Datos del Proyecto

ventana canyon house
Rick Joy Architects have design this Ventana Canyon House, a two-story 8.380 square foot family vacation villa situated in the Catalina foothills overlooking Tucson, Arizona. This vacation villa, clad in steel plates, features a cantilevered second story. The post-tensioned concrete slab extension allows this level to have panoramic views. Using the peaceful environment of his studio/office, Rick Joy incorporates the rich textures, colors, and materials found in the Sonoran Desert into his designs.
To share with the world his vision of architecture and design, he wrote a book called Rick Joy: Desert Works, which is currently available in paperback form. This book provides readers with a visual tour of nine of his works, each representing the peaceful, natural look and feel of the desert. His designs are functional, but also innovative while still warm and inviting. Within this publication are views of interiors and beautifully detailed photographs of projects completed by Rick Joy Architects.

Autor y Obra

Awards
National Design Award Winner, Cooper-Hewitt – Smithsonian Institute American Academy of Arts and Letters, Academy Award in Architecture Record Houses Award for Desert Nomad House AIA Arizona Honor Awards for Tubac House and 400 Rubio Avenue Studio AR+D Emerging Architecture Award I.D. Magazine Annual Design Award
El arquitecto estadounidense Rick Joy se estará presentando en la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, como parte la serie de conferencias que esta institución realiza para ilustrar la labor de profesionales del diseño. La conferencia se efectuará el miércoles, 7 de abril, en el Auditorio de la Escuela, a partir de las 6:30 p.m.
Joy es profesor en la Universidad de Harvard y ha ganado, entre otros, el Premio de Arquitectura de la Academia Americana de Artes y Letras y el prestigioso Premio Nacional de Diseño del Instituto Smithsoniano/Museo Cooper-Hewitt.


Sobre Ricky Joy y su obra
Previo a convertirse en un arquitecto internacionalmente reconocido por su obra en el desierto, Rick Joy trabajaba como músico de jazz en Maine cuando a los 28 años decidió que la carrera musical no era lo que esperaba. Tras cinco años de estudios y tres de pasantías, abrió su propio estudio a los 34 años. Con el tiempo, una larga lista de clientes, entre los cuales figura Francis Ford Coppola, y los numerosos premios logrados con sus obras, demostrarían que tomó la decisión correcta.

Biografía

Joy was born in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. He studied music at the University of Maine from 1977 to 1984 before studying architecture at the University of Arizona, graduating in 1990 and establishing his own practice in 1993.

Rick Joy is Principal of Rick Joy Architects, a 12 person innovative architecture and planning firm established in 1993 in Tucson, Arizona. From the beginning, each of RJA’s works have been exhibited and published extensively and have won numerous awards. Joy received the 2002 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture and in 2004 won the prestigious National Design Award from the Smithsonian Institute/Cooper-Hewitt Museum. He periodically serves as a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Rice University and M.I.T. and he lectures extensively on the firm’s work throughout the world. In 2002, Joy’s first monograph was published entitled Rick Joy: Desert Works, the first in the Princeton Architectural Press/Graham Foundation invited New Voices in Architecture series.

Datos Personales

Mi nombre es Juan Carlos Ramos, soy estudiante de arquitectura,  soy originario de Monterrey, Nuevo León, y ahi mismo. Este es un blog para la materia de Dibujo y Modelación Digital . Mi número de matrícula es el a01138134. Yo espero de esta clase aprender las bases de lo que es el dibujo computarizado, siento que es un curso fundamental donde lo que aprenda sera un arma para el resto de mi vida.