Day Dreaming

I had a lot of ideas bouncing around in my head today and it was driving me crazy so I pulled out the fodder and a cheap pencil and started drawing whatever came to my mind. What emerged was some kind of folded architecture that begins to reveal and expose itself. It moves along the landscape and in a moment jumps up and screams at you.

Young Living World Headquarters

Here is some of the artwork that we did for a recent job that we were awarded. We competed against MHTN, EDA, and Beecher Walker Architects for the project. We went all out to try to get this job and it paid off. It has been fun to be apart of the project team and to do much of the design work myself. My major contributions were the amphitheater and the site design; although I was involved with the collaborative design process for the lobby/atrium. It has also been a unique experience to be the one incharge of putting together our proposal information and documentation; as well as play a major role in the interview process (and no I didn't just run the powerpoint)! I presented the topics of design integrity, inspiring work environments, and sustainabilty approaches to the project. I am really looking forward to moving forward with this project.

American House 08

This is a very interesting take on the "glass house". It is quit amazing how the anamorphic forms delineate, articulate and activate the space. So clean yet so full of energy.

http://www.massiearchitecture.com/

Bailey Fellowship Lecture + Exhibition

Last night was my lecture for my Fellowship to Northern India. It was a great evening and I am grateful to all that attended. Many family and friends were there and I enjoyed the opportunity to reveal a part of me that most don't normally have the chance to see. In addition to the lecture I also curated an exhibition highlighting all the past recipients of the Roger Bailey Traveling Fellowship through select sketches. The exhibition also included information on Roger Bailey and had samples of his watercolors, traveling sketches, and competition entries. I hope to post images from the exhibit soon.

Roylance Cabin - Aspen Grove, Provo Canyon

This project is currently under construction in Aspen Grove - just above Sundance in Provo Canyon. I worked with Kevin (the main architect) with developing and designing the floor plans and then the project was turned over to me to design the exteriors. The overall style/look was prescribed by the owner. As I began design, I developed a very schematic, very rough sketch to work from that turned into what you see above. Owen Latchford, in our office, did all the 3D modeling for the project, which I took and created the renderings. Here are the sketches I did.

OlsenBeal Rendering

Excavation begins on Monday! I am really looking forward to seeing this go up. I have had a lot of conversations with the contractor concerning the corten panels and the way in which they are detailed - so (fingers crossed) everything comes together just the way we have envisioned it.