Charles Gwathmey was born in 1938 in Charlotte, North Carolina, he died in 2009. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale School of Architecture. He was one of the New York Five, as was Michael Graves you’ll remember. Amusing fact he designed a beach house for his parents in 1965 before being licenced. The house design was part of a question during his licensing exam! Gwathmey was a a modernist to the end. The New York Times featured a great article on him when he died.


Gwathmey Residence and Studio
1965, Amagansatt, US




Cooper Residence
1968, Orleans, MA




Sedacca House East Hampton, New York
1968, East Hampton




Cogan Residence
1972, East Hampton, NY




Cohn Residence
1972, Amagansett, NY



627 Round Hill Road
1978, Greenwich, Connecticut




Lloyd Taft House
1978, Indian Hill, OH




Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Addition
1990, New York




Physics Department Princeton University
1995, Princeton, NJ




Sagaponack
2000, Sagaponack, New York




Louise Cameron Wells Museum
2002, Wilmington, NC




United States Mission to the United Nations
2011, New York




Jewish Children’s Museum
Brooklyn, NY

Michael Graves was an american architect. Graves was born in 1934 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He earned his bachelors degree at the University of Cincinnati and his masters at Harvard University. He taught at Princeton for approximately 40 years. He was part of the New York Five, a group of architects whose photographed work was the subject of CASE (Committee of Architects for the Study of Environment). He was also a member of the Memphis Group, a group focused on work typicaly featuring asymetrical colourful design elements. In the 1960s and 1970s Graves worked in the modern style. However, he is best known for his postmodern style. Postmodern being the style that came about in reaction to the simplicity of the modern style. His most iconic buildings are the Portland Building in Oregon, the Humana Building in Kentucky and the expansion of the Denver Public Library in Colorado. His style also falls into the New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture. New Urbanism being the movement to create environmentaly friendly spaces. New Classical Architecture which is the intregration of classical elements into contemporary design. He was a major influence in the three styles.


Alexander House, 1971




Snyderman House, 1972
This is an important design because although of the modernist style it is quite elaborate it is hinting at things to come.




Portland Building, 1982
This building was in great contrast to what was being built at the time. Important design elements are the contrasting colours and the use of reimagined classical elements.




Riverbend Music Centre, 1984
This outdoor amphitheatre was built to enable the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to perform outdoors during the summer months.




Humana Building, 1985
Known as the “Milk Carton”, each side of this building is slightly different. It is capped by a pyramidal shape.




Crown Building, 1986




Team Disney Building, 1986
Disney HQ features large figures of dwarves that act as caryatids suporting the pediment.




Dolphin Resort Orlando, 1987




Swan Resort, Orlando, 1987




Denver Public Library, 1990
“Known for his surreal and “entertainment” architecture; Graves’ implemented traditional post-modern motifs of abstracted classical forms, natural materials, and colours commonly found in past centuries” – Archdaily




Hyatt Regency, Fukuoka, Japan
1990




Thomson Consumer Electronics, Indianapolis
1992




Astrid Park Plaza Hotel and Business Centre Antwerp Belgium
1993




Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague, Netherlands
1993




Sheraton Miramar Resort ElGouna Egypt
1995




Beatly Central Library, Alexandria
1996




Miele Inc HQ Princeton NJ
1996




NCAA HQ and Hall of Champions, Indianapolis
1997




De Luwte Loenen Netherlands
2003




St Coletta of Greater Washington DC
2006




The Nouwman Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
2010

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If you’ll allow me one last visit with John Nash, this time in Ireland and Wales.

His work in Ireland and Wales precedes that of London and England. London was principally between 1806 and 1830, England 1795 to 1815. Wales was between 1788 and 1798 and Ireland 1796 and 1818. So this post highlights his earlier days; he really hadn’t come into his own yet.

I felt compelled to explore what he had done outside of England, but we should have ended with Buckingham Palace – you may want to go back to London.

For more on him you can explore his Wikiwand page.

Ireland

Ballindoon


Killymoon


Shanbally Castle


Shanes Castle


Swiss Cottage

Wales

Ffynone Mansion


Llanerchaeron


Llanerhaeron


Nanteos


New Hawarden Castle


Rheola House

Let us remain on the other side of the pond this week and remain in the company of John Nash. But this week let’s explore his work in England but outside of London. Prior to meeting George IV Nash had quite a career!


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