The Optimism of The Cantilever

Richard — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:17:47 +0000

I believe to record is to bear witness

Richard — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:52:18 +0000

“I believe to record is to bear witness.

I believe in the density of the sparse.

I believe in place and the spirit of place. “

- John Hejduk

Tidal Pull

Richard — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:22:39 +0000

Tidal Pull : Section 2010 Vine Charcoal

When an architect is thinking….

Richard — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:14:08 +0000

“When an architect is thinking, he’s thinking architecture and his work is always architecture, whatever form it appears in. No area is more architectural than any other.”……… John Hejduk

The Key

Richard — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:43:57 +0000

The key is light

and light illuminates shapes

and shapes have emotional power.

By the play of proportions

by the play of relationships

unexpected, amazing.

But also by the intellectual play

of purpose :

their authentic origin,

their capacity to endure,

structure,

astuteness, boldness, even temerity, the play

of those vital abstractions which are the essential qualities

the components of architecture.

Le Corbusier 1953

Basic Pleasures

Richard — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:40:16 +0000

For all men, in cities and in farms:

sun in the house,
sky through their windowpanes,
trees to look at as soon as they step outside.

I say: the basic materials of city planning are:

sun,
sky,
trees,
steel,
cement,

in that strict order of importance.

Le Corbusier

Orphanage

Richard — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:54:25 +0000

Basswood model Plan View

The Voice of an Artist

Richard — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:14:15 +0000

“A lot of people try to think up ideas. I’m not one.

I’d rather accept the irresistible possibilities of what I can’t ignore.”

Rauschenberg

Welcome back

Richard — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:58:36 +0000

Lobby Felt tip and pencil on trace 89

I’m back after a much needed and long delayed update to my Web Site.

Diagram / Richard Taransky Studio

Forum

Richard — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:42 +0000

City / Refuge

Pencil on paper

Orphanage

Richard — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:12:50 +0000

Plan

Pencil on Vellum

Baths

Richard — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:05:14 +0000

Baths of Caracalla Rome 2000

Pencil

Plaything

Richard — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:32:42 +0000

Felt tip on trace

Arkansas House

Richard — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:16:07 +0000

Section 2004

Felt tip on trace paper

Blind

Richard — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:52:40 +0000

A Library for the Blind 1976

Basswood model

Thesis from The Cooper Union

St Andrea

Richard — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:40:58 +0000

Sketchbook : Bernini, S Andrea

Portal detail Rome 2000

Sketch

Richard — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:11:08 +0000

Untitled

Felt tip on paper

Colony Block

Richard — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:21:43 +0000

Study Model : Plan View

Colony Block

Richard — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:56:16 +0000

Ground Plan

Felt tip on vellum

Colony Block

Richard — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:52:13 +0000

Upper Level Plan

felt tip pen on vellum

The Optimism of The Cantilever

I believe to record is to bear witness

Tidal Pull

When an architect is thinking….

The Key

Basic Pleasures

For all men, in cities and in farms:

sun in the house, sky through their windowpanes, trees to look at as soon as they step outside.

I say: the basic materials of city planning are:

sun, sky, trees, steel, cement,

in that strict order of importance.

Le Corbusier

Orphanage

The Voice of an Artist

Welcome back

Forum

Orphanage

Baths

Plaything

Arkansas House

Blind

St Andrea

Sketch

Colony Block

Colony Block

Colony Block

sun in the house,
sky through their windowpanes,
trees to look at as soon as they step outside.

sun,
sky,
trees,
steel,
cement,