http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/site/index/ en Copyright 2010 2010-06-29T15:53:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/build_a_better_burb/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/build_a_better_burb/#When:15:53:00Z _A competition entry from June 2010 that attempts to reconfigure Long Island downtowns using a new architectural typology mash-up of the Levittown hip-roof dwelling and the town house, among other improvements. 2010-06-29T15:53:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/eyebrow_house/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/eyebrow_house/#When:17:47:00Z _Project, 2010. Surgical intervention in 1940's cottage. Plans called for opening up the rear of the house to the backyard and create vaulted interior bedrooms on the second level by using prefabricated galvanized elliptical arches (commonly used for simple storage structures) in a novel way as dormers. By opening up the rear of the house and cantilevering off it, we wished to integrate the existing site terracing into the house and allow views of the backyard from most points inside. Emphasis is placed on the kitchen/dining area at the expense of the traditional living room. Photos are by Brian Libby and Edgar Papazian. 2010-04-08T17:47:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/tacoma_art_museum_plaza/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/tacoma_art_museum_plaza/#When:19:45:00Z _Competition entry to rectify a bare exterior plaza in front of the Antoine Predock-designed Tacoma Art Museum. The late Herbert Muschamp's concept of the "parabuilding" informed this entry. Created June, 2009. 2009-06-23T19:45:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/stealth_addition/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/stealth_addition/#When:04:10:00Z _On a quiet street in the exclusive enclave of Short Hills, New Jersey, a 1929 colonial style house's original front facade nods back to a stately neighborhood of mixed historical styles while a cascading, copper-clad addition on the rear (hidden from street view) advantageously opens up the home to the forested rear yard. The frumpy, compartmentalized interior has been blasted out, and large, open, flowing living spaces create a modern aerie, all hinging on a masonry fulcrum. First three photographic images at twilight are copyright Kubilus Photo, 2010. 2008-09-05T04:10:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/bull_mountain/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/bull_mountain/#When:21:08:00Z _A new clear shiplap cedar-clad home in Kent, Connecticut, with timber frame, brise soleil, wrap-around standing seam copper roofing, bedroom tower, and garage, on an isolated site up a long road near the top of Bull Mountain. Completed 2003. Produced in consultation with John Allee, AIA. Photographs copyright Jeff Goldberg/Esto. 2008-08-01T21:08:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/armenian_genocide_museum_and_memorial/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/armenian_genocide_museum_and_memorial/#When:04:50:00Z _The design of AGMM, created in 2002-2005 for the trustees of the museum under the auspices of Chairman Gerard L. Cafesjian, attempted to apply the concept of genocide to a built object in Washington D.C. Through our research, genocide was exposed as an ahistorical construct, an unending repeating circular (spiral) process through time, a process unable to transfer the events it contains into historical facts due to their denial by the descendants of the crime's perpetrator. Genocide is forgotten (the victims cannot speak of their experiences), thus comes the next spiral segment and the begetting of another genocide, onward and onward, an algorithm of death. The spiraling ramps of the museum and the facade were the product of such thought. We viewed this as an opportunity for an edifice to guide the general public via emotional response to form, not only to its exhibitions. Traditional Armenian ashlar architecture, with a highly cohesive formal vocabulary and system, was a source of inspiration in the designs as it was developed over this period. 2008-06-25T04:50:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/clinton_presidential_library/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/clinton_presidential_library/#When:04:49:00Z _While at Polshek Partnership LLP from 2000-2003, Edgar helped in the creation of Little Rock's “bridge to the future” commemorating the Presidency of Bill Clinton. In cutting one's teeth as an architect, he learned how to detail high quality modern construction, including rain screen systems, various curtain walls, and green roofing systems. The project earned a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating. 2008-06-25T04:49:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/groen_hoek_boathouse/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/groen_hoek_boathouse/#When:04:47:00Z _Negotiating a "sweet spot" in 2003 on the site for the location of a rowing facility on an inlet along the east river in Brooklyn, this project was an attempt to draw by hand a building that had an analogue of an inverted wood scull. The architecture of boats provided inspiration for the ideas of boat storage, community, and building. 2008-06-25T04:47:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/notebooks/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/notebooks/#When:04:41:00Z _Research into optics has been a concern in our architectural exploration &#8212 ultimately our interest lies in how form is interpreted optically. With an understanding of the mechanics of optics and vision, we can refine form with the tools we have available &#8212 in this case, the emphasis is on three-dimensional projections created on two dimensional surfaces &#8212 drawing in its most basic formulation. 2008-06-25T04:41:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/nyc_apartment/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/nyc_apartment/#When:04:40:00Z _The apartment was designed on a limited budget for a couple in 2006; he an artist with a burgeoning painting career and she with a retail jewelry business and a little one on the way. The project in a Park Avenue Tower involved linking their studio apartment with a one bedroom unit next door that had come up for sale fortuitously. A new bookcase along one wall &#8212 a white enframing container for knowledge and history &#8212 attempted to contain an enormous book collection they had amassed that had previously spilled over every surface of their studio. 2008-06-25T04:40:00-08:00