+JEFFERSON-DEGRUY-LATROBE+ >thomas jefferson< >jean baptiste valentin degruy< >benjamin henry latrobe< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ALL SAW & BECAME ENAMORED OF+ (>composed if short wood planks >a very visionary system<) +THE 129 FT. WOOD DOME IN PARIS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HALLE AUX (BLEDS) BLE+ (grain market/le halle) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >built by legrand and molynos after a (CONSTRUCTED IN 1783) >16th c. concept by philip delorme >the famous french architect< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SYNCHRONISTICALLY+ >it was under this dome that jefferson had a romantic rendesvous with +MARIA COSWORTH+ >his famous lost english lover< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it was under this dome that our famed +VERLOIN DEGRUY DOME+ >energetic ancestor j.g.v. degruy was inspired to build the unique round +DEGRUY BROS. SUGAR MILL+ >(see "voyage to louisiana" >by c.c. robin, (paris)) ^^^^^^^^^^^ >it was under this dome that b.h.latrobe became inspired to program the +NATIONAL CAPITOL DOME+ >(bullfinch built later a >double dome shell) ^^^^^^^^^^^ >and advise jefferson & degruy domes (JEFFERSON LITERATURE) >is a very well documented view< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +(LATROBE'S 2 SKETCHES+ >convincing evidence< +OF THE DEGRUY MILL)+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(t.h.n.o.c archive document)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FIRST POLYTECHNIC COURSE IN U.S.+ >was at the west point military< >academy designed by latrobe< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GENETIC MEMORY+ >quite appropriately it was in less then 200 years later that geodesic domes +1969-1996+ >became a mainstay of my design teaching at san diego state u. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE MODERN CALIF, BUNGALOW+ affordable, hurricane/earthquake proof housing of our time. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ONE OF MY STUDENTS WAS ON+ >"on the road" program< >w/ charle currault< +NATIONAL TELEVISION W/ HER+ +GEODESIC DOME HOUSE+ (designed in my class) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"SMALL WORLD"+ ^^^^^^^^^ >it must be remembered that our +VERLOIN-DEGRUY ANCESTORS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >were crusader/knights templar people that belonged to the famous french +GRAND-ORIENT MASON LODGE+ (orient park e. of troyes, france) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LATER HEADED BY LOUIS PHILIPPE+ >(who was degruy/foucher guest >when they built the mill dome< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (verloin-degruy heritage) +DEVOTED TO DOME MASONRY AS+ (jerusalem dome inspired) +PART OF ST. BERNARD'S VISION+ >(their spiritual teacher/leader >clairvaux monastery< +FATHER OF CATHEDRALS+) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california