William F. Cody
William Francis Cody (* 1916 in Dayton , Ohio ; † 1978 in Palm Springs , California ) was an American architect who is counted among the architects of the mid-century modern style.
Life
Cody grew up in Los Angeles and studied at the University of Southern California . He worked for Cliff May as a student . After graduating, he gained practical experience at various Californian architecture firms. Since he suffered from asthma , he went to the desert city of Palm Springs in 1946 and began working there as an employed architect at the Desert Inn Hotel there .
Cody suffered a stroke in 1973. He died in 1978. His works are now part of an architectural tour of buildings from the 1950s and 1960s in Palm Springs and the surrounding area. One of his houses, the Willian Cody 1955 , is now rented out to guests.
buildings
In 1946, Cody planned the Del Marcos Hotel in Palm Springs, which was completed in 1947 and was later photographed by Julius Shulman . In 1950 he built his own house for himself and his family, followed in 1952 by the Horizon Hotel and Perlberg House in Palm Springs. His 1953 designs for several clubhouses such as the Thunderbird Country Club , the El Dorado Country Club and the Tamarisk Country Club in the neighboring community of Rancho Mirage contributed to its fame. In the following years he designed a number of private houses in Palm Springs such as the Shamel House in 1961 , the James Logan Abernathy House in 1962 and the Stanley Goldberg Residence in 1967 . Cody is also the architect of the 1968 St. Theresa Parish Catholic Church and the Palm Springs Library Center , built in 1975 , but was also the architect for gas stations, offices, shopping malls, and other projects.
Exhibitions
- 2016: Fast Forward: The Architecture of William F. Cody , A + D Museum , Los Angeles.
Web links
- Biography (English).
- Palm Springs Preservation Foundation (English).
- Biography, projects, awards (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ An ode to light in FAZ of December 13, 2013, page 49
- ↑ Nah am Wasser in Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 24, 2016, page 10
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cody, William F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cody, William Francis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dayton , Ohio , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1978 |
| Place of death | Palm Springs , California , USA |