another good documentary about Andy Goldsworthy, called Rivers and Tides.

A good documentary called Visual Acoustics about california modernist architecture photographer Julius Shulman is a good watch for any photographer or architect.

we're renting this really small apartment right now that needed some more counter space. my solution was to build a free standing unit that had some storage space and usable counter space, and that could be taken with us when we move and be used for drafting in an office.

i used beach wood from the local lumber yard that cost 300 bucks. i think it was like 15 pieces of 3/4 inch thick 6 inches wide by 8 feet long boards. and there was one sheet of 1/4 birch ply for the sides and back and one sheet of 1/2 ply for the bottom and shelf.

for the construction i basically cut 2 inch strips for the frame and glued and screwed those the 3x3 inch legs that i glued together from the beach wood. i cut the legs so the side ply would have a lip to sit behind instead of just butting up to the legs. the photo of the rough plans that i drew up show how that need to work in the bottom left. i glued that toe screwed all the joints on the top and bottom, unless the top one would be visible, then i just screwed the bottom.

for the counter top i made a butcher block top...well its like a half butcher block cuz i really just ripped strips and then turned them on end and glued them together. the top is an inch thick and i put some strips in the ends to cover the end grain, for no real reason. i also had to make sure that i didnt install the top until it was in the house as the top was wider than the doorway. for that i put four long screws through the top into the legs and filled the holes with some dowel.