Charles Gwathmey

The Astor Tower in New York designed by Charles Gwathmey

Charles Gwathmey (born June 19, 1938 in Charlotte , North Carolina , † August 3, 2009 in Manhattan ) was an American architect.

Life

Born the only child of the painter Robert Gwathmey and the photographer Rosalie Gwathmey, he studied from 1956 to 1959 at the University of Pennsylvania , then until 1962 at Yale University , where he obtained a Master of Architecture degree. Gwathmey taught from 1964 to 1977 as a professor at several American universities, including the Pratt Institute and the Cooper Union . Gwathmey worked with Richard Henderson and Robert Siegel on several projects . In 1968 he founded the still existing architecture office Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects with the latter . Numerous residences for wealthy Americans were built, as well as some museums and commercial buildings.

In 2004, Charles Gwathmey was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York . Since 1976 he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

Buildings (selection)

1964: Gerald Miller Residence on Fire Island , New York (destroyed)
1965: Gwathmey Residence and Studio, 122 Bluff Road, Amagansett , New York
1967: Joe Sedacca Residence in Northwest Harbor , New York
1968: Roger Straus III Residence, 3558 Purchase Street, Purchase (New York)
1969: Jack D. Weiss Goldberg Residence, 119 Wyneding Hill Road, Manchester (Connecticut)
1969: Kenneth Cooper House, 35 Bufflehead Lane, Orleans, Massachusetts
1970: Loring Mandel House, 117 Bay Avenue, Huntington Bay, Long Island , New York
1970: Apartment for Faye Dunaway , The Eldorado Building, 300 Central Park West , New York
1971: Renovation of the fire-damaged Whig Hall at Princeton University , New Jersey
1976: Melville I. Main Residence, 43 Gilberts Path, Amagansett, New York
1977: Lloyd B. Taft Residence in Cincinnati , Ohio
1982: Cogan Residence in East Hampton , New York
1982: Steven Spielberg Residence in East Hampton, New York
1983: De Menil Residence (Toad Hall) in East Hampton, New York
1985: John Opel Residence in Shelburne, Vermont
1988: American Museum of the Moving Image in Queens , New York
1990–1995: Morgan Stanley Central Office , 1585 Broadway , New York
1991: Werner Otto Hall of Harvard University in Cambridge (Massachusetts)
1992: Extension of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City , New York
1993: Jeffrey Katzenberg Residence in Malibu , California
1993: Bechtler Residence in Zumikon , Switzerland
1997: Jerry Kosberg Residence in Pacific Palisades , California
1997: Michael Dell Residence in Austin , Texas
1997: Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle
1998: Princeton University Physics Building, New Jersey
1998: Levitt Center at the University of Iowa in Iowa City , Iowa
2000: Paul Goldberger Residence in Malibu, California
2001: NN Residence in Bel Air , California
2001: Lawrence Technological University in Southfield , Michigan
2001: International Center of Photography in New York City, New York
2003: Belvedere in San Francisco , California
2006: Extension for the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven , Connecticut
2006: 445 Lafayette Street commercial building in New York City, New York
2006: Glenstone Residence and Guest House in Potomac , Maryland
2009: Bay Lake Tower at Walt Disney World Resort
2009: NN Residence in St. Barts (with Kang Chang)
2011: United States Mission to the United Nations in New York City, New York

Publications (excerpt)

Charles Gwathmey and Robert Siegel: buildings and projects, 1964-1984. New York 1984, Harper & Row, ISBN 0-06-433285-3 .
Zumikon Residence: Gwathmey Siegel. New York 1996, Monacelli Press, Distributed by Penguin USA, ISBN 1-885254-28-8 .
Stamberg Aferiat. New York 1997, Rizzoli, ISBN 0-8478-2011-4 .
Gwathmey Siegel: buildings and projects 1965-2000. New York 2000, Universe Pub., ISBN 0-7893-0401-5 .

Web links

Charles Gwathmey dies at 71; architect known for modernist home designs , Aug 5, 2009, Los Angeles Times

Charles Gwathmey, Architect Loyal to Aesthetics of High Modernism, Dies at 71 , August 4, 2009, The New York Times

Architects' office Gwathmey Siegel

Individual evidence

↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "G" / Gwathmey, Charles NA 2004 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 25, 2015) @1@ 2
^ Members: Charles Gwathmey. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 2, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Trianglemodernisthouses.com: Charles Gwathmey, FAIA (1938-2009)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Architectural Digest: Charles Gwathmey's Modernist Masterpieces
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gwathmey & Siegel Rockport Publishers 2003
↑ Architectural Digest: Charles Gwathmey's St. Barts Paradise

personal data
SURNAME	Gwathmey, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American architect
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charlotte , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	August 3, 2009
Place of death	Manhattan

[1] tionalacademy.org: Past Academicians "G" / Gwathmey, Charles NA 2004 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 25, 2015) @1@ 2

[2] Members: Charles Gwathmey. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 2, 2019 .

[TMH-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Trianglemodernisthouses.com: Charles Gwathmey, FAIA (1938-2009)

[AD-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Architectural Digest: Charles Gwathmey's Modernist Masterpieces

[GS-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gwathmey & Siegel Rockport Publishers 2003

[6] Architectural Digest: Charles Gwathmey's St. Barts Paradise