Design work by Jack Rusk

Architecture, fabrication and furniture, from studio work at the Yale School of Architecture to built millwork in Oakland and Los Angeles.

Jack Rusk, in a black cap and face mask, sits on the gallery floor inside the steel frame of a faceted map installation he is assembling — installing 'The World Turned Inside Out' at the Giardini for the 2021 Venice Biennale
  1. 2022 Many roads to follow Urban villa
  2. 2021 A new school for District 15 Program design
  3. 2021 The World Turned Inside Out Installation
  4. 2021 “Like an army of soldiers or like a meadow” Retrofit
  5. 2020 Everyday Acts Community theater
  6. 2020 Transitional Housing Dwelling
  7. 2020 Mae Flower Shop Retail
  8. 2019 Formal Analysis Drawing study
  9. 2013–18 Furniture and Millwork Furniture & millwork
Cartoon house character with big eyes pointing a gloved finger upward — illustration from the Paprika! issue 'There's No Place Like', co-edited by Jack Rusk
Grey 3D rendering of desks, office chairs and laptops stacked on trestle platforms with ladders — from Jack Rusk's CLOG: FEEDS essay 'Served Space'
Black-and-white photo of a stair rail beside a rough concrete wall, with a worker standing on a floor stripped of its carpet — from Jack Rusk's 2020 Paprika! piece 'In Spite of the New Austerity'
Map comparing surface water before and after the 480 MW Eastmain-1 Dam, with Manhattan shown for scale — from Jack Rusk's 2022 Urban Omnibus piece 'Across Currents'
Photo of a gallery space with a bright orange carpet below a concrete balcony and studio windows — from Jack Rusk's 2020 Paprika! piece 'In Spite of the New Austerity'
Street elevation collage of the theater's low, pale facade between existing houses and bare trees — from Jack Rusk's Everyday Acts, a community theater on Dixwell Avenue (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2020)
Site plan of courtyard housing blocks along the rail corridor in South Brooklyn — from Many roads to follow by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2022)
Relief map of the Hindu Kush Himalaya across Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and China — from Jack Rusk's 2022 Science of the Total Environment paper on multi-hazard susceptibility
Sectional view of a stacked townhouse cluster with stairs and courtyards — from the Pacific Mews housing project, to which Jack Rusk contributed
Massing model of townhouses with roof terraces behind a large tree — from the Pacific Mews housing project, to which Jack Rusk contributed
Axonometric drawing of a stepped three-storey theater complex wrapped around an outdoor amphitheater on a triangular corner site — from Jack Rusk's Everyday Acts, a community theater on Dixwell Avenue (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2020)
Ground-floor plan of the theater on its triangular block, with rooms wrapping a courtyard and outdoor amphitheater — from Jack Rusk's Everyday Acts, a community theater on Dixwell Avenue (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2020)
Rendering of a pale apartment block rising above a wooded courtyard and green roof — from Many roads to follow by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2022)
Diagram of one hundred typical lot shapes in District 15 compared with existing middle school lots — from Jack Rusk's A New School for District 15 (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2021)
Map showing a new middle school assembled from sites across District 15's middle ground in Brooklyn — from Jack Rusk's A New School for District 15 (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2021)
Axonometric of a Home Room near the 4th Avenue–9th Street subway station, tracing a student's route between school and home — from Jack Rusk's A New School for District 15 (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2021)
Diagram comparing pre-pandemic, pandemic and post-pandemic classroom densities and distributed education hubs — from Jack Rusk's A New School for District 15 (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2021)
Weekly schedule diagram tracing how students move between their school, home and neighborhood Home Rooms — from Jack Rusk's A New School for District 15 (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2021)
Chart of a NYSERDA heuristic for decarbonizing buildings: greenhouse gas emissions fall to a 100% reduction while peak electricity demand drops only slightly — from Jack Rusk's 2022 Urban Omnibus piece 'Across Currents'
Elevation drawing of three numbered segments of faceted map panels with wall brackets and weighted plinths — 'The World Turned Inside Out', fabricated by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown, Christopher Cambio and Tyler Krebs for the 2021 Venice Biennale
Axonometric section of a narrow masonry dwelling with stacked rooms and a timber deck — drawing accompanying Jack Rusk's AA Files 78 essay on Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon
Plan of Pueblo Bonito's room blocks shaded to show early construction and later adaptation, interpreted from Judd (1964) — from Jack Rusk's AA Files 78 essay
Plans and sections comparing a pithouse with a Pueblo Bonito kiva, interpreted from Lekson (2007) and Smiley (1949) — from Jack Rusk's AA Files 78 essay
Two-page spread of Paprika! 'Stakes and Mistakes' (Vol. 5, No. 14): dense columns of interviews and essays with hand-drawn letterforms and a strip of film stills — the issue co-edited by Jack Rusk in 2020
Site plan and street section showing the house's lot on West Division Street in New Haven — from Transitional Housing, a two-unit dwelling by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2020)
Building and site plan of a two-unit house among trees, with paths and gardens — from Transitional Housing, a two-unit dwelling by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2020)
Perspectival section through the house showing rooms, furniture and a figure at a table under the skylit roof — from Transitional Housing, a two-unit dwelling by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2020)
Sequence of seven sections keyed to the plan of the two-unit house — from Transitional Housing, a two-unit dwelling by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2020)
Black-and-white figure-ground plan of dense historic city fabric beside an oval landscape of monuments, after Nolli and Piranesi — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)
Elevation drawings of a rusticated Renaissance facade after Giulio Romano — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)
Map of South Brooklyn's street grid with the rail corridor marked as a thick black line — from Many roads to follow by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2022)
Plans analysing the stacked rooms of Adolf Loos's Villa Müller — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)
Cut-away axonometrics of two rooms of Adolf Loos's Villa Müller — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)
Site plan of courtyard housing decked over the South Brooklyn rail corridor — from Many roads to follow by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2022)
Floor plan of a housing floor (Floor 21) in the converted tower, with units around a central core — from Jack Rusk's 'Like an army of soldiers or like a meadow' (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2021)
Line drawing of paired pointed arches exploded vertically, from the Bramante study — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)
Figure-ground plans of three buildings at different scales, including a curved courtyard fabric, from the Serlio study — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)
Line axonometric of housing blocks near Brooklyn College, set over the rail cut — from Many roads to follow by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2022)
Site plan of the flower shop with parking, planting beds and the shop's floor layout — from the Mae Flower Shop by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Summer 2020)
Exploded axonometric of the flower shop building, from roof skylights to floor — from the Mae Flower Shop by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Summer 2020)
Bid-set floor plan of the flower shop with gridlines and dimensions — from the Mae Flower Shop by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Summer 2020)
Bid-set longitudinal and cross sections of the flower shop — from the Mae Flower Shop by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Summer 2020)
Annotated wall section through a four-storey building, from roof membrane to pile cap, labelling the brick veneer, GFRC panels, glazing and floor assemblies — Jack Rusk's systems integration drawing, featured in Retrospecta 44
Social and environmental section: a sloped terrain block of the neighborhood from Prospect Hill to Beaver Pond, with the building site marked in red — from Transitional Housing, a two-unit dwelling by Jack Rusk and collaborators (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2020)
Exploded assembly of a GFRC window unit labelling drywall, maple ply, steel frame, CMU, brick, insulation, triple glazing and GFRC panel — Jack Rusk's systems integration drawing, featured in Retrospecta 44
Grid of fourteen maps of the Hindu Kush Himalaya showing flood, landslide and wildfire events and environmental variables — supplementary figure from Jack Rusk's 2022 Science of the Total Environment paper
Cutaway of a storefront Home Room with a lettered sequence of spaces: streetscape, atrium, study cave, library and ramped circulation — from Jack Rusk's A New School for District 15 (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2021)
A sulfur miner in a plaid wrap working among smoking pipes and yellow sulfur deposits, half hidden in white fumes — header image for Jack Rusk's 2019 Commune essay 'A Tale of Two Parises'
Rendering of curtain-wall testing inside the tower, with steam, scaffolding and a worker at a mock-up — from Jack Rusk's 'Like an army of soldiers or like a meadow' (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2021)
Grey photo spread of a book showing a keyboard, mouse and mug on a kitchen counter — page from 'I, Like Many Things', edited by Gustav Nielsen, Rachael Tsai, Diana Smiljković and Jack Rusk
Rendering of a sunlit housing floor with tall curtains and a child sitting by the glazing — from Jack Rusk's 'Like an army of soldiers or like a meadow' (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2021)
Three large faceted bowl-shaped structures clad in translucent map panels in a white gallery — 'The World Turned Inside Out' by Plan B Architecture & Urbanism at the 2021 Venice Biennale, fabricated by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown, Christopher Cambio and Tyler Krebs
Installation in progress: faceted map panels mounted in a black steel frame, with a scissor lift behind — 'The World Turned Inside Out', fabricated by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown, Christopher Cambio and Tyler Krebs for the 2021 Venice Biennale
Close-up of a black steel bracket joining translucent hand-drawn map panels — detail of 'The World Turned Inside Out', fabricated by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown, Christopher Cambio and Tyler Krebs for the 2021 Venice Biennale
Wall of pale fir shelving and sliding cabinet doors behind a black leather sofa — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Open kitchen and dining room with walnut cabinetry, a long island and a timber dining table — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
White shop interior with a pale timber counter, glass display case, shelves and worktables — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Black-and-white photo of the overgrown rail cut running under a road bridge toward an apartment building — from Many roads to follow by Jack Rusk with Adare Brown (Yale School of Architecture, Spring 2022)
Plywood display racks holding zines and records beside a guitar and amplifier in a white shop — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Live-edge walnut bedside table with a drawer and bowtie inlays, holding a mug and notebook — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Walnut bed with a live-edge headboard and tapered legs on a striped rug — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Cover of 'I, Like Many Things' (Actar, 2023), edited by Gustav Nielsen, Rachael Tsai, Diana Smiljković and Jack Rusk: an abstract collage of crumpled crimson forms
Built-in white banquette and a maple table on a white pedestal in a kitchen nook — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Walnut kitchen cabinetry with built-in wall ovens and a long counter beneath a window — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Galley kitchen with walnut cabinets, a gas cooktop and a stainless steel refrigerator — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Kitchen with open timber shelves of glassware, white cabinets and a black stone counter — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Narrow white kitchen with timber shelves, a range hood and a clerestory window — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Redwood cabinet with sliding doors and open shelves of vinyl records against a block wall — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Fir shelving running around a kitchen ceiling above blue cabinets, with paper pendant lamps — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)
Ash dresser with seven drawers, round finger pulls and a sled base — furniture and millwork designed and built by Jack Rusk (Oakland and Los Angeles, 2013–2018)