BNPD // BNPD // BNPD //
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
SAMSON’S LAIRDOC 234—34/2
PROGRAM: BASEMENT REMODEL
CLIENT: SPEC FLIP
DATE: FEBRUARY 2021
STATUS: BUILT
BUDGET: $7,000.00
Samson’s lair is a small basement renovation, with a decorative fireplace serving as the main focus of the space. Who is Samson:
“In a bloody showdown, sublime in scale, Samson brought down the walls which held him in bondage; annihilating both himself, the captive, and his captors. It is a matter of style; courage and strength, in the face of total dread; spirit transcending matter, and by relation, all logic as well. Some see the whole world as a merciless game of chance; and man, an orphaned soul. They see him postpone his inevitable end by fixing himself into a building. This is his shelter, but it is also his cage... A cage made from scratch, and sometimes the other way; below ground, and sometimes above. He garrisons himself, and occasionally a small party of related individuals, a family, taking comfort in his fortifications which he sees are strong and good. And yet...”
But man, who is like the mortal Samson, tires of this ultimately self imposed defensive struggle. He longs for escape, whatever the cost; to loosen his grip on earthly matters, and as the winds which wind and curl from Heaven knows where, so too does his spirit wish to be carried off to some other galaxy which is not as heavy and burdensome as this one surely is.
And so he is free at last.”