Dip Cleaning
Jenna pulled her Mercedes wagon into Double-D-Bar Ranch as she did most Wednesdays. To avoid spooking the animals, she parked just inside the front gate marked by one “D” superimposed […]
Category Archives: Lapp RiverHouse
Chapter 3: House as a Reflection of Our Selves
Chapter 3. House as a Reflection of Our Selves The space you choose to inhabit is an expression of your style, values, aspirations, and self-image. Architectural apathy, choosing not to […]
Chapter 2: Love Song to Our River House (draft)
Love Song to Our River House Shadows in this house hang confidently like art. Where water dances on the ceiling, There is the music of […]
Chapter 1 draft At Home: A Client’s Argument for Reflexive Architecture
At Home: A Client’s Argument for Reflexive Architecture Preface by Arthur Dyson Dedication For my husbands, who help my dreams spring to life: Greg Alan Lapp Dennis […]
Seasonal Waterfalls Watering the World
Brief respite from the glorious rain. After four years of drought, we’d almost forgotten what spring looks like “when the world is puddle-wonderful” (e.e.cummings) and the river starts to rise. […]
Landsculpting 2016
Today, we exhausted ourselves physically for the second day in a row. It seemed simple: take this wall of dirt and rock and move it to the top of of […]
Love Song to Certain Spaces Pt.1
Love song to certain spaces. RiverHouse The moon is still shining when the sun comes up. I know this because I see the moon in the mirror by the sliding […]
Today’s bounty
Ample provisions for the two of us–and doesn’t include the strawberries I ate in the garden. It’s silly the depth of satisfaction I derive from this morning activity!
Business Journal Article features Lapp RiverHouse and Art Dyson
Dyson won a Society of American Registered Architects (California) award for Lapp RiverHouse (among other works). The jury liked the house’s “‘total design’ and its backstory [Lencioni Residence]…’Amazingly expansive quality […]
Lapp RiverHouse Featured in Lifestyle Magazine
Ross Yukawa the art director of Lifestyle magazine came to the Kings River Conservancy’s Spring Fling with my dear friend, neighbor, and graphic designer Kathleen Laird–it’s a small world; you’d […]
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