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Mark Cavagnero, FAIA (born July 7, 1957) is an American architect and the founder of Mark Cavagnero Associates established in 1988.. His works include SFJAZZ Center, in San Francisco, California; the "major Expansion" [1] [2] [3] of the Oakland Museum of California [citation needed], [4] [5] [6] originally designed by the architect, Kevin Roche; [7] Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera, [8] [9] in ...
Warnecke's reputation as an architect received a substantial boost when he was asked by the administration of President John F. Kennedy to save the historic buildings surrounding Lafayette Square. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 14 ] The controversy over Lafayette Square can be traced back to 1900, when the United States Congress passed a resolution establishing ...
Margaret De Patta (1903–1964), jewelry, part of the mid-century jewelry movement; lived and died in San Francisco [45] Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001), and his spouse Virginia Macchiarini, jewelry designers and have a workshop in North Beach [46] Merry Renk (1921–2012), jewelry design, goldsmith; lived and died in San Francisco [47]
[3] [4] Her best-known built-work is the San Francisco Ballet Building [5] [6] in San Francisco, California. She was a co-founder of the National Building Museum , in Washington, D.C., and founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, a non-profit organization working to change the culture for women in the building industry through ...
In 1954, Bull moved to San Francisco and began working for a firm in Oakland until 1956. [3] He married Barbara Alpaugh in 1956 and had two children, Nina (1966) and Peter (1965). [1] He then opened his own business and Bull's firm merged with two other firms "to form Bull Field Volkmann Stockwell in 1967".
Willis Polk was born on October 3, 1867, in Jacksonville, Illinois to architect builder [1] Willis Webb Polk (1836-1906). [2] The eldest of four children, in 1873 he moved with his family to Saint Louis, Missouri and again by 1881 to Hope, Arkansas. [2]
Arthur Brown Jr. (May 21, 1874—July 7, 1957) [1] was an American architect, based in San Francisco and designer of many of its landmarks. He is known for his work with John Bakewell Jr. as Bakewell and Brown, along with later works after the partnership dissolved in 1927.
The Metreon, an entertainment and shopping complex in San Francisco at Yerba Buena Gardens (SMWM and Handel Architects) [10] Master plans for Stanford, Harvard, Brown, and NYU (SMWM) [ 5 ] [ 11 ] Heinz and Lilo Bertelsmann Campus Center, Bard College , Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (SMWM) [ 12 ]