Michael Rotondi has practiced and taught architecture locally and internationally for over forty years, always operating from his base in Los Angeles. Digitizing these sketchbooks is a process that stretches back to the late 70s and early 80s, through the early days of SCI-Arc (Arch. '75, Director 1987-1997) and seminal projects from Morphosis (1975-1991) and RoTo Architects (1991-present) up to more recent times. The online archive, to be updated and added to periodically, includes selections of scans from the collection, descriptive texts, and audio recordings discussing the books and their contents.
CEDAR LODGE TERRACE
The Cedar Lodge Terrace house, or CDLT, is an experimental remodel done in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. From sketches the house went immediately into construction, shortening the length of time between idea and execution, and transforming each step as part of the overall design process.
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