Craig Ellwood
Craig Ellwood , b. Jon Nelson Burke (born April 22, 1922 in Clarendon , Texas ; † May 30, 1992 in Pergine Valdarno , Italy ) was an American modernist architect . He lived in Los Angeles from the early 1950s to the mid 1970s .
Although he was not trained as an architect, he had a steep career thanks to his talent for good design, self-promotion and ambition. His works combine the formalism of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with the informal style of Californian modernism.
After his military service in the United States Army Air Corps , he founded a company with his brother Cleve and two comrade-in-arms, the Marzicola brothers, one of whom had a building license. The four owners named their office 'Craig Ellwood' after the Lords and Elwood Liquor Store in the same building. At a later date, Jon Nelson Burke took the name Craig Ellwood. He studied civil engineering at an evening school at UCLA for five years .
Ellwood's office grew with the size and number of his assignments, but it wasn't particularly profitable. There have been a number of notable projects including the concept for the RAND Corporation headquarters and offices of Xerox and IBM, and the Bridge Building at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California , which spans a dry river and road.
Projects (selection)
- Lappin House, Los Angeles , 1948
- Hale House, Beverly Hills , 1949
- Case Study House 16 (Salzman House), Bel Air, California, 1951–1953
- Courtyard Apartments, Hollywood , 1952-1953
- Case Study House 17 (Hoffman House), Beverly Hills, California, 1954–1956
- Case Study House 18 (Fields House), Beverly Hills, California, 1955–1958
- Smith House, Los Angeles, 1955
- Hunt House, Malibu, California , 1955
- South Bay Bank, Los Angeles, 1956
- Carson-Roberts Office Building, West Hollywood , 1958–1960
- Daphne House , Hillsborough (California) , 1960–1961
- Scientific Data Systems, various buildings and offices, El Segundo and Pomona (California) , 1966-1969
- Max Palevsky House, Palm Springs (California) , 1968
- Charles and Gerry Bobertz Residence, San Diego , 1953
- Art Center College of Design (Hillside Campus), Pasadena, California , 1976
literature
- Craig Ellwood Paintings , published by Converso Gallery, 2004, essay by Jeffrey Head.
- What Does Post-Modernism Mean to You? LA Architect , March 1976.
Individual evidence
- ^ California Modern, the Architecture of Craig Ellwood , by Neil Jackson
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ellwood, Craig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burke, Jon Nelson (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clarendon , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1992 |
| Place of death | Pergine Valdarno , Italy |