PRESERVATION/REHABILITATION PROJECTS GENERALLY FOCUS ON PIECING BACK TOGETHER BUILDINGS THAT EXEMPLIFY A PARTICULAR NOTEWORTHY ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OR THE EXEMPLARY WORK OF A NOTED ARCHITECT OR BUILDER. THIS PROJECT WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE ITS SIGNIFICANCE STEMS NEITHER FROM ITS STYLE, NOR WHO DESIGNED IT, BUT RATHER, FROM A PARTICULAR EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE BUILDINGS THAT HAD WORLDWIDE IMPORTANCE. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT WAS THE SIMPLE WOOD FRAMED 12-FOOT X 20-FOOT GARAGE STRUCTURE IN THE BACK YARD THAT IS RECOGNIZED AS A CALIFORNIA STATE LANDMARK BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE SILICON VALLEY.

REHABILITATION EFFORTS WERE UNDERTAKEN ON THE MAIN HOUSE, NON-CONTRIBUTING AND SUBSTANDARD ADDITIONS WERE PEELED AWAY. EXACT DIMENSIONS OF A MISSING ROOF DORMER WERE DISCOVERED WHEN THE ORIGINAL WINDOW AND FRAMING WERE FOUND ABANDONED IN THE ATTIC. THE UN-REINFORCED CLINKER BRICK CHIMNEY WAS LISTING AND FALLING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. SCAFFOLD WAS ERECTED AND THE BRICKS WERE NUMBERED AND TAKEN DOWN ONE BY ONE TO BE REASSEMBLED WITH A HIDDEN STEEL SUPPORT DEVISED BY THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS. LANDSCAPE COMPONENTS WERE PIECED BACK TOGETHER FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND A WONDERFUL ORAL HISTORY THAT HAD BEEN CAPTURED DESCRIBING IN DETAIL THE ROSE GARDEN IN THE BACK YARD.

THE UNIQUELY AMERICAN STORY OF TWO STRUGGLING GRADUATE STUDENTS LIVING IN THEIR RENTED FLATS, WORKING ON THE SEEDS OF A LARGER IDEA HAS BEEN PRESERVED.

ARCHITECT: CODY ANDERSON WASNEY ARCHITECTS, INC.
CONTRACTOR: RUDOLPH & SLETTEN, INC.
CLIENT: HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY

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