Edward Loewenstein was born in Chicago and graduated from Deerfield Shields High School and MIT with a BA in Architecture in 1935. He labored as a draftsman for Ralph E. Stoetzel and Newhouse Berham in Chicago before beginning a workplace in Highland Park, Illinois, in 1938. He designed five houses […]
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LUSTRON HOUSES IN UNITED STATE
In this blog post let’s talk about the born of lustron houses. Carl Strandland left and asked President Truman’s Reconstruction Finance Committee (RFC) in the summer of 1946 for $15 million worth of emergency loans to build small houses for GIs returning from the war effort. Strandland was not an […]
PAUL MARVIN RUDOLPH, FAIA (1918-1997)
Paul Marvin Rudolph grew up in Elkton KY. His father was an itinerant minister whose travels exposed his son to architecture in the American South. In 1940 Rudolph earned his bachelor’s degree in Architecture at Auburn University (then known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute). After working briefly with E. B. Van […]
PIERRE FRANCIS KOENIG, FAIA (1925-2004)
Pierre Francis Koenig, FAIA (1925-2004), is an iconic figure in modern architecture. He was born on October 17, 1925, in San Francisco and is famous for his revolutionary designs that merge features, shapes, and the spirit of his technology. His family moved to Los Angeles in 1939. After serving in […]
Richard Joseph Neutra (1892-1970)
“Architects must have a razor-sharp sense of individuality.” — Richard Joseph Neutra Richard Neutra was born in Vienna, Austria, on April 8. He was educated by Adolf Loos and influenced by Otto Wagner at the Technical University of Vienna, graduating in 1917. He also studied at the University of […]