Happy Birthday!
Today, July 14, we celebrate the births of two architects with ties to the great state of Pennsylvania - Anne Griswold Tyng (1920-2011) and Moshe Safdie (1938). Habitat '67 shown here was Safdie's first success - when the young architect was still in his twenties.
Other notable birthdays last week:
- July 8, Philip Johnson (1906)
- July 9, Michael Graves (1934)
- July 12, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895)
New and Updated Pages (so far this month):
- Residential Multifamily Housing
- Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright
- Top 10 Olympic Venues of 2012
- The Shard, London's Tallest
- Renzo Piano, Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect
- Moshe Safdie, International Architect
- Spanish Revival Bungalow
- Split-Level Ranch Style
- Snøhetta, International Architects
- Ranch House Plans for 1950s America
- Post Office Buildings in the U.S.
New From Our Readers:
- About My Old House - Spanish Style Bungalows
- About My Bungalow - Pyramid Roof Bungalow
- About My Post-War House - 1967 Split Level Home
New Videos:
- Characteristics of the Colonial Revival Style Home with Eric Wheeler
- Characteristics of a Neo-Style Home with Anita Cordell
Photo of Habitat '67 designed by Moshe Safdie for Montreal's Expo 1967 ©Jean Hambourg, CC BY 2.0 at flickr.com
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