Jim Blake, NCARB
807 Bain Place
Redwood City, CA 94062
Jim . blake@gmail.com
(650) 366-4974
Blissdietbook.com/blog
Jimblakeart.com
Blakegrouparchitecture.com
Topics upon which I could lecture effectively:
Architectural design process
Techniques and strategies for design development
Contract documents: Plans, specs, contracts
Marketing for a small office – cultivating social networks
Coordinating the consultant team: landscape, structural, civil, HVAC / plumbing, electrical, lighting, acoustics, food service, graphics, curtain wall, life safety, etc.
Construction administration: delivering quality
Architecture theory: Renaissance through contemporary – focus on 20th,21st C.
Cezanne, Cubism and the Roots of “CitraModern” Architecture
The history of the picture plane: Lascaux to Pollock
The history of Painting: 19th through 20th Century: Turner to Jasper Johns
The origins of style: tipping point
A lexicon of contemporary architecture: nature and neologism
Architecture History: Ancient through Contemporary (semester): featuring:
Russian constructivist architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Wasmuth Portfolio
LeCorbusier, Mies, Gropius: manifestos spoken and constructed
Architectural enclosure systems: design, detailing, shop drawing review
Laboratory design: Biology and chemistry research laboratories
Airport design: large markets, Industrial buildings, suburban office buildings, ferry terminals
Wayfinding: Graphics in public buildings: concept, design, detailing
Corporate office-design and space planning: the hip and the square
High-end corporate interior design: limestone, bronze, terrazzo, stainless steel, wood veneer, millwork: design, detailing, shop drawing review
Structural design in detail for wood frame buildings
Structural concepts for types I – V, including long-span steel systems
Architectural graphics (two- year program )
orthographic projection, linear perspective, descriptive geometry
axonometric and plan oblique projection systems and techniques
freehand drawing, painting, human anatomy for architects, masterclass:
drawing toward sublimity, the numinous image
Residential project delivery: programming, design, documentation, construction phase services.
Residential civil works: retaining walls, site drainage, roadway substrate, coord w/ geotech
The community urban design charrette: organizing and delivering concepts to civilians, civic leaders and the press
Teaching future architecture academics: strategies for the left and right brain.
Writing clear, effective English: writing as the residue of thought
Brainstorming and flow states: The creative process in the arts: architecture, sculpture, music, painting and writing