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The galilee porch at Lincoln Cathedral. A galilee is a chapel or porch at the west end of some churches. Its historical purpose is unclear. [1]The first reference to this type of narthex is most likely found in the consuetudines cluniacensis of Ulrich, or the consuetudines cenobii cluniacensis of Bernard of Cluny, (See De processione dominicali).
Ant Farm was an avant-garde architecture, graphic arts, and environmental design practice, founded in San Francisco in 1968 by Chip Lord and Doug Michels (1943-2003). Ant Farm's work often made use of popular icons in the United States, as a strategy to redefine the way those were conceived within the country's imagination.
Medical and Dental Clinic, San Diego Naval Training Center; Middle Earth Housing, University of California, Irvine (phase 1) [13] Naval Hospital, Port Hueneme, California; Naval Hospital, San Diego, California; Pacific Mutual Building, San Francisco; Quail Springs Mall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Staten Island Hospital, New York City
Willis Jefferson Polk (October 3, 1867 – September 10, 1924) was an American architect, best known for his work in San Francisco, California. For ten years, he was the West Coast representative of D.H. Burnham & Company.
Anshen and Allen was an international architecture, planning and design firm headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Boston, Columbus, and London. [1] [2] The firm was ranked eighth for sustainable practices, [3] and nineteenth overall in the "Architect 50" published by Architect magazine in 2010. [4]
First Bay Tradition (also known as First Bay Area Tradition or San Francisco Bay Region Tradition [1]) was an architectural style from the period of the 1880s to early 1920s. Sometimes considered as a regional interpretation of the Eastern Shingle Style , it came as a reaction to the classicism of Beaux-Arts architecture .
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937 with a bachelor's degree in architecture. [2] Esherick worked for San Francisco Bay Area architect Gardner Dailey, [2] and, about 1950, began his own practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. [2] He taught at the University of California, Berkeley for many years. [2]
The Russian Hill–Macondray Lane District is a 1.6-acre (0.65 ha) historic district in Russian Hill, San Francisco, California, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1988, for the architecture. [3]