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The New York Five was a group of architects based in New York City whose work was featured in the 1972 book Five Architects. [1] The architects, Peter Eisenman , Michael Graves , Charles Gwathmey , John Hejduk , and Richard Meier , are also often referred to as "the Whites". [ 2 ]
Washington Post. January 4, 1924. "Final Indorsement Given Plans of Two Federal Buildings." Washington Post. November 2, 1927. "Five Mall Buildings To Be Ready by 1932." Washington Post. July 24, 1928. "Four Prix de Rome Are Awarded Here." New York Times. May 16, 1935. "Four Win Grants of Rome Academy." New York Times. May 18, 1937. Freundlich ...
After graduating from Harvard University, Warnecke worked as a building inspector for the public housing authority in Richmond, California. [1] [17] [20] In 1943, he began work as a draftsman for his father's architectural firm [1] [2] [17] (which specialized in the Beaux-Arts architectural style). [4]
He soon was the associate architect of five hotel projects in Miami Beach—Sans Souci Hotel 1947 (opened 1949, after 1996 called the RIU Florida Beach Hotel), followed closely by the Nautilus 1950, the diLido (1951), the Biltmore Terrace (1951), and the Algiers (1951), all along Collins Avenue, and amounting to the single-handed redesign of an ...
The Master Architect Series III, Fentress Bradburn Selected and Current Works (Australia, The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd., 1998) Curtis Worth Fentress (Milano, Italy: L'Arca Edizioni spa, 1996) Fentress Bradburn Architects (Washington, D.C.: Studio Press, 1996) Gateway to the West (Australia, The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd., 2000)
Plaza to a Forgotten War is the title of Johnsen Schmaling Architects' design proposal for the National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.), which was selected as one of five finalists in an international design competition drawing more than 350 entries from around the world. [15] The Washington Post called Johnsen Schmaling's design the ...
His works are considered among the most important of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, leading Vanity Fair to call him "the most important architect of our age". [2] Gehry is known for his postmodern designs and use of bold, unconventional forms and materials.
Willis Polk was born on October 3, 1867, in Jacksonville, Illinois to architect builder [1] Willis Webb Polk (1836-1906). [2] The eldest of four children, in 1873 he moved with his family to Saint Louis, Missouri and again by 1881 to Hope, Arkansas. [2]