Architecture Archives - STRAYNGER RANGER

POLY CANYON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN VILLAGE: SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: April 21, 2016
Category: Architecture

The 9-acre Experimental Structures Facility hidden in the hills behind California Polytechnic State University is an architectural treasure trove containing a quirky array of experimental structures built by teams of architecture and design students between 1963 and 2009.

FROM HUGHES TO HERCULES

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: October 30, 2015
Category: Architecture

In the 1940’s Howard Hughes bought 380 acres of the Ballona wetlands to build a private airport which included the massive wooden hangar where the reclusive business tycoon built his Spruce Goose (aka the H-4 Hercules).

BROAD LODE

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: September 27, 2015
Category: Art

A look inside LA’s newest museum.

WAYFARERS CHAPEL

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: September 23, 2015
Category: Architecture, Sacred/Spiritual

Located on a knoll overlooking the ocean at Portuguese Bend, the “Glass Church” was designed by Lloyd Wright, architect and son of Frank Lloyd Wright.

THE MOSAIC HOUSE

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: September 12, 2015
Category: Art

Living within the art you create.

SEA RANCH CHAPEL

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: July 29, 2015
Category: Architecture, Sacred/Spiritual

Designed in 1984 by James T. Hubbell, a San Diego-based architect known for his focus on blending art & architecture into the natural spaces, this non-denominational chapel sits on a tree-studded meadow off Highway 1, overlooking the Sonoma Coast.