Raphael Soriano

Raphael S. Soriano (born August 1, 1904 in Rhodes , Greece , † July 21, 1988 in Claremont , California ) was an influential California architect and regional planner.

Become

Soriano attended Saint-Jean-Baptiste College before emigrating to the United States in 1924. In 1929 he enrolled at the University of Southern California School of Architecture, which he graduated in 1934. In 1930 he became a US citizen. In 1961 he became an honorary member (FAIA) of the American Institute of Architects .

Act

He defined modernism in the USA, an architectural period of the 20th century. It was initiated in 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal reforms and ended around 1960 with the political repression of the Cold War. Raphael Soriano's role was central to the development of the modern California steel house. With his case study house planned in 1950, Soriano is one of the case study house architects in Los Angeles. Soriano planned, built and researched industrially prefabricated steel and aluminum construction systems for residential and office construction. Soriano's steel houses are icons of thirty years of social, economic, and technological modernization in America. One of his students was Pierre Koenig (1925-2004).

literature

• Wagener, Wolfgang. Raphael Soriano . New York, London: Phaidon Press, 2002. ISBN 0-7148-4063-7
• Smith, Elizabeth & Goessel, Peter. Case Study Houses . Taschen Verlag, 2002. ISBN 3-8228-6412-9
• Richardson, Sara. Raphael Soriano. A Bibliography . Vance Bibliographies, 1987. ISBN 1-55590-196-4
• Soriano, Raphael. Substance and function in architecture, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988

Web links

• Building information
• Raphael Soriano. In: arch INFORM .
• Bulletin Board for fans of Mid-Century Modern Design
• Raphael Soriano designed homes in Marin County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wagener, Wolfgang. "Raphael Soriano". 2002. pp. 10-37.