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In 2014 Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects was selected to renovate the historic headquarters of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District that we originally designed. These construction photos were given to us from the extensive SMUD archive. The date each was taken is handwritten at bottom of the image.
In 2010 the SMUD Headquarters was inducted into the National Register of Historic Places.
Design began on the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Headquarters building in 1958, by 1961 construction was complete.
The client desired a dramatic, monumental building with careful attention to the environmental issues, including full sun control and an energy efficient air conditioning and heating system; with flexibility for expected immediate and long-term growth. One of the energy efficient features of the project is the use of solar shades on the exterior of the building which move with the sun. The building was designed for, and continues to house central administration and service facilities for SMUD.
The two wings of the 166,000 square foot building are linked by an elevator and service core. The south wing encloses three clear-spanned floors of flexible office space over a lobby, auditorium, and demonstration areas. The basement of the south wing was designed to comprise the building’s cafeteria, mailroom and general storage areas. The north wing includes two floors of flexible office space over three levels of garage parking provided for staff vehicles. Tree-shaded parking is available for visitors and employees. The 15-acre site is densely landscaped featuring granite boulders and a variety of trees. The building has matured successfully over the years and is still used as originally designed. No significant changes have taken place since the original construction. The exterior has been well-maintained, and the interior has had typical upgrades for a 50 year old building.
Water City Mural by Wayne Thiebaud
A major design feature, a glass mosaic by a young Wayne Thiebaud, encircles the first level of the building. He was virtually unknown at the time and this was his first glass mosaic, which is now considered irreplaceable and priceless.
Wayne Thiebaud was a relatively unknown artist teaching at Sacramento City College in 1958 when Dreyfuss & Blackford selected him to do a mosaic mural for the new building’s façade.
Along with SMUD, they decided something bright and beautiful was needed to increase interest in the building when viewed both at a distance, through the trees, and up close as people walked under the surrounding portico.
Thiebaud submitted two sketches to choose from, both of which were to be executed in glass mosaic tiles. One was bold, with large blocks of black, brown, orange and gray on a white background, a solid color abstract. Dreyfuss & Blackford chose instead a delicate design of a city reflected in water, and Thiebaud was then commissioned by the SMUD Board to make full drawings for four panels, each 15 feet high and over 200 feet long.
The artist worked in a large hall at the old State Fair to project each sketch in full size. Color areas were numbered by reference to 58 shades of sample tiles. Predominant colors are variations of orange, red, and blue.
A detailed study was made by Dreyfuss & Blackford to determine how and where such a mosaic could be manufactured. After much review and consideration, a muralist school in Florence, Italy was finally selected to prepare the mural. Theibaud’s drawings, on rolls of butcher paper, were rolled and sent to Italy where the mural was rendered in tessera glass tile, a process involving a great deal of handwork. The completed tiles were then shipped back to San Francisco, trucked to Sacramento, and mortared into place.
12/05/2013 Ladies European Tour. Turkish Airlines Ladies Open, National Golf Club, Belek, Turkey 2-12 May 2013. Eleanor Givens of England during the final round. Credit: Tristan Jones
Acropolis
Acropolis means 'Sacred Rock' and was a term given to the high strong holds of cities in the ancient world
Although many cities have an acropolis, most people associate the term with this most famous one
In this view we can see the Parthenon dominating the view in the center, on the bottom left is the
theather known as the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. The hill in the background is Lykavittos Hill
Above the Odeon on the left is the entrance to the Acropolis known as the Propylaea
On the way up to the entrance, these two stand alone Corinthian columns can be seen
Monuments were erected on these columns to celebrate winners of Drama contests
This is a section of the Propylea, which means simply gate building.
Built around 435 BC it was never completely finished
This is the view from the top down to the Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus
Located on the southern cliff face of the arcopolis, it was the first stone theater ever built
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is also located on the southern slope
Built in 161 AD it was 3 stories high with a wooden roof and could seat 5000 people
The parthenon. One of the greatest buildings in history
Work began in 447 BC and was completed in 431 BC
This picture shows the West facade of the building
A closeup of the west facade
Much of the detail has been lost but some carvings can be seen in the second level
Sonya and John in front of the east side of the Parthenon
A close up of the long south side of the Parthenon
In 1687 the Parthenon was massively damaged by an explosion. In one of history's greatest acts of stupidity the Turks used the Parthenon as an ammunition dump which blew up during a bombardment by the Venetians. Curses on both their houses
This building is called the Erechtheon. It was constructed from 421 BC to 407 BC during the Peace of Nikias between Athens and Sparta during the disastrous Peloponnesian wars
This section is known as the Porch of the Caryatids with the famous six ladies holding up the roof
Another view of the Caryastids. All these are reproductions. "lord" Elgin stole one of the statues to Britain which is now in the British museum. The remaing five have been relocated to the Acropolis museum
A further out view showing the whole building complex.
This is all located on the north side of the Acropolis
A closeup showing some of the fine detail on the columns
This view of the Parthenon is taken from the near by hill of Philopappou
Space Needle, Seattle, Washington - 2013
The Space Needle rises out of nowhere, it is away from the downtown district in the Seattle Center, so far from the tall high-rise skyscrapers that dominate the city.
Opened in 1962, it stands 184m tall, and is designed to withstand 200mph winds and a 9.1 magnitude earthquake, way above the required standards in the sixties.
29/05/2021. Ladies European Tour 2021. Ladies Italian Open, Golf Club Margara, Piemont. Italy. May 28 - 30 2021. Eleanor Givens of England during the second round. Credit: Tristan Jones.
Given the scarcity of baby swings in Moscow, I am very happy that Liliana has graduated to the big kid swings.
Given that I didn't have any real repair parts as of yet, the first step was scrubbing almost 3 decades worth of basement grime off the bike. Other than some brake fluid weep on the rims and at the fluid reservoir, no visible leaks of any kind. Cleaned up pretty well.
Given the low temperatures in the Pantanal these Swallows resorted to cuddling together to maintain heat. A very unusual sight.
One of the offering given in the ritual is giving vegetable oil to the oil lamps inside the temple. These lights, like the candles, lit the temple all day long (at least today)
Given the steamy windows and the lighting I found it extremely difficult to get decent shots without reflections so most of them having something. I was just fascinated; we didn't realized how vast and sprawled out Seoul is.
God has given us a dark wine so potent that,
drinking it, we leave the two worlds.
God has put into the form of hashish a power
to deliver the taster from self-consciousness.
God has made sleep so
that it erases every thought.
God made Majnun love Layla so much that
just her dog would cause confusion in him.
There are thousands of wines
that can take over our minds.
Don't think all ecstacies
are the same!
Jesus was lost in his love for God.
His donkey was drunk with barley.
Drink from the presence of saints,
not from those other jars.
Every object, every being,
is a jar full of delight.
Be a conoisseur,
and taste with caution.
Any wine will get you high.
Judge like a king, and choose the purest,
the ones unadulterated with fear,
or some urgency about "what's needed."
Drink the wine that moves you
as a camel moves when it's been untied,
and is just ambling about.
__ A Poem by Rumi
Given the importance of Emperor Meiji to Japan's industrialization and modernization, every year these barrels full of sake wrapped in straw are offered to the deities of the Meiji shrine by the National Sake Brewers Association to show deep respect for the souls of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken
05/10/2019. Ladies European Tour 2019. Hero Women's Indian Open, DLF Golf and Country Club , Delhi, India. 3-6 October 2019. Eleanor Givens of England during the third round. Credit: Tristan Jones
Given the circumstances of available lighting and lack of equipment, I was really happy with the lighting in this shot.
MFA LRVS Lecture: Wendy Given
Jul 22, 2015 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
The Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies welcomes Wendy Given for a discussion of her work as part of the 2015 Summer Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Wendy Given was born in 1971 and is an American artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Given studied fine art and was trained in painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture during her BFA undergraduate work at Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. Given has exhibited both nationally and internationally at venues including the Vincent Price Art Museum in Monterey Park, California; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York; FototropÃa in Guatemala City, Guatemala; Fifth Floor, Los Angeles, California; The Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon; Indiana University IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana; Humble Arts Foundation, New York, New York; Kasher | Potamkin, New York, New York; Hap Gallery, Portland, Oregon; University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee; whitespace, Atlanta, Georgia and Wieden+Kennedy Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Given has also been awarded residencies with Signal Fire, Portland, Oregon; Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, California; and at Caldera Arts, Sisters, Oregon. She is represented by whitespace in Atlanta, Georgia and Kasher | Potamkin in NYC. www.wendygiven.com
Photos by Matthew Gaston
Given the fact there are no photos for this bus on Flickr yet, I thought it was probably about time to get using my Flickr account to upload this photo I took back on 16 Nov 2024, a few days into its service.
Given to leader of Qiang, Xinjiang, 1953. National Museum: China through the Ages, Exhibit 4. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Given that we couldn't get very deep into the park without walking on water (well, I guess boats exist), we were impressed with how much wildlife we managed to see just with a few hundred metres of visitor centres.
This blue heron was within sight of the Shark Valley visitor center just watching out over the lily pads for, I guess, fish. Or alligators.
The ecosystem here is one of a kind and extremely diverse. A lot of the tropical elements are from the Caribbean and South Americas but they are matched up with some northern temperate climate plants and animals (there were apparently bobcat and deer here too though we didn't see them).
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Students were given a lesson by Juliana Dupledge, who instructed the group in drawing techniques whilst at the NMA.