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ARCHITECT NAME ,, DATE OF BIRTH ] DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF PRACTICE TYPE OF PRACTICE other FIRMS ASSOCIATED WITH -------------7 ~~1:I ; SHAW,l \::lEPBuR."ir l<e,H<>E \ £Df:TSN%P S'. F2>WL-Ef- i ~Dt.> N (Q 7 SkC...., J F6TfSp;So~ I t OtJ.lvI rDVJLE=-f:J SLC / {qS~:Ca<J \=OW"t.. t= t ~ u <so 1s.:i, k.l ~GSio N 1 "-t 'Ro BBR-1: A. 14S~ ..,<;r_ -,- 14';:?4 -SS r=:L>Wt-e:.f, 7 t:Eg<aD»b'.>, kl t-Jg,sTotJ MATERIAL AVAILABLE UNDER &TD~\ N\l£s. I r>=v&N 7 ::t @} 6c.N l:P6' -- PROJECTS AS PRINCIPAL: 1956 Wyrrrn.m.t Village, B. Y. U. , Provo, Utah Headquarters Building, Eirnco Corporation, Salt Lake City Strigharn Residencev Salt Lake City Scott Residence, Salt Lake City Smith Residence, Salt Lake City 1957 Zoology Laboratory, B.Y.U., Provo Jewish CDrrmunity Center, Salt Lake City 1958 L. D. S. Edgerront Chapel, Provo Little Hotel Rerrodel, Salt Lake City 1959 Office Building, Weyher Construction Co. , Salt Lake City Cook Residence, Salt Lake City 1960 College of Law Building, U. of U., Salt Lake City Twin Falls Bank; Twin Falls, Idaho Physical Plant Building; B. Y. U. , Provo Conover Residence; Salt Lake City · 1961 . Scera Park EleIIEiltary School; Orem, Utah Academy Park Elementary School; Granger, Utah fuab National Bank; 1-bab, Utah ., Orem Jr. High School; Orem, Utah 1962 Walker Bank; Granger, Utah Deseret Towers; B.Y.U., Provo Sunset Jr. High School; Sunset, Utah 1963 Twin Falls Bank & Trust; Kimberly, Idaho Dairy Products Laboratory; B.Y. U., Provo Delta High School; Delta, Utah 1964 Walker Bank; Midvale , Utah M3.rriott Library; U. of U., Salt Lake City Cherry Hills Elementary School; Orem, Utah Board of Education Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah Kiwanis-Felt Yo-1th Cent er; Salt Lake City r 1965 Valley View Elem. School; Pleasant Grove, Ut. Shelley Elernentary School; American Fork, Ut. Special Events Center; U. of U., Salt Lake City Physical Education Facilities; U. of U. , SLC 1966 ~ Llncfun Elementary School; Lindon, Utah . Bullfrog Marina; Lake Powell, Utah Cascade Elernentary School; Orem, Utah 1967 Fillm:>re Elementary School; Fillnore, Utah Wasatch County Courthouse; Heber City, Utah Walker Bank; Sandy, Utah Faculty Office Building, B.Y. U., Provo 1968 Military Science Building, B. Y. U. , Provo Walker Bank; Ogden, Utah Ski Shack; Park City, Utah Residence Hall ''V''; B.Y. U., Provo Walker Bank; Salt Lake City 1969 Marriott Center; B. Y. U., Provo Walker Bank; Centerville, Utah Greenwood Elementary School; American Fork, Ut. 1970 Sears/Strain Properties; Great Falls, M:mtana Walker Bank; Provo, Utah Utah Biomedical Test Laboratory; U. of U. 1971 Orem Elementary School; Orem, Utah Willey Ford Agency; Bountiful, Utah Swirrrning Pools/Pavilion; Murray, Utah 1972 Hotel Utah Addition; Salt Lake City Sego Lily Elernentary School; Lehi, Utah L.D.S. Business College; Salt Lake City Lincoln Jr. High School; Orem, Utah Edwards Residence; Snowmass, Colorado 1973 American Fork Jr. High School, American Fork, Ut. Midway Elernentary School ; Midway, Utah L.D.S. Albany Chapel; Albany, Georgia 1974 Dee Events Center, Weber State College; Ogden, Ut. Harold B. Lee Library Addition; B.Y.U., Provo 1'btion Picture Building Addn; B. Y. U. , Provo 1975 Northridge Element~ School; Orem, Utah Library; Leia, HaWc1ii · Life Science Museum'; B. Y. U. , Provo 1976 Bicentennial Symphony Hall & Art Center; Salt Lake City Vineyard Elementary School; Orem, Utah Walker Bank; Tooele, Utah Walker Bank; Provo, Utah 1977 Residence Hall 'W'; B. Y. U. , Provo Orem High School; Orem, Utah Executive Air Terminal; Salt Lake City. Walker Bank; West Jordan, Utah Learning Resource Center; Orem, Utah Heritage Museum; Layton, Utah Walker Bank; Murray, Utah 1978 Dumke Biorredical Engr. Bldg;, U. Of U. Emerson Elerrentary School; Salt Lake City Highland Elementary School; Highland, Utah Holt Elernentary School; Clearfield, Utah Married Student Housing; B. Y. U. , Provo Life Span Learning Center; U.S.U., Logan, Utah College of Law Addition; U. of U. VITAE ROBERT A. FOWLER PERSONAL: Born August 7, 1930; Salt Lake City, Utah M:!.rried, tv;o children EDOCATION: Salt Lake City Public Schools University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah M:!.ssachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, M:!.ss. DEGREES: Bachelor of Fine Arts; U. of U., 1952 • Bachelor of Architecture; U. of U., 1953 1:-1".aster of Architecture; M.I.T., 1954 INTERNSHIP: A.B. Paulsen, Salt Lake City; 1947-1953 Perry, Shaw, Hepburn, Kehoe & Dean; Boston, :Mass. 1953-1954 l..Drenzo S. Young; Salt Lake City; 1954-1955 PROFESSIONAL: Robert A. Fowler; Salt Lake City; 1955-1958 Fowler & Peterson; Salt Lake City; 1958-1960 Young & Fowler; Salt Lake City; 1960-1968 Robert A. Fowler; Salt Lake City; 1968-1976 Fowler, Ferguson, Kingston, Ruben; Salt Lake City; 1976 - PROJECTS AS PRINCIPAL: 1956 Wyrrount Village, B. Y. U. , Provo, Utah Headquarters Building, Eimco C.Orporation, Salt Lake City Strigham Residence, Salt Lake City Scott Residence, Salt Lake City Smith Residence, Salt Lake City 1957 Zoology Laboratory, B. Y. U. , Provo Jewish C'.omnunity Center, Salt Lake City 1958 L. D.S. Edgern:mt Chapel, Provo Little Hotel Rerrodel, Salt Lake City 1959 Office Building, Weyher Construction C.O., Salt Lake City C.Ook Residence, Salt Lake City 1960 lliITege of Law Building, U. of U., Salt Lake City Twin Falls Bank; Twin Falls, Idaho Physical Plant Building; B.Y. U., Provo Conover Residence; Salt Lake City · 1961 Scera Park Elernentary School; Orem, Utah Academy Park Elementary School; Granger, Utah 1'bab National Bank; 1'bab, Utah Orem Jr . High School; Orem, Utah 1962 Wallcer Bank; Granger, Utah Deseret Towers; B.Y.U., Provo Sunset Jr. High School; Sunset, Utah 1963 Twin Falls Bank & Trust; Kimberly, Idaho Dairy Products Laboratory; B. Y. U. , Provo Delta High School; Delta, Utah 1964 Walker Bank; Midvale, Utah Marriott Library; U. of U., Salt Lake City Cherry Hills Elementary School; Orem, Utah Board of Education Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah Kiwanis-Felt Youth Center; Salt Lake City 1965 Valley View Elem. School; Pleasant Grove, Ut. Shelley Elerrentary School; American Fork, Ut. Special Events Center; U. of U., Salt Lake City Physical Education Facilities; U.of U., SLC 1966 Llnaon Elerrentary School; Lindon, Utah Bullfrog Marina; Lake Powell, Utah Cascade Elementary School; Orem, Utah 1967 Fillnnre Elementary School; Fillnnre, Utah Wasatch County Courthouse; Heber City, Utah Walker Bank; Sandy, Utah Faculty Office Building, B.Y. U., Provo 1968 Military Science Building, B.Y. U., Provo Walker Bank; Ogden, Utah Ski Shack; Park City, Utah Residence Hall ''V''; B. Y. U. , Provo Walker Bank; Salt Lake City 1969 Marriott Center; B. Y. U. , Provo Walker Bank; Centerville, Utah Greenwood Elementary School; American Fork, Ut. 1970 Sears/Strain Properties; Great Falls, funtana Walker Bank; Provo, Utah Utah Biomedical Test Laboratory; U. of U. 1971 Orem Elementary School; Orem, Utah Willey Ford Agency; Bountiful, Utah Swimning Pools/Pavilion; M.lrray, Utah 1972 Hotel Utah Addition; Salt Lake City Sego Lily Elementary School; Lehi, Utah L.D.S. Business College; Salt Lake City Lincoln Jr. High School; Orem, Utah Edwards Residence; Snowmass, Colorado 1973 Am::rican Fork Jr. High School, American Fork, Ut. Midway Elementary School ; Midway, Utah L. D. S. Albany Chapel; Albany, Georgia . 1974 Dee Events Center, Weber State C.Ollege; Ogden, Ut. Harold B. Lee Library Addition; B. Y. U. , Provo fution Picture Building Addn; B. Y. U. , Provo 1975 Northridge Elerrentary School; Orem, Utah Library; Leia, Hawaii Life Science M.lseum; B. Y. U. , Provo 1976 Bicentennial Symphony Hall & Art Center; Salt Lake City Vineyard Elerrentary School; Orem, Utah Walker Bank; Tooele, Utah Walker Bank; Provo, Utah 1977 Residence Hall ''W''; B.Y.U., Provo Orem High School; Oran, Utah Executive Air Tenninal; Salt Lake City. Walker Bank; West Jordan, Utah Leaming Resource Center; Orem, Utah Heritage M.lseum; Layton, Utah Walker Bank; Murray, Utah 1978 funKe Bionedical Engr. Bldg; , U. Of U. Enerson Elerrentary School; Salt Lake City Highland Elerrentary School; Highland, Utah Holt Elerrentary School; Clearfield, Utah M3.rried Student Housing; B. Y. U. , Provo Life Span Leaming Center; U.S. U. , Logan, Utah College of Law Addition; U. of U. HQ~RS AND AWARIB: Recipient of the A.I.A. Langley Scholarship Award for Graduate Studies. Recipient of the M.I.T. Scholastic Scholarship Award of Merit; A. I .A. Utah Chapter for College of Law, U. of U. Award of Merit; A. I .A. Utah Chapter for Ski Shack Award of Merit; A. I .A. Regional for Valley View Elementary School Honor Award; A. I .A. Regional for Marriott Library Honor Award; A. I .A. Regional for Natatorium, U. of U. Industrial Lab. of Year Award; for Utah Bionedical Test Laboratory Historical Award of Merit; A.I.A. Regi~l for Hotel Utah Addition AFFILIATIONS: American Institute of Architects National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Licensed: PUBLIC SERVICE: Utah, Idaho, M:mtana, Colorado, Nevada, C',alifomia Board Merrber - Ballet West Board Member - Utah Symphony Board Member - Salt Lake Art Design Board 1(_) 7 1CJ 7 0"' FFKR \.. '-' I I 7 I 1978 1979 1(-J80 1981 1982 1985 1986 198 1 1988 1989 1 (~CJ(.) '-1 , _./ 1991 . 1992 1993 1994 1997 1996 ·1993 ~- 19[)9 200() 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 C)11 tr1e bc)ards ..-:; .. Rcor::r! , . ow1:3r; ,."1. R.ny f<.:r.gscon, tt~:~k,':n :r. ,·,..,[:vs<>,"', ,;,rid .'v!ld C,x! R(:.,;r,11.,·fiJ,·)1 ~~r,;n•i;i:ri '.. ~t.·~. ." l'ir:.' . 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DD ,~ T\ I I\ 1===a l[R = ~ f.:::::,,d:::::: - .._c.__ ' - - L..- ly Pam Hatt 'hotos courtesy of FKR II Architecture/Planning/Interior Design FKR Project architect-Louis Ulrich Jr. AIA f'~;v~~~§~--i'\ The Pierpont Building rises like a white apparition over the Salt Lake cityscape, looming enamel bright against the azure sky. It ·1s clear, even at first glance, that this is no ordinary railroad office-turned high school-turned armory-turned newspaper typesetting buildingturned contemporary office space. This is something special. According to M. Ray Kingston and M. Louis Ulrich of FFKR II Architecture/Planning/Interior 64 r ODO_, uuu~ ODD Design, the firm that masterminded the renovation of the Pierpont Building, th~ most recent chapter 1n the continuing saga of this Salt Lake City landmark began three years ago. H.S. Ltd., a Utah partnership, purchased the three-building complex built in the 1890s by the Oregon Shortline Railroad. The partnership was the idea of John Williams of Gastronomy Inc., a restaurateur and renovationist of local repute. Over the next year FFKR, with REGIONALE WEST /:F\ ":~ DDU_ LJLJU~ -~UDD~UDU~UU~U~ principal UI rich as project architect, went to work on the site. From the start, the goal of the project was to create a flexible commercial space while preserving the integrity of the buildings, which in 1976 were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Pierpont, however, posed an unusually demanding set of problems. For starters, the architects had three buildings to work with, not just one. Two ran east/west, the DECEMBER//ANUARY f'=~"' - 1988 'other, north/south. Their only ~onnections were second-floor bridges at the front and back. "We braced them on the outside and dedicated the interior space between the buildings to the circulation system;' Ulrich explains. "That's where we put the corridors, stairwells and elevator for the handicapped." The second dilemma was the question of a new front staircase, a steep cavernous entryway-originally an alley between the buildings-that 65 -- Williams insisted must be dramatic and inviting. And finally, the design solution had to accommodate space for a variety of tenants, including a hot new restaurant planned by Gastronomy Inc. and office space for FFKR. Add to this the usual difficulty of adapting old structures to fit new codes and you come to understand the nature of the assignment. As the team describes it, the entire renovation was a meticulous, exhaustive process. First, they documented the existing conditions of the buildings to best duplicate the materials, details and design. " We were particularly concerned about the profile of the w indows and preserving the integri ty of the th ree buildings," Ulrich explains. In the rea lm of financial feasibility, the monetary investment required utilization of the attic space and development of a mezzanine. This design solution turned three floors into six, beginning with 50,000 square feet and basically manufacturing 10,000 quare feet from thin air. THE PIERPONT HAS a history of fine architectural design. It was the first major work of M. Neuhausen, a Salt Lake City architect and disciple of Richard Kletting, Utah's most prominent architect during the late 1800s. The building, which reflects In addition to producing a striking ;tructure and satisfying tenants, the roject has had a remarkable effect )n the immediate area. " When we n oved here," Kingston says, " thi s .vas con idered a dangerous street." rhe addition of lighting and greenery o establi h an urban fabric spear1eaded a community movement that ncludes the opening of two galleries, >lans to con nect the area with the ,alt Palace by a pedestrian walkway nd a general sprucing up of the urrounding buildings. Today the Pierpont i home to an 1surance company, an accounting rm, an electrica l engineering ompany, FFKR and the Cafe ierpont. A nd more renovation is in 1e works to create a posh private lub. At 99 percent occupancy, 1e Pierpont glistens elegantly, an <Citing testimony to the joys of owntown renovation. Neuhausen's contact with styles in his native Germany, is replete with classical pediments, Roman arches, decorative friezes and foliated scrolls. Throughout all its transformations, the exterior was largely preserved. .. a -~. IT" ---------- r:·..:...~.. !: ---•' 66 ·-._L I ---- ,..__ l .a..- .&,......1......i,,1 - :-:---. R EGIONALE W EST WINDOW TREATMENT IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN (right) was a special as " the challenge of the concern throughout Grand Staircase," the team renovation of the Pierpont determined early on that Building. In order to make the stairway (bottom) would energy efficiency work for be a signature for the this project, the architects building . The stairwell added stud walls to the would provide personality existing interior walls for and verve and contribute additional insulating value. to tenant visibility as well They also specified double- as connect the three paned glass with film structures. The problem between to reduce heat was how. Originally the gain. This careful attention architects envisioned a long to energy conservation stairwell. Then they saw allowed the design team a staircase in a Seattle to downsize the building's building that became the mechanical heating and inspiration for the Pierpont cooling requirements. piece de resistance. The final product, a staircase that appears to lace up on itself, meets all requirements. The architects report that while a six-stop elevator can whisk visitors to any level of the building, most prefer the adventure T. Jay 68 of the staircase. R EG IONALE W EST MANIFESTING IN PART effortlessly. Each space the charm of the offers a special statement. renovation , each floor The restaurant, Cafe presents a unique profile Pierpont, (right) combines and incorporates offbeat charm with current its tenants seemingly cuisine- all set in a bright space that delights. FFKA's own floors (top) include a creative mezzanine work space and a conference room that Kingston admits he designed as a perfect cube more as a testimony to geometry than an architectural statement. The former attic (left) opens with a cathedral feeling, triangular arches marching regimentally across the line of vision. On the garden level (bottom) yet another mood is generated. This one sings of an earth connection and granite endurance. • Restaurant credits: Concept-John W. Williams. Gastronomy Inc. Interior architecture and space planning- FFKR Interior design-Gensler & Associates/Architects Tile design - Phillip van Diggelen For additional information, see Registry RECIONALE W EST .TYLEBOOK PIONEERING INSTINCT By Tambra Nelson Designer-entrepreneur Kay Ruggles i s a man w hose style defies labeling o r categori zing. " I make things happen," he contends. Hi s career in produc t deve lopment spans 30 years, and hi s eclec tic credits run the gamut from designing the first fiberglass Corvette bodies and fiberglass lavatories for A ir Force One to creating a line of ready-to-assemble shutters and fabricating the elements of a competitive climbing wall. . This Utah native combines enthusiasm wi th an endless supply of curiosi ty. In order to develop a product successfull y, he says, "you have to ask a lot of questions." The word " impossible" does not exist in hi s vocabulary, says friend and sometimes collaborator, Sal t Lake City architec t M. Ray Kingston. He refers to Ruggles as "a Renai ssance man and a genius in the area of produc t design and materia ls research, with the savvy to figu re out how to build almost anything." Ruggles also has the ability to recognize what i s needed. As ea rl y as the ' 50s he recognized the importance of plastics, w hich he labeled "a space age material," and focused hi s education and experience in that direction. Over a nine-year period (1955-64) Ruggles worked for several firms, beginning with Molded Fiber Glass in Ohio, designing fiberglass Corvette bodies. He returned to Utah for a sho rt stint with Morton Thiokol lnc.-"I would have been designing 0-rings for rockets if I had stayed there" - before moving on to Hercules Aerospace Company as a development engineer. While employed by Hercules, the designer began moonlighting, researching possibilities for his own projects. " I find areas that no one has worked with before and develop products that are of national interest," he explains. Developing a new product occasionally entails giving an old product a new twist. Ruggles fabricated residential bathroom fixtures from reinforced plastics. Not satisfied with the standard fixture shapes and limited color selec tions, he offered consumers dramatic and unusual co lors, shapes and sizes of tubs, toilets and sinks. " We canned the connotation of cheap w ith these jazzed-u p, high-end plastics," he says. Having severed his ti e w ith H ercules in 1964, Ru ggles devoted hi s fu ll attention to developing the bathroom fi xtures. Over a period of th ree years hi s company grew to 60 employees. The entrepreneur believes in a " hands-on" approach to product development. Every phase of the development cycle is conducted in-house, including resea rch, design, constru ction of a prototype, "getting the bugs out," prod uction and promotion. " Wh en you invent a product, you also have to invent the process for building the product," Ruggles explains. He also believes that until the designer has experienced all th ese steps, he w ill never " know" the product. For example, he suggests an architect sho uld build his own house, including hammering th e nail s. "Otherwise," he says, " the tactil e fee l of the product is not there." Ruggles successfully introduced the fiberglass fixtu res into th e high-end consumer market, and attracted th e attention of the established fixture company American Standard. Th e designer agreed to a joint venture, and ultimatel y sold them his company and all patent rights, remaining as a consultant. Thi s process of building a company from scratch, then selling it after it has become established has become a repeating story in his ca reer. " I start th e seed and get the roots 72 R EGIONALE W EST Products developed by Kay Ruggles include a "high-tech Corinthian column" (opposite) and a chair made from Norwegian beech (above) from the "skeletal" Ruggles Collection, a clear acrylic guitar designed for Fender Musical Instruments 15 years ago (above, right) and portions of the climbing wall at Cliff Lodge in Snowbird, Utah (below). started," he says. " I let the other fellows provi de the fertilizer." In most cases, the "ferti lizer" is capital. On a day-to-day basis, Ruggles prefers to leave the business end of the company to someone else. " I like to have all the fun," he says. After selling to American Standard, Ruggles planted another seed and formed a new company, Group 3, this time focusing on the furniture industry. He served as a consultant to such companies as Stendig International Inc., Stow & Davis, Directional Inc. and Knoll International, designing, among other items, the early injection-molded plastic furniture, incorporating the rounded, organic shapes that had become his trademark. " You need to follow you r gut instincts," he says of the designer's search for inspiration. And he says that 90 percent of the time, his instincts are right. However, he admits, the remaining 10 percen t can cost a fort une. In such cases, Ruggles recommends terminating th e project and putting it on the shelf for a while. After all, he says, the designer can always dust it off and try again later. " If a design is good, it is timeless," he maintains. Flex ibility in changing markets is a key to his success. When fuel shortages in the early '70s increased the price of plastics he narrowed hi s scope, contracting to design and fabricate lavatories for the Boeing Company. Interior Design graduates from the Colorado Institute of Art are persuing rewarding careers in the Interior Design field ... and so can you. The Colorado Institute of Art offers a comprehensive three-year program where curriculum is relevant-designed to start with the basics and prepare students to enter the job market as competent professionals. call: In Denver. 837-0825 Toll-free, 1-800-525-6556 COLORADO INSTITUTE OF ART 200 East 9th Avenue / Denver, CO 80203 303/837-082 5 His design, which resembled a residential bathroom more than an airplane lavatory, could be found on both commercial and private jets, including the presidential planes-Air Force One and Air Force Two-as well as private planes for overseas dignitaries. In the late '70s he formed yet another company, this time designing and building fiberglass aquatic slides for shopping malls and parks. He fabricated nearly 60 of these installations before selling the company, this time to an employee. "As soon as I have to make more than one item, I get bored;' Ruggles says. Within the last three years, the designer added a wood furniture line, the Ruggles Collection, to his repertoire. He refers to these pieces as "skeletal;' a concept inspired by observing the clean and simple beauty of the framing of a house under construction "before the electricians get to it;' or an airplane wing before the "skin" is applied. One piece from this collection, which Ruggles refers to as "a hightech, skeletized Corinthian column;' flaunts a fluorescent tube wrapped in colored theatrical gels running up the center of the structure. The light source appears to be neon, but Ruggles points out that neon only offers eight or nine colors whereas the gels provide more than 100 different variations. Although Ruggles admires and often incorporates simple, clean lines in his designs, there is another side of this man. He admits to being a "closet Victorian." Ruggles says every time he travels to San Francisco, he wanders the historic "painted lady" districts admiring the unusual and "sometimes bizarre" combinations of architectural ornamentation. This kind of architecture, along with his belief that many of todays buildings provide cold, inhuman spaces, inspired him to create a line of unusual shutters called Silhouettes. Instead of the straight, horizontal lines found on most shutters, these incorporate curving, organic shapes reminiscent of ocean waves or Victorian ornamentation. Recently, Ruggles took his shutter product a step further and introduced RTA (ready-to-assemble) shutters, also called 3-Minute Shutters. This product allows window treatment professionals or consumers to buy unassembled, prefinished shutters and assemble them on site quickly, easily and at about half the cost of customorder shutters. While researching his concept, he proposed the idea to numerous shutter manufacturers. "They thought we were crazy to have a shutter you can build," he says. "They felt the consumer would never buy it." Ruggles, however, says he expects to "chop the shutter market dead in half." In addition to his own research and development, he also has served as a consultant to several architecture firms, including FFKR II Architecture/Planning/Interior Design of Salt Lake City. His most recent cooperative project was construction of a climbing wall for the International Sport Climbing Championships on the side of the Cliff Lodge, an FFKR project in Snowbird. Working on a team that included Kingston, a firm principal, and climber Jeff Lowe, Ruggles fabricated the major elements of the climbing course and helped locate the fine garnet sand creating the desired color and surface textures. The structure, which weighed in at five tons, was fabricated in three major sections and assembled on site. The garnet sand from a quarry in Idaho matched the surrounding cliff palette of Snowbird. While the entrepreneur enjoys the teamwork, he prefers to work alone. "Then I have full control of the product," he says. He does agree, however, that "you can't operate in a vacuum:' The input of other people is important. "Plagiarism is when you steal from one person," Ruggles explains. "Research is when you steal from many:' Although the designer has earned several awards, including the prestigious Owens-Corning Fiberglas Reinforced Plastics Award, he is not one to dwell on past achievements. Ruggles is in his element when another product is being born. After all, his favorite project is "the next one, of course:' + For additional information, see Registry 74 REGIONALE WEST