Michigan Mappa Burl Shelves
Salk Insitute/Julius Shulman
I learned of the beauty of drainage by a bricklayer at a site visit. While I was fantasizing about the concepts, materials, and proportions, he asked, “and how does it drain?”. This seemingly minuscule detail can make or break a project, and in the case of Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, it is the trardemark of the project.
A collection of cast bronze vessels by artist Jonathan Cross without matching saucers led me to design a set of Mappa Burl shelves that celebrated a drainage system. Utilizing a system of wicks and brass channels milled at calculated angles, the system drains the overflow from each watering into a collection of polished brass vessels by Alma Allen.
Santa Monica Studio by Jack Strutz
Bergamot Carved Eucalyptus Bench
Commune Table
Bastogne Stump
Paleolithic Pangaea Oval Dining Table in Granite and Bastogne Walnut with a Walnut and Blackened Steel Base
Continuing to explore the combination of mixed materials, the Granite Pangaea Table features an woven stone and Bastogne Walnut top, while the legs display an interlocking combination of blackened steel and matching Bastogne Walnut.
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