Hotel Industrial Interior - Design Architect

June 19, 2023 Blog, education

Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert was an American architect born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was born the middle of three sons and was named after the statesman Lewis Cass, to whom he was distantly related. He moved to St. Paul with his family in 1868 and began his architectural career at the age of..

June 12, 2023 Blog, education

Erich Mendelsohn

Erich Mendelsohn was a German-British architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas. Mendelsohn was born on March 21, 1887, in Allenstein, Germany died on September 15, 1953, in San Francisco, California. He was an architect recognized for his..

June 5, 2023 Blog, education

Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect and a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. He was born in 1909 in Buffalo, New York. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1933 and his master’s in 1935. Bunshaft joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1937 and..

May 31, 2023 Blog, education

Revival of Small cities and their Style of Architecture

The revival of small cities has been a trend in recent years. Many small cities have been revitalized by the restoration of their historic architecture and the development of new buildings that complement their existing architecture. Some of the popular architectural styles that have been used in these revitalization projects include: Greek Revival: This style..

May 22, 2023 Blog, education

Benjamin Latrobe

Benjamin Henry Latrobe was born on May 1, 1764, in Funeck, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He died on September 3, 1820, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He was a British-born architect and civil engineer who established architecture as a profession in the United States. Latrobe was the original proponent of the Greek Revival style..

May 15, 2023 Blog, education

Richard Joseph Neutra

Richard Joseph Neutra was born in Vienna, Austria on April 8, 1892, and died on April 16, 1970, in Wuppertal, West Germany. He was known for his role in introducing the International Style into American architecture and for developing the style of California Modern into residential architecture. He was particularly interested in the works of..