inside the works of gallo + powell…
about a year later, an article we interviewed for w/Tucson Home showed up… The timing was funny, for a lot of reasons. some which are top secret and others, like the fact I was back in town for the All Souls Procession at the time, just convenient. It’s a nice article.
read it here…
yeah, that’s the Daily Journal of Commerce, sucka!
the back40 has been published! Recently released by Princeton Architectural Press is Ron Rael’s book, Earth Architecture. It features the back40 amoung some 47 projects from around the world that
..are exemplary of contemporary and progressive earth architecture… only designs that advance the state of earth architecture. Technological, economic, or aesthetic advancements in earthen construction that create a dialogue with industrial materials, or that explore form, texture, color, building techniques, or use earth to represent a political or social concern are present in some way in every project. …all the included projects tackle an important contemporary issue relevant to the culture of earthen architecture. ((from the introduction))
…needless to say, it’s a super honor to have our baby among the works of Murcutt, Joy, Eddie Jones, Rural Studio and others. But probably more inspiring is to see the work in the context of the greater movement around the world towards better ways. It’s a really nice book, and while we won’t get a cut, you should think about picking it up yourself! If you can’t find it at your local bookstore, you could always order it via Amazon.
some more press, early leftbank… this one in the portland tribune, under that pretty word - ‘Sustainable’
a few kind words from Brian Libby’s Portlandarchitecture.org about the leftbank…
a commercial for TBA:08… starring our one and only Hazelwood building and the creative scheming of Mr. Justin Gorman. It was a riff on his recent work, results under action. Justin’s been documenting the evolution of the building for months now, and most of the interior shots you find on the leftbank site were framed by his eye and clicked by his finger. In preparation for Results Under Action, he executed several pieces within the building as well… (see bangbang). Anyway, enjoy the show… oh, and hey- dig me in the blue shirt, and jason in black in the back!
Here’s a link to a story about our work on someday, published by our friend Joseph Robertson in his spunktastic zine called LAB. I met Joseph one night at someday crouched atop the as-yet-unfinished back staircase - a place that was less than public-friendly at the time - I gave him one of those ‘hey- whaddya think yer doin up here?’ introductions, and the rest is grand history. Anyway, he was shooting a group called Degenerate Art Ensemb
le who had come down from Seattle (this was one of Someday’s very, very first shows). They’re a joy to the eyes and their mode of music/performance is some kind of playfully driving, frantic lovliness. ..yeah, that’s the best I can do. I asked Joseph if he’d send me the shots that resulted, and he obliged, asking in return if he might sometime do a shoot in the space. That all worked out swimmingly, and somehow, later, we ended up in the inaugural issue (issue .5, that is) of LAB. If you’re interested in some background on the design and build of the place, this is a good spot to start. It gives a decent amount of attention on the narrative we used to drive our design process– an approach that we found quite helpful given there was no physical landscape or climate to respond to. …enjoy.
an article (our very first) published in the At Home section of the Arizona Daily Star..
forgive the ads, the site’s kind of a joke.
oh, newspapers.