Studio
August 4, 2023
Retu(r)ned Oak
Studio Winterich completed a major public art commission for Ellis Partners at their new hi-rise at the corner of Broadway and 12th Street in Oakland. Our work is along the storefront of this 18-story building…
Read MoreAugust 4, 2023
Approach
The color and shapes of the San Francisco Bay salt ponds, as seen from the air, are a distinctive feature of the Bay Area landscape. Winding their way through the salt ponds are several major…
Read MoreAugust 4, 2023
Standpoint
Due to the arrangement of shapes, light, color, and voids, the perception of space in this sculpture fluctuates. A hovering illuminated blue prism sometimes appears at the sculpture’s center. Walk around the piece, and the…
Read MoreAugust 4, 2023
Crescent
The sculpture, “Crescent”, was derived from looking at the sloughs that wind through the former salt ponds at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay and the north edge of Sunnyvale. Due to its…
Read MoreAugust 4, 2023
Bus Shell-ter
The glowing shell-like form was visible from a distance of one-quarter mile. The Bus Shell-ter was made of bent strips of fluorescent Plexiglas attached to a steel frame in a shiplap pattern. Photovoltaic cells on…
Read MoreAugust 3, 2023
LIFT
This public art sculpture is a functional elevator enclosure located on the Palo Alto Medical Clinic campus. On the west side of the pavilion is a clear glass wall containing a prismatic window. With the…
Read MoreAugust 3, 2023
Exultadagio
“Exultadagio” includes prismatic glass fins on the south façade of the modernist, six-story addition to the historic San Francisco Conservatory of Music building. In each fin, a thin strip of dichroic glass projects colored light…
Read MoreAugust 3, 2023
Reflecting Whisper Wall
An embracing ring of gentle falling water cascades over reflective glass shelves. Dappled colored light playfully reflects off the white concrete water wall and creates a soothing environment at the entrance to this medical office…
Read MoreAugust 2, 2023
Cascading Glass Wall
Inspired by Tuscany’s gardens and rural architecture, the “Cascading Glass Wall” is a prismatic focal point at the central courtyard of the Netflix Campus. Framed in bronze and stone, the garden wall glass reflects blues,…
Read MoreAugust 2, 2023
Receiver
Tilting slightly towards the building, the sculpture shape is derived from a section of the parabolic antenna at the nearby Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunnyvale, the site of the “Blue Cube”. Ellison Onizuka was…
Read More