Saturday, August 4, 2012

Birthdays Updates July 1 14 2012

Photo of box-like apartment units, individually and randomly stacked.

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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