Word: redwoods
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problems, Owings designed a kind of concrete saddle over the ridge, anchored by eight caissons reaching down into bedrock. On this he secured a rigid A-frame, surrounded it with cantilevered balconies carried around the outside to exploit the spectacular view. For roof beams he bought 60-year-old redwood timbers of a demolished bridge. A four-car garage was dug partially out of bedrock, leaving a prehistoric Indian mound undisturbed. Says Owings: "No house can do more than snuggle into and grab hold of and hold on to a sheer bit of granite on this coast...
...Owingses tried to make the interior snug and warm. The only floor coverings are the pebble floor-mosaics designed by Mrs. Owings, but art abounds in the house-paintings by Morris Graves, drawings by Buffet, a candelabra by Seymour Lipton. When someone remarked that the house, with its redwood sheathing and massive chimney, was reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright, Nat Owings, a longtime aluminum-and-glass specialist, was taken aback, finally admitted: "Wright was a master of the organic philosophy of design. Perhaps anyone who reaches toward nature, or wants to meet nature on its own ground, would be bound...
...Cherokee, Iowa 34 Barthelmes, Richard B. '61 21 5:10 175 Hamden, Conn. 34 Burke, Stephen S. '60 18 6:0 200 E. Aurora, N.Y. 33 Ward, David B. '62 19 5:10 190 Pittsburgh, Pa. 32 Reed, Charles L., Jr. '62 19 6:0 175 Redwood Falls, Minn. 31 Bamford, Gilbert '62 19 5:11 190 Andover, Mass. 30 *Halaby, Samuel A., Jr. '60 21 5:10 190 Rochester, N.Y. 25 Halaby, Theodore '62 19 5:10 185 Rochester, N.Y. 24 *Ravenel, Charles D. '61 21 5:9 160 Charleston, S.C. 23 Adams, Myron...
...time to stretch the mind, a curious oasis in central California beckons like Elysium. The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, initial-named the Casbah, has been called "a resort for academic hipsters, a dreamy pad for a bunch of non-celibate monks." Its stunning redwood-and-glass buildings, sprawled elegantly on a green hill above Palo Alto, make it look like a motel for Rolls-Royce owners. It comes close to being a boondoggle-and one of the world's most exciting havens for deep thinkers...
...Cherokee, Iowa 34 Barthelmes, Richard B. '61 21 5:10 175 Hamden, Conn. 34 Burke, Stephen S. '60 18 6:0 200 E. Aurora, N. Y. 33 Ward, David B. '62 19 5:10 190 Pittsburgh, Pa. 32 Reed, Charles L., Jr. '62 19 6:0 175 Redwood Falls, Minn. 31 Bamford, Gilbert '62 19 5:11 190 Andover, Mass. 30 *Halaby, Samuel A., Jr. '60 21 5:10 190 Rochester, N. Y. 25 Halaby, Theodore '62 19 5:10 185 Rochester, N. Y. 24 *Ravenel, Charles D. '61 21 5:9 160 Charleston, S. C. 23 Adams, Myron...