Posts Tagged ‘MJ Speaks’


Check the Tub

06Nov07

The Larkey foundation has poured. Check that sunken tub, level with the floor and adjacent courtyard. We’re rocking now!


The super structure for the screens is complete. This shot was taken before the guide plates were removed. Now the edge flies…And here’s a distorted one of the front.


the skylights arrived this week and are installed…along with other progress. check the stair armature out!


Local graffiti artists add lib on the white block walls of the Moon Units. (That is the walls that are supposed to be the finished surface) We should be able to raise the price per square foot for this art by, well, who knows the limit. At least this made the contractor smile…But seriously, one [...]


An A.D. Stenger designed house. We are adding an elegant, low key addition that will not overpower the original low slung lines.


The block is going up Blue, our dog, alerts the architect to the fact that this block needs to be cleaned badly!


avier, metal worker extraordinare on the phoneon the phonestill on the phone


I don’t even know where to begin. We’re presenting stuff like mad. Remodels, houses on the lake, houses on cliffs, houses in town, houses in the country, more remodels… and a dog house. I’ll get around to posting about it all but let’s begin with that last one, it’s for Barkitecture Austin. Our dog house/sofa [...]


What a shot!

03Oct06

The local gas company building in Barcelona by Miralles and Tagliabue. Did you see the bird at the top??? We can sell this pic any day. Way to go MJ! So yes, we have been in Europe for two weeks. Barcelona and then the beach… at Calella de Palafrugell and back to Barcelona. It’s a [...]


Steel is up!!!

22May06

If you have been reading about the craziness at the job in Cleabourne, you’ll be happy to hear that the construction is actually progressing nicely and that the steel is up! Our happy friend/client is sending us many pictures (mostly taken with his phone, I think…) MJ will have you want to notice the indentation [...]


Maybe I should title this blog “the Daily Debacle”. Actually I dedicate everyday to the making of beautiful things. Maybe I should say the making of beautiful, appropriate things. I receive one of those phone calls I’ve been talking about. To back up for a minute and fill you in: in the last episode we [...]


Uno

11May06

These writings are exclusively the opinion of MJ Neal and do not necessarily reflect the opinion and philosophy of MJ Neal Architect “There is work in understanding one another, having patience, arriving at something” Ettore Sottsass – interview in Domus 887 “We live in a period of speed: in order to manage it we need [...]



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