Esoteric Survey

  Hans Coray Ephemera, Austin Enterprises and Dick Seeger

  Paolo Soleri Special Assembly from the 60s Gertrud and Otto Natzler  Henning Koppel and Jerry Glenn Dick Seeger Mogens Koch MK-16 Safari Chair Fred Press magazine rack As seen in Good Design 1952

Studio Rick Joy (1999) Architect Rick Joy's studio and the adjoining Convent Avenue Studios are located in Tucson's Barrio Historico. The mixed-use project is a combination of private and public adobe courtyards that transition from office to residential. Many of the buildings are rammed earth, a signature construction method used by Joy.  There was a Max Gottschalk chair in the main studio. However, when looking through Rick Joy's website, I came across this photo. Along with four other Gottschalk chairs, there is a monumental sculpture by Jack Boyd.  Source: Studio Rick Joy And here is a period photo with what looks like the same Boyd sculpture on a Max Gottschalk table.  Source: Dave Hampton The visit was part of a bike tour my friend and talented photographer,  Logan Havens , led me on.  Logan also knows where all the Charles Clement works are.

Jack Boyd Dick Seeger Tom Tramel Iron Warren Bacon Stools Lamps and a solid rosewood bench Jute elephant

The Dome House, 1949, in Cave Creek Arizona, by Paolo Soleri and Mark Mills. Both were former apprentices under   Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West.   The house was commissioned by Lenora Woods, who would soon become Paolo's mother-in-law. I've been near the house in the past . However, this time I wasn't just snooping.  Docomomo hosted a tour, which was led by Director of Paolo Soleri Studios, Roger Tomalty. Source:  Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute The ribs of the dome were constructed with war surplus  materials . Source:  Paolo Soleri at Dome House Source:  Soleri: Architecture as Human Ecology by  Antonietta Iolanda Lima The initial design had an opaque section that was manually rotated for shade. At some point the rotating mechanism broke, so the top has been modified to shield the sun. The cooler was added and now doesn't function. It would be great to see it removed....