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BNPD stands for Benjamin Nelson Pennell Design, a practice which began in 2017 with the commission of a small residence in Northern California. We provide ordinary architectural services for additions, remodels, ground-up construction, and feasibility studies. When the occasion calls for it, we involve ourselves in construction as well; physically making custom-built furniture, ornamental applique, fiberglass sculpture, and structural steelwork. Read More

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RESIDENTIAL

300 John Lemley Ln.         2025
1011 2nd st. (pt 2)         2021
Samson’s Lair               2021
1011 2nd st. (pt 1)         2020
1102 Masonic Ave            2019
210 Semple St.              2017

COMMERCIAL 

5278 College Ave.           2020
681 27th St.                2020
4750 Park Blvd.             2020
547 31st St.                2019
Port Tonic                  2019

MISCELLANEOUS 

Shinto Shed                 2020
Ex-Embryo                   2014
LA Streetlights             2020
Dragon Temple               2019
Strip Tease                 2019
Design Village              2011
Skyhouse                    2010
Sweat Lodge                 2009

THEORETICAL 

Hell High                   2019
London Spec Housing         2018
St Patrick’s Cathedral      2018

TEXTS / ARCHIVED WORK SAMPLES

WORK SAMPLE (CURRENT)       2025
“DRAWING ON ARCHITECTURE”   2019
WORK SAMPLE (ARCHIVE)       2017

LECTURES / VIDEOS 

Slanted Commune             2024
Territorial Conquest        2023
Strip Tease                 2015
Ex-Embryo                   2014

WEB ARCHIVE                 2024







1011 2ND ST. PART 2
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PROGRAM:     ATTIC ADDITION 
CLIENT:      SPEC FLIP  
DATE:        AUGUST 2021      

STATUS:      BUILT  
BUDGET:      $12,000.00 1011 2nd st. was a large, multi-phase residential renovation in Brookings, South Dakota. The main floors remained largely in keeping with the character of the original home(pictured below); but the attic story, both on the interior and exterior possessed a more personal aesthetic. The interior is minimalistic, white, unadorned. In the middle of the space is a severe, maybe even gaunt, truss form that stretches down to the floor -making it look person-like. The exterior is also person-like, but it is loud and bombastic -almost Gehryesq if it weren’t for its classical sense of symmetry and hierarchy.

A piece of sales-copy: “Inside The Kimono House, we will dine together, all of us, with tremendous mirth and serenity, cross-legged and bare-footed on tatami mats like fields of grain.”
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