About

Hello. I live in New York and work at SOM. In May I earned a graduate degree from Columbia University's GSAPP. Prior to that, I spent four years working with Randall Stout Architects in Los Angeles after graduating from the School of Architecture at the University of Texas in Austin. I also tackle freelance graphic and photography work with my partner in crime, the multi-talented Jackie Caradonio at Lion in Oil. Please feel free to view a copy of my CV here: CV(html) or CV(pdf) for more info or contact me for further work samples, questions or collaborations.

Contact

john.h.locke{at}gmail.com
310.735.3333

Architecture Portfolios

Portfolio 2002-2007 (issuu)
Portfolio 2008-2009 (issuu)

20100117 competitions, graphic design | Tags: competition, graphic design

wtc construction fence proposal

Jackie wrote a great project description for our competition entry for a fence around the world trade center construction site: What makes New York’s skyline so powerful is not the skyscrapers themselves, but the void between and around them, the vibrant hues of sky that hug their every angle. Skyscape focuses on that negative space in a site-specific work that combines photographs of the space above the construction site taken from surrounding boroughs over the course of a single day. The idea is that, not only will our skyline change dramatically with the addition of the Freedom Tower, but the shape of the sky itself, the space it encompasses, and therefore, the relationship between the buildings, the sky, and us will change. We still recognize the buildings’ forms, but they become the void—the sky is now the subject.