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Information on Architecture in America, bringing to your attention professional & obscure designers, their works and their museums, and available books & audio tapes & videos & DVDs & posters & ebooks for purchase...             Chrysler Building, New York City - finished 27 May 1930             here on Page One:
people A to H
people J to M

on Page Two:
people N to R
people S to Z

on Page Three:
general books
architecture film festival
links
Googie architecture
natural materials
Craftsman, Mission & Prairie



            Architects
and Others
           


Armet  Davis  Newlove  Architects
Armet Davis Newlove & Googie Art fansite
1955 Johnie's Coffee Shop on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, CA
1959 Penguin Coffee Shop in Santa Monica, CA


modernist  Edward  Larrabee  Barnes  [1915-2004]
Edward Larrabee Barnes entry at Wikipedia

I.B.M. Building at Madison Avenue & 57th Street in New York City
the office tower at 599 Lexington Avenue in New York City
the Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, DC

Edward Larrabee Barnes: Architect  
"Edward Larrabee Barnes: Architect" [1995]
by Edward Larrabee Barnes, Introduction by Peter Blake

Rizzoli Intl. 11x8½ pb [1/95] out of print/used
Rizzoli Intl. 11¼x9 hardcover [1/95] out of print/used


Welton  Becket  [1902-69]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia

1956 Capitol Records Building on Vine Street in Hollywood, CA
1957 master plan for Century City [Los Angeles 90067]
1958 Santa Monica [CA] Civic Auditorium
1961 {co-design} Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport [re-opened 1997]
1964 ArcLight Cinerama Dome at Sunset & Vine in Hollywood, CA
1967 Los Angeles Music Center (including the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
1969 City Hall in Pomona, CA
1971 Citizens Fidelity/P.N.C. Bank Plaza office tower in Louisville, KY
1971 Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando, FL
Jai Alai building in Manila, Philippines


R.W.  Boucher  &  Associates
'Architectural Sculpture' specialists of Hereford, AZ
official website

1983 restoration of Henry Trost's 1906 E.A. Tovrea residence in Bisbee, AZ
1987 restoration of Henry Trost's 1902 Owl's Club Building in Tucson, AZ
1993 restoration of historic El Conquistador Water Tower in Tucson, AZ


Daniel  Hudson  Burnham  [1846-1912]
Known for the quote: "Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood; think big.”
Daniel Burnham entry at Wikipedia

1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL
1893 Art Institute of Chicago
1896 Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo, NY
1902 Flatiron Building at 175 Fifth Avenue in New York City
1907 Union Station in Washington D.C.

Daniel H. Burnham / Visionary Architect & Planner  
"Daniel H. Burnham: Visionary Architect & Planner" [2003]
by Kristen Schaffer, edited by Scott J. Tilden, photography by Paul Rocheleau

Rizzoli Intl. 12¼x10¼ hardcover [10/2003] for $95.00
Burnham of Chicago / Architect & Planner   "Burnham of Chicago: Architect & Planner" [1974]
by Thomas S. Hines

Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [6/79] for $25.00
Oxford Univ Press hardcover [10/74] out of print/used


William  F.  Cody  [1916-78]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
William Cody page at Palm Springs ModCom

1947 Del Marcos Hotel Desert Oasis in Palm Springs, CA
1952 Horizon Hotel in Palm Springs, CA
1952 Perlberg Residence
1957 The Springs Restaurant
1957 Eldorado Country Club
1961 J. B. Shamel Residence
1962 Abernathy House
1973 Palm Springs [CA] Library
1973 St. Theresa Catholic Church


Mary  Jane  Colter  [1869-1958]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
N.P.R. special [Nov 2000]

1922 Phantom Ranch buildings at the bottom of the Grand Canyon
1923 El Navajo Hotel in Gallup, NM {torn down circa 1955}
1929 La Posada Hotel, Winslow AZ [reopened 1997]

MColter bio   "Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest" [2001]
text by Arnold Berke; photographs by Alexander Vertikoff

Princeton Arch'l Press 10¼x8 pb [5/2002] for $17.47
P.A. Press 10½x8¼ hardcover [11/2001] out of print/used
MColter / Red Earth   "Mary Colter: Builder Upon the Red Earth" [1981]
by Virginia L. Grattan

Grand Canyon Assn. 8¼x9¼ pb [6/2003] for $9.95


modernist  Julius  Ralph  'J.R.'  Davidson
no entry at GreatBuildings.com or Wikipedia

1945 unbuilt Case Study House #11
1946 Case Study House #1, 540 S. Barrington Avenue in West Los Angeles, CA
1947 Case Study House #15, 4755 Lasheart Drive in La Cañada, CA
Fishman residence [restored 2004] in Brentwood (Los Angeles), CA


Alexander  Jackson  Davis  [1803-1892]
Town & Davis Architects [1829-1835] at GreatBuildings
Alexander Jackson Davis entry at Wikipedia
Blandwood's A.J. Davis biography page

1833 North Carolina State Capitol
1842 Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, NY
1844 Blandwood House in Greensboro, NC

Alexander Jackson Davis / Romantic Architect   "A Romantic Architect In Antebellum North Carolina: The Works of Alexander Jackson Davis" [2000]
by Edward T. Davis & John Lee Sanders

North Carolina Preservation pb [2/2000] out of print/used
"Alexander Jackson Davis: American Architect, 1803-1892" [1992]
from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rizzoli Intl. 11¼x8¾ pb [10/92] out of print/used
Rizzoli Intl. 11¼x9 hardcover [10/92] out of print/used


designers  Charles  &  Ray  Eames
official websitebiography page
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
1999 Eames exhibit at Library of Congress

Charles Eames [1907-78]: film credits at IMDb
Ray Eames [1912-88]: film credits at IMDb

1949 Eames House [C.S.H. #8], 203 Chautauqua Blvd. in Pacific Palisades, CA
1949 Entenza House [C.S.H. #9], 201 Chautauqua Blvd. in Pacific Palisades, CA

Work of C & R Eames  
"The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention" [1997]
243 illustrations, including 165 in full color
Harry N. Abrams 12¼x9½ hardcover [9/97] for $33.66
Harry N. Abrams pb [3/98] out of print/used
Films of Charles & Ray Eames on DVD   "The Films of Charles & Ray Eames"
Vol 1 [1989]: credits from IMDb
Pyramid VHS [78] out of prodn
Image Ent. DVD [8/2000] for $21.79
Vol 2 [1989]: credits from IMDb
Pyramid VHS [8/91] for $39.99
Image Ent. DVD [9/2000] for $22.49
Vol 3 [1977]: not listed on IMDb
Image Ent. DVD [10/2000] for $22.49
Vol 4 [1993]: not listed on IMDb
Pyramid VHS [3/94] for $39.99
Image Ent. DVD [11/2000] for $22.49
Vol 5 [1998]: credits from IMDb
Pyramid VHS [3/99] for $39.99
Image Ent. DVD [12/2000] for $22.49


Steven  Ehrlich of Culver City, CA
Steven Ehrlich - Architects official website {broken 10/2007}

DreamWorks SKG Animation Studios in Glendale, CA
Orange Coast College Art Center in Costa Mesa, CA
Sony Music West Coast headquarters in Santa Monica, CA
Biblioteca Latinamericana in San Jose, CA
Washington Area Youth Center in San Jose, CA
Shatto Recreation Center in Los Angeles, CA
Ahmadu Bello University Theater in Zaria, Nigeria
Taichung Civic Center in Taichung, Taiwan

Steven Ehrlich Architects  
"Steven Ehrlich, Architects" [1998]
by Steven Ehrlich & Joseph Giovannini

Rizzoli Intl. 11x8¼ pb [11/98] out of print/used
Rizzoli Intl. 11¼x8¾ hardcover [11/98] out of print/used


Joseph  Eichler  [1900-74]
official Joseph Eichler site
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
Eichler Homes of Southern California (real estate specialist)
Eichler Archives fansite {requires Flash}

Eichler Plan 1224 house in Brentwood (Los Angeles), CA
Eichler Homes at Balboa Highlands in Granada Hills, CA

Eichler / Dream   "Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream" [2002]
text by Paul Adamson & Marty Arbunich; photography by Ernie Braun

Gibbs Smith Publr hardcover [11/2002] for $35.00
Eichler / Living   "Eichler Homes: Design for Living" [1996]
by Jerry Ditto & Lanning Stern, photography by Marvin Wax

Chronicle Books 9x11¼ hardcover [1/96] for $20.37


Craig  Ellwood  [1922-92]
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
ARCspace bookpage
Yahoo Directory listing

1952 Case Study House #16, 1811 Bel Air Road in West Los Angeles, CA
1955 Case Study House #17, 9554 Hidden Valley Road in Beverly Hills, CA
1957 Case Study House #18, 1129 Miradero Road in Beverly Hills, CA

In the Spirit of the Time   "Craig Ellwood: In the Spirit of the Time - Works & Projects,
1948-1977" [2002]
by Alfonso Perez-Mendez

Gustavo Gili hardcover [11/2002] out of print/rare
Spanish edition: "Craig Ellwood con El Espiritu de La Epoca"
Gustavo Gili hardcover [9/2003] for $112.80
Craig Ellwood by Jackson  
"California Modern: The Architecture of Craig Ellwood" [2001]
by Neil Jackson

Princeton Arch'l Press 10x10 hardcover [11/2001] for $35.00
Craig Ellwood by EMcCoy   "Craig Ellwood: Architecture Vol. 9" [1997]
by Esther McCoy

Hennessey + Ingalls 9x9½ pb [5/97] for $30.60
Hennessey + Ingalls 9½x10 hardcover [5/97] out of print/used


Albert  Frey  [1903-98]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
documentary film
Volume 5 interview
list of Albert Frey works
Albert Frey Page at Palm Springs ModCom

1946-47 Loewy House in Palm Springs, CA: restoration by Marmol Radziner & Assocs.
1952 Palm Springs [CA] City Hall
1955 Palm Springs [CA] Fire Station No. 1
1965 Tramway Gas Station in Palm Springs, CA

Albert Frey bio by JR  
"Albert Frey, Architect" [1990]
by Joseph Rosa

Princeton 10¾x8 pb [12/99] for $24.50
Rizzoli 10¼x8¼ pb [8/90] out of print/used
Albert Frey In Search of a Living Architecture   "In Search of a Living Architecture" [1939]
by Albert Frey

Hennessey & Ingalls 10¾x8¼ spiral bound [1/99] for $55.00


R.  Buckminster  Fuller  [1895-1983]
R. Buckminster Fuller page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
browse 'Fuller as Architect' books category at Amazon


Frank  O.  Gehry of Santa Monica, CA
Gehry's architecture firm [founded 1963]
Gehry's technology firm [est. 9/2003]
GreatBuildings webpage
Frank Gehry entry at Wikipedia
Frank Gehry's 1989 Pritzker Prize
browse Gehry book category at Amazon

Sketches of Frank Gehry  
"Sketches of Frank Gehry" documentary [PBS/Sony May 2006]
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Sony widescreen color DVD [8/2006] for $14.99
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site
Frank Gehry Architect   "Frank Gehry, Architect" [2001] Edited by J. Fiona Ragheb
Guggenheim Foundation 11x9½ hardcover [7/2003] for $40.95
Harry N. Abrams 11x9½ hardcover [5/2001] out of print/used
The book is the catalog for the 2001 retrospective Gehry exhibition at New York's Guggenheim Museum
Frank Gehry Complete Works   "Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works" [1997]
by Francesco Dal Co & Kurt W. Forster

Phaidon Press 11x10 pb [10/2003] for $32.97
Monacelli 11½x10½ hardcover [10/97] out of print/used


Charles  &  Henry  Greene
GreatBuildings webpage
Greene & Greene entry at Wikipedia
video docu "Green & Greene" from Paul Bockhorst Productions
browse books about Greene & Greene

Charles Sumner Greene [1868-1957]
Henry Mather Greene [1870-1954]

1904 Reeve House in Long Beach, CA
1907 Blacker House in Pasadena, CA
The Gamble House in Pasadena CA
Tichener House in Long Beach, CA

Greene & Greene for Kids  
"Greene & Greene for Kids: Art, Architecture, Activities" [2004]
by Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen

Gibbs Smith 10¼x9¼ hardcover [10/2004] for $12.21
G&G Fine Art   "Greene & Greene: Architecture As a Fine Art - Furniture & Related Designs" [2001]
by Randell L. Makinson, photography by Marvin Rand

Gibbs Smith 9x9 hardcover [11/2001] for $27.17
G&G Masterworks  
"Greene & Greene: Masterworks" [1998]
text by Bruce Smith; photographs by Alexander Vertikoff

Chronicle Books 11½x10 hardcover [10/98] for $28.00


Harwell  H.  Harris  [1903-90]
GreatBuildings webpage
Real Architecture webpage
Los Angeles Times Home Section article of August 2004

Harwell Hamilton Harris  
"Harwell Hamilton Harris" [1991]
by Lisa Germany

Univ of CA Press 11x8½ pb [9/2000] for $29.95
Hennessey + Ingalls 11¼x9 hardcover [1/91] out of print/used


Wallace  Kirkman  Harrison  [1895-1981]
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
browse books about Wallace K. Harrison

1939 New York World's Fair - Perisphere and Trylon
1939 LaGuardia Airport in Queens, Mew York City
1950 United Nations headquarters complex in New York City
1959 Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center, New York City
1966 Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, New York City
1969 McGraw-Hill Building at Rockefeller Center, New York City
1971 Exxon Building at Rockefeller Center, New York City

1952 Time cover of architerct Wallace Kirkman Harrison  
"Wallace K. Harrison, Architect" [1989]
by Victoria Newhouse

Rizzoli Intl. pb [6/89] out of print/used
Rizzoli Intl. hardcover [6/89] out of print/used


Harold  R.  Hay & the Skytherm™ Solar Roof
historic Skytherm House [built 1973] in Atascadero, CA
Los Angeles Times / Business Section article (10 Nov 2007)



Thomas  Jefferson  [1743-1826]
Thomas Jefferson page
browse 'Jefferson as Architect' book category at Amazon


landscape architect  Jens  Jensen  [1860-1951]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
Jens Jensen Legacy Project
The Clearing Folk School [est. 1935] at Ellison Bay, WI

1929 Ewing Cultural Center in Bloomington, IL

Jensen / Siftings  
"Siftings" [1939 classic] by Jen Jensen
Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [7/90] for $17.05
Jens Jensen bio   "Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks & Gardens" [1992]
by Robert E. Grese

Johns Hopkins Univ Press 10x7 pb [4/98] for $27.95
Johns Hopkins Univ Press 10½x7½ hardcover [7/92] out of print/used


Johnson  Fain of Downtown Los Angeles, CA
official website {Flash only}
no entry at GreatBuildings.com or Wikipedia

William H. Fain, Jr. FAIA
Scott Johnson, FAIA


Philip  Johnson  [1906-2005]
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
recipient of the first Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1979
PBS 'American Masters' episode
Philip Johnson pages at ARCspace

historic 1949 Glass House residence in New Canaan, CT
1956 Seagram Building {with Mies van der Rohe} in New York City
1973 Boston Public Library
1980 Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA
1984 AT&T/Sony Building in Manhattan

Architecture of Philip Johnson  
"The Architecture of Philip Johnson" [2002]
by Hilary Lewis & Stephen Fox, photography by Richard Payne

Bulfinch 14x11¼ hardcover [9/2002] out of print/used
Philip Johnson In His Own Words   "Philip Johnson: The Architect In His Own Words" [1994]
by Hilary Lewis & John O'Connor

Rizzoli Intl. hardcover [9/94] out of print/used


A.  Quincy  Jones
A. Quincy Jones official website
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
Cory Buckner, Architect {specialist in restoring A. Quincy Jones} in Los Angeles, CA
listing of A. Quincy Jones buildings at L.A. Okay

1938 Jones House & Studio, 8661 Nash Drive in West Hollywood, CA
1948 Nordlinger House, 11492 Thurston Circle in Bel Air (Los Angeles), CA
1950 Goldenfeld House, 810 Bramble Way in West Los Angeles, CA
1950 Gross House, 860 Hanley Avenue in Wset Los Angeles, CA
1950 Kermin House, 900 Stonehill Lane in West Los Angeles, CA
1951 Campbell Hall School, 4717 Laurel Canyon Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA
1954 Emmons House, 661 Brooktree in Pacific Palisades, CA
1954 Jones & Emmons Building, 12248 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles, CA
1955 Jones House, 1223 Tigertail Road in Bel Air (Los Angeles), CA {destroyed by fire}
1959 Biological Sciences Building at the University of California in Santa Barbara
1960 Faculty Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA
1963 I.B.M. Aerospace Headquarters {now a school}, 9045 Lincoln Blvd. in Westchester (Los Angeles), CA
1963 Shorecliff Tower Apartments, 535 Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, CA
1964 Laguna/O'Farrel Apartments, 66 Cleary Court in San Francisco, CA
1967 Chemistry Building at the University of California in Riverside, CA
1975 Mandeville Center For The Arts at the University of California in La Jolla (San Diego), CA

A. Quincy Jones book   "A. Quincy Jones" [2002]
by Cory Buckner

Phaidon Press 8½x8¼ pb [10/2007] for $19.77
Phaidon Press 8¾x8½ hardcover [6/2002] out of print/used
author's website

architects Whitney R. Smith and Edgardo Contini
seem to have worked often for or with the A. Quincy Jones firm
unbuilt 1945 Case Study House #5 by Whitney R. Smith
unbuilt 1945 Case Study House #12 by: Whitney R. Smith


E.  Fay  Jones  [1921-2004]
The World of Fay Jones [under construction]
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
browse books

1980 Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, Arkansas
Pinecote Pavilion in Picayune, Mississippi


Louis  I.  Kahn  [1901-74]
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
browse books
Louis I. Kahn Collection at University of Pennsylvania

My Architect video   "My Architect: A Son's Journey" [docu feature 2003]
Written & directed by Nathaniel Kahn; nominated for Best Documentary Oscar
New Yorker Video color DVD [2/2005] for $22.46
New Yorker Video color VHS [2/2005] for $24.95
Commotion soundtrack CD [7/2004] for $14.99
full credits from IMDb
official filmsite {requires Flash}


Ray  Kappe
Kappe+Du Architects of San Rafael & Berkeley, CA
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
browse books

Ray Kappe  
"Themes & Variations: House Design Vol 3 - Ray Kappe Architects/Planners [1999]
by Michael Webb

Images Publng 12¼x9¼ hardcover [1/99] out of print/used


Gordon  B.  Kaufmann  [1888-1949]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia

1928 Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA
1929 The Athenaeum at CalTech in Pasadena, CA
1934 Santa Anita Park Racetrack in Arcadia, CA
1936 Boulder/Hoover Dam in Nevada
1938 Florentine Gardens nightclub in Hollywood, CA
1940 Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood, CA
Hoover Dam near Boulder City, NV
Scripps College in Claremont, CA
Los Angeles Times headquarters in Downtown L.A.


landscape architect  Dan  Kiley  [1912-2004]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
browse books

1954 United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Complete Kiley   "Dan Kiley: The Complete Works of America's Master Landscape Architect" [1999]
by Dan Kiley & Jane Amidon

"probably the most important international landscape architect of the XXth Century" per bookflap
Bulfinch 11x10¼ hardcover [5/99] for $44.20


Killingsworth,  Brady  &  Smith
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
Edward Killingsworth [1917-2004] entry at Wikipedia

1960 Triad House [C.S.H. #25}, Rue de Anne in La Jolla, CA
1963 Frank House [C.S.H. #25}, 82 Rivo Alto Canal in Naples (Long Beach), CA
1963 Case Study House #26


Pierre  Koenig  [1925-2004]
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
browse books
Pierre Koenig info at U.S.C. Architecture Dept.

1958 Bailey House [C.S.H. #21], 9036 Wonderland Park Avenue in Los Angeles, CA
1959 Stahl House [C.S.H. #22], 1635 Woods Drive in Los Angeles, CA


John  Lautner  [1911-94]
John Lautner Foundation
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
books about John Lautner
documentary film "The Spirit in Architecture" [1990]

1947 Desert Hot Springs Motel in Desert Hot Springs, CA
1961 octagonal Chemosphere House in the Hollywood Hills
1963 Goldstein House in Benedict Canyon (Beverly Hills, CA)

Lautner book  
"The Architecture of John Lautner" [2000]
text by Alan Hess, photography by Alan Weintraub

Universe Books 8¼x6½ pb [8/2003] for $20.97
Rizzoli 11.3x11.4 hardcover [1/2000] for $52.50


movie palace specialist  S.  Charles  Lee  [1899-1990]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
S. Charles Lee fanpages at Things To Do in L.A.
S. Charles Lee archive materials at U.C.L.A.
Movie Palaces Page at Magic Lantern

1925 Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA
1927 Tower Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, CA
1928 Hollywood-Western Bldg in Hollywood, CA
1929 Fox Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA
1930 Fox Theatre [restored 1994-98] in Bakersfield, CA
1931 [remodel] Max Factor Bldg. in Hollywood, CA
1931 Los Angeles Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, CA
1934 Vogue Theatre at 6675 Hollywood Blvd.
1934 State Theatre in Modesto, CA
1935 Leeds Bldg. at 6352 Hollywood Blvd.
1937 Dept. of Water & Power Bldg. in Lincoln Heights [Los Angeles], CA
1937 Bruin Theatre in Westwood [Los Angeles], CA
1938 art deco Tujunga Theatre [gone] in Tujunga, CA
1938 La Reina Theatre in Sherman Oaks [Los Angeles], CA
1939 Academy Theatre in Inglewood, CA
1939 Dept. of Water & Power Bldg. in North Hollywood [Los Angeles], CA
1939 Tower Theatre in Fresno, CA
1941 American Theatre in Newhall, CA
1944 Huntridge Theatre in Las Vegas, NV
Hollywood Melrose Hotel in West Hollywood, CA
Bay Theatre in National City, CA
El Mirador Apartments on Sweetzer in West Hollywood, CA

The Show Starts On The Sidewalk  
"The Show Starts On The Sidewalk: An Architectural History of The Movie Theatre, Starring S. Charles Lee" [1994]
by Maggie Valentine

Yale Univ Press 10x8 pb [4/96] for $26.00
Yale Univ Press hardcover [3/94] out of print/used


sculptor & landscape artist Maya  Lin
entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia

Oscar-winning docufilm "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" [1994]


Charles  Luckman  [1909-99]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia

1961 Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX
1961 {co-design} Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport [re-opened 1997]
1962 C.B.S. Television City at Beverly & Fairfax in Los Angeles, CA
1964 Prudential Center in Boston, MA
1965 The Forum sports arena in Inglewood, CA
1968 (New) Madison Square Garden in New York City
1972 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, OR
1972 Macy's Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles, CA
1972 Los Angeles Convention Center {partially demolished}
1974 U.C.B. / First Interstate / Aon Center Tower in Downtown Los Angeles
1976 Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn, MI
1994 Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A. in Los Angeles, CA

"Twice In A Lifetime: From Soap To Skyscrapers" [1988 memoir] by Charles Luckman
W.W. Norton hardcover [6/88] out of print/many used


Prairie School architect  George  W.  Maher  [1864-1926]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
Oak Park, Illinois Maher site
browse books


Marmol Radziner  &  Associates
of West Los Angeles [est. 1989]
Marmol Radziner & Assocs. website
solar prefab housing website


Pedro  Marquez in Santa Fe, NM
official website


ranch house specialist  Cliff  May  [d. 1989]
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
Cliff May Homes Registry, based in Irvine, CA
Cliff May Ranchos of Long Beach, CA {fansite & sales}
Stephen Meade's Tustin, CA Cliff May house restovation blog

1934 hacienda in La Jolla, CA
1936 ranch house in Point Loma, CA
1940s McDowell Street House in Las Cruces, NM
1940s hilltop home in Pacific Palisades, CA
1954 May-Choate prefab on Wright Street in Pomona, CA
Kobold House in Redlands, CA
Hotel Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Robert Wagner ranch house in Los Angeles, CA

Cliff May & The Modern Ranch House  
"Cliff May and The Modern Ranch House" [2008]  
by Daniel P. Gregory, photographs by Joe Fletcher

Rizzoli 12x9 hardcover [DUE March 2008] for $37.80
Western Ranch Houses   "Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May" [1997]
Hennessey + Ingalls 10¾x8¼ pb [3/99] for $22.10
Sunset Western Ranch Houses   "Sunset Western Ranch Houses" [original 1958]
by Sunset Magazine staff & Cliff May

Hennessey + Ingalls 10½x7¾ pb [1/99] for $20.37


Thom  Mayne
Morphosis firm [est. 1972] in Santa Monica, CA
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
Thom Mayne's 2005 Pritzker Prize


McKim,  Mead  &  White of New York City
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia

Charles Follen McKim [1847-1909]
William Rutherford Mead [1846-1928]
Stanford White [1853-1906] = see below

McKim, Mead & White Architects  "The Architecture of McKim, Mead & White: In Photographs, Plans & Elevations" [orig 1915; repro 1990]
Introduction by Richard Guy Wilson

Dover 12x9¾ hardcover [11/90] for $22.76
"McKim, Mead & White: Architects" [1983]
by Richard Guy Wilson

Rizzoli Intl. hardcover [2/83] out of print/used
McKim, Mead & White Masterworks  
"McKim, Mead & White: The Masterworks" [2003]
by Samuel G. & Elizabeth White, photographs by Jonathan Wallen

Rizzoli 13¼x11¼ hardcover [11/2003] for $47.25


John  Gaw  Meem  [1884-1983] of New Mexico
no entry at GreatBuildings.com
entry at Wikipedia
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art [est. 1925] in Santa Fe, NM
John Gaw Meem page at Museum of Spanish Colonial Art

1928 Fuller Lodge, 'a magnificent vertical-log structure' in Los Alamos, NM
1929 Taylor Memorial Chapel at La Foret Conference Center in Black Forest, CO
1930 Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, NM
1934 La Quinta Cultural Center in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Los Poblanos Historic Inn [rebuilt by Meem in 1934] in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
1934 Scholes Hall at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM
1936 Colorado Springs [CO] Fine Arts Center
1936 Student Union (now Anthropology Building) at U.N.M. in Albuquerque, NM
1938 Zimmerman Library at University of New Mexico
1938 Sandia School {now Kirtland A.F.B. property} in SE Albuquerque, NM
1938 Santa Fe County Courthouse
1939 Cristo Rey Church in Santa Fe, NM
1939 Kuaua Museum & Visitor Center at the Coronado Monument near Bernalillo, NM
1950 Southern Union Gas Co. Building {restored as Flying Star Restaurant #5} in Albuquerque, NM

Churches for the Southwest   "Churches For The Southwest: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of John Gaw Meem" [2005]
by Stanford Lehmberg

W.W. Norton 10¼x9 hardcover [10/2005] for $31.50
Facing Southwest   "Facing Southwest: The Life & Houses of John Gaw Meem" [2002]
by Chris Wilson, photography by Robert Reck

W.W. Norton 10¼x9 hardcover [2/2002] for $37.80
Architecture of John Gaw Meem   "Southwestern Ornamentation and Design: The Architecture of John Gaw Meem" [1989]
by Anne Taylor

Sunstone Press 11x8½ pb [8/89] for $19.94


Richard  Meier
Richard Meier & Partners [est. 1963] of New York City & Los Angeles, CA
GreatBuildings webpage
Richard Meier entry at Wikipedia
Richard Meier pages at ARCspace
recipient of the 1998 Pritzker Architecture Prize

1978 Arp Museum
1983 Siemens Headquarters Building
1995 Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art in Spain
1995 Gagosian Gallery
1996 Museum of Television & Radio [Paley Center] in Beverly Hills, CA
1997 Getty Center Museum in Los Angeles, CA
2000 Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix, AZ
2002 Canon Headquarters
2009 office building at 9900 Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA

Richard Meier Architect volume 2  
Richard Meier Architect volume 3  

"Richard Meier Architect"
Volume 2: 1985-1991 [1991]
Rizzoli Intl. 10x9¾ pb [12/91] out of print/used
Rizzoli Intl. 11¾x9¼ hardcover [12/91] out of print/used
Volume 3: 1992-1998 [1999]
Rizzoli Intl. 10x9¾ pb [6/99] for $37.40
Rizzoli Intl. 10¼x9¾ hardcover [6/99] for $80.00
Volume 4: 1999-2003 [2004]
Rizzoli Intl. 10x10 pb [11/2004] for $37.40
Rizzoli Intl. 10¼x10¼ hardcover [11/2004] out of print/used


Julia  Morgan  [1872-1957]
GreatBuildings webpage
entry at Wikipedia
Julia Morgan bio at the Asilomar website
Julia Morgan Center For The Arts [built 1908] in Berkeley, CA
Yahoo Directory listing

MAS's index of buildings by Julia Morgan
1904 Bell Tower at Mills College in Oakland, CA
1906 rebuilding of the 1902 Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco
1910 St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, CA
1913 Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in Pacific Grove, CA
1914 Examiner Newspaper Building in Downtown Los Angeles, CA
1915 Y.W.C.A. in Oakland, CA
Hearst Castle [built 1919-1947] near San Simeon, CA
1925 Carrillo Street Recreation Center in Santa Barbara, CA
1926 Lobero Office Building, 924 Anacapa Street in Santa Barbara, CA
1928 Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, CA
1929 Building Y.W.C.A. (now the Riverside Art Museum) in Riverside, CA
1932 Y.W.C.A. in San Francisco's Chinatown

Julia Morgan bio by SHB  
"Julia Morgan, Architect" [1988]
by Sara Holmes Boutelle, photography by Richard Barnes

Abbeville Press 11x10 pb [8/95] for $27.00
Abbeville Press 11¼x10½ hardcover [8/88] out of print/used
Julia Morgan YA bio by GW   "Julia Morgan, Architect of Dreams" [1990]
by Ginger Wadsworth

Lerner YA 9x6¼ hardcover [6/90] for $27.93
Julia Morgan CA bio by CJ   "Julia Morgan, Architect" [1990]
by Cary James

Chelsea House YA hardcover [4/90] for $22.95
Chelsea House YA pb [2/2002] for $5.98
Hearst Castle book by VK   "Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House" [2000]
by Victoria Kastner

Harry N. Abrams 12x9½ hardcover [11/2000] for $32.67

Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument official website


Moule  &  Polyzoides  -  Architects  &  Urbanists
of Pasadena, CA
firm [est. 1990] official website


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