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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







STRIP TEASE
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PROGRAM:     GALLERY EXHIBITION
COLLAB:      JULIEN STOCKWELL,
             JOHN DALLIT, 
             JACKSON CLASS OF 2015   
DATE:        MAY 2015      

STATUS:      BUILT  
BUDGET:      $1,500.00Strip Tease was an immersive architectural instalation created by the Doug Jackson Thesis Class of 2015 at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. It was a “total art work”, meaning it featured volumetric, sculptural form (ie architecture), rear-projected interactive digital content, and a backdrop of specially-engineered audio soundtracks. The main idea was to feature our thesis projects (the content) as a continuous image crawl, similar to the “ticker tape” real of the New York stock exchange. The literal movement of the “ticker tape” perfectly harmonized with the implied movement of the banded, radiused projection screens. 

In a general sense, “Strip Tease” was a temporary prototype for a future architecture based on the pairing of both tactile three-dimensional form and interactive digital content. Read Venturi’s “Iconography and Electronics Upon a General Architecture.”

The image / content management was masterminded by Julien Stockwell, and the interactive componentry was coded by John Dallit. 





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