do whatever. a visual mess, out of control. the abused desert yelling for restoration.
barron wolman: photographer and publisher.
david mesa: architect
eric chavkin: former student at sci-arc, architectural critic, and architectural bookstore owner.
jim cooper: teacher, high school counselor, and brother in-law
glen howard small aia architect consultant : jack rendler june 2021
joshua tree village is functioning with a deadly highway 62 running right though town to the largest marine base in the usa in 29 palms with an intersection at park blvd to joshua tree national park with 3 million visitors a year.
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after designing a monument to david bowie. my daughter Lucia Small , pushing for me to do a monument for black lives matter. but i then realizing the bowie monument has the overtones of a rainbow of black lives matter. i a martin luther king rainbow guy of all lives matter , but totally into black lives matter with no violence or looting. lucia upon seeing the result saying “love this”
the next step is convincing others to built.
like most original art, the idea is the gift, the refining and perfecting a given.
a close professional friend of mine that encouraged me and my students to express their dreams about architecture.
Continue reading8 PROJECTS 1 HAPPENING. 7 WANNABE.
WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? MAKING A LIVING BY PROJECTING WHAT COULD BE?
PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN LUGO DE SMALL
I TOLD MY FELLOW ARCHITECTS WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 50 YEARS AGO AND HOW TO FIX IT.
THEY IGNORED ME THEN, AND STILL DO TODAY. Â YET ALL THE PROBLEMS I PROJECTED ARE MAGNIFIED AND MY SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED MORE THAN EVER.
GLOBAL VISIONARY
SCIENCE FICTION, , FANTASY , STAGE SETS,
A WAKE UP CALL RECENTLY, WHEN I WAS ASKED BY A RESPECTFUL ADMIRER “WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU HAVE DONE?â€
A JUST QUESTION, THAT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE. Continue reading
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