civic center
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Sketching A Civic Center
I love architecture. The envisioning, design, and construction of buildings fascinates and excites me. I am a student of the form though I have no official education in it. I remember that my love affair started as a child looking at the buildings in my hometown of Long Beach, California…especially the French-Gothic wonder that is…
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LB Civic Center: A New City Hall
The current Long Beach city hall is a fourteen story tower of rough concrete and steel, faced in Darth Vader-black glass overlooking a decrepit and frankly hideous civic center plaza. A marvel of 1970s design and engineering, its structural flaws threaten to topple it in event of a major earthquake. In my dream redesign of…
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LB Civic Center: A New Main Library
The current main library in downtown Long Beach is a dark concrete cave set into the vibrant urban fabric of the city. At one time it was considered a modern marvel and it’s brutalist aesthetic was the height of 20th century design. As part of my dream plan redevelopment of the current civic center I…
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LB Civic Center: Historical Society Building
This is the standalone model of the building I designed for the Long Beach Historical Society as part of my LB Civic Center dream project https://thenuminouscosmos.com/2013/12/28/a-new-long-beach-civic-center/ The building would have space for traditional museum displays as well as research areas and a large model of the city, similar to the Panorama of New York city at…
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