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      BERKELEY HILLS: TORII..TATAMI..

 LOCATION   BERKELEY CA
DATES   2006…….2011

DESIGN  GENE DESMIDT
    
               
    BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2006, I RECEIVED A FAX FROM MY DEAR FRIEND AND CLIENT…HE HAD HAND DRAWN ON A SMALL SHEET OF PAPER HIS IDEA FOR NEW FRONT GATES AT HIS AND HIS PARTNER'S NEW RESIDENCE IN THE BERKELEY HILLS.
   I INTERPRETED IT AS A MASSIVE JAPANESE TORII WITH A PAIR OF GATES….IT HAD TO SPAN OVER  20 FEET....I PRESENTED THE IDEA  …A WEEK I LATER I HAD LOCATED THE WOOD TO CARVE OUT THE MASSIVE CURVED HEADER  (A 25 FOOT 8” X 24” PIECE OF OLD GROWTH CLEAR REDWOOD.)
   WE USED 6” X 8” REDWOOD POSTS, 6” X 6” JAPANESE ANGLE BRACES AND JADE COLORED PLEXIGLASS FOR THE PANELS….WE ENDED UP PUTTING A FENCE AROUND THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IN THE SAME DESIGN….AND HAD “IRONGRAIN” MAKE HUGE HINGES FOR THE PAIR OF GATES.


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