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.
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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