Residence for Pittluck, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
- UQFL644-Series A-File 16
- File
- 1971
Part of Graeme Thiedeke Papers
Two architectural drawings (ink line drawings on paper, photocopied). Client: Philip Pittluck, New York accountant. Brief: Design, documentation and construction of a residence for a retired couple; Budget $40k. This was the second commission within the town centre that was designed by Thiedeke. With a cement shortage, Thiedeke used bovedas. The house replaced an adobe ruin. Footings were one metre of deep stone wall to absorb earthquake movement; walls were single brick infill, concrete ring beams top and bottom, concrete columns poured within wall thickness; and roof was brick vaulting.
Thiedeke, Graeme, 1942-