Just wanted to show a project I’ve been working on between classes.  It’s a suite of offices for a clinical psychologist.  It’s sort of an essay on creating as nice a space as possible for dirt cheap–making creative use of mostly generic, inexpensive materials from the DIY chain store across the street. 

This all started out as a cluster of really seedy 1970’s offices–nicotine stained walls and disgusting suspended ceilings.

I did the design work and quite a bit of the labor–gutting, construction, cabinetry…just about all me except for wiring, mudding, carpet and paint.  Everything in these photos is new except for the sheetrock on a few of the walls that we kept.  This is the first time I’ve done a lot of this work, and I just sort of tried to figure things out as I went along.  A good project to cut my teeth on.

The Dr. overrode me with the shag carpeting–I pushed long and hard for cork tile.  And I hate her furniture.  When I have more time I’ll go up there and re-photograph everything with my wide-angle lens and my own Corb chairs.  :- )