Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collection, 1929-1969.

Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968

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Swiss historian of art and architecture. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1964. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63585402 ...

Wurster, William Wilson

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Biographical Note William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons William Wilson Wurster, born in California in 1895, earned his degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1919. After obtaining his license in 1922, he worked briefly in firms in Sacramento and New York, then opened the firm William W. Wurster in 1924. He gained national recognition early in his career with an award-winning design for t...

Danforth, George

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Eames, Charles Chambers

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Charles Eames (1907-1978), architect and designer, and his wife Ray Eames (1912-1988), artist and designer. Ray Eames was born Bernice Alexandra Kaiser. From the description of Papers of Charles and Ray Eames, 1885-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072571 Charles Eames, American architect and designer; Eero Saarinen, Finnish-born, American architect and designer. From the description of Architecture and furniture designs, 1940-1978. (Getty R...

Bartning, Otto, 1883-1959

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Armour Institute of Technology

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The Armour Institute (1893-1940) was a Chicago educational institution committed to providing students of all backgrounds with technological preparation for work in industry. Reverend Frank W. Gunsaulus of Plymouth Church on the South Side of Chicago was the inspiration for its founding and its first president. Funding came from meat packer Philip Danforth Armour, also benefactor of the Armour Mission, which taught manual training classes. The Armour Institute offered courses in engineering, arc...

Rettaliata, John Theodore, 1911-

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Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

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Architect, educator. Studied architecture at the Universities of Charlottenburg-Berlin and Munich, Germany from 1903 to 1907. Founded and directed the Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar in 1919, which Gropius moved to Dessau in 1925 and renamed "Bauhaus Dessau". Professor of Architecture in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1937 and Chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1938 to 1952. Formed the Architects' Collaborative in Cambridge in 1946. For further information see James ...

Malcolmson, Reginald, 1912-

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Architect, dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. From the description of Reginald F. Malcolmson architectural drawings, [1960s?] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78697262 ...

Benoît-Lévy, Georges, 1880-1971

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Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970

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Richard Josef Neutra was born in 1892 in Vienna; immigrated to US, 1923; Frank Lloyd Wright invited him to Taliesin during the fall of 1924; Neutra moved to Los Angeles, CA, 1925; most productive years were during 1930s and 1940s; spent most of his last decade in partnership with his son, Dion; published several books, including Wie baut Amerika? (1927) and Survival through design (1954); died in 1970. From the description of Papers, 1925-1970. (University of California, Los Angeles)...

Smith, G. E. Kidder (George Everard Kidder), 1913-1997

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Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912-1986

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Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) was an architect from Troy, Mich. From the description of Minoru Yamasaki interview, [ca. 1959 Aug.] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78355642 Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) was an architect from Detroit, Mich. From the description of Minoru Yamasaki lecture, 1959 Aug. 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79701528 Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) was an American architect. Born in Seattle,...

Illinois Institute of technology

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The Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, was created in 1940 through the amalgamation of the Armour Institute of Technology and the Lewis Institute. From the description of IIT - New Campus Center Competition Fonds, 1997-1998. (Centre canadien d'architecture). WorldCat record id: 317820043 ...

Moral, Enrique del, 1906-1987

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Rich, Daniel Catton, 1904-1976

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Museum administrator and lecturer; died 1976. Rich held many positions at the Art Institute of Chicago and was director of the Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum, 1958-1970. Emily Nathan was a public relations consultant, and also worked for the Archives of American Art. From the description of Daniel Catton Rich letter to Emily Nathan, 1964 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502592 Daniel Catton Rich (1904-1976) was an art administrator...

Lescaze, William, 1896-1969

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from William Lescaze and his wife, Mary Lescaze. From the description of Letters, 1932-1962, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871458 William Lescaze (1896-1969) was a Swiss-born American architect, known as one of the pioneers in modernism in American architecture. Born March 27, 1896 in Geneva, Switzerland, Lescaze studied architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale i...

Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953

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German architect. From the description of Design, ca. 1924. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81952229 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from architect Eric Mendelsohn and his wife, Louise Mendelsohn. All letterheads and signatures by Mendelsohn in this file spell his first name as "Eric," not "Erich." From the description of Letters to Lewis Mumford, 1941-1975, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122526818 German a...

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

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German born architect. From the description of Manuscript fragment (n.d.) and letter, 1962 Nov.30. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82217577 Architect. From the description of Reminiscences of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631918 Architect. Born in Aachen, Germany (1886). From the description of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collection, 1929-1969....

Sheppard, Richard Herbert.

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Speyer, A. James, 1913-1986

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Caldwell, Alfred, 1903-1998

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