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Smalls: Peter Pepper, Design Line, Doug Ayers and David Stewart
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Herman Miller, 1961
George Rickey
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Herman Miller, 1961
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John A Shaver / Tucson Modern
I was in Tucson this past weekend and spotted a school with a series of buildings with thin-shell concrete roofs and breezeblock.
Walter Douglas Elementary School was completed in 1961. John Shaver was the architect. The structural engineer was Jim Foulds.
John Alden Shaver (1918-2010) graduated with a degree in architecture from Kansas State University in 1941. He then did post-graduate work at Stanford. In 1945 he joined his father, Charles W. Shaver, in his Salina, Kansas architecture firm. John grew the practice into one the largest educational design firms in the United States.
There are six hyperbolic flower dome buildings on the campus.
Source: Google Maps
Montgomery Central High School in Cunningham, Tennessee was designed by John Shaver in 1970.
Source: Modern Seeker
I wonder how many kids have been pushed into the water? High School can be rough!
Source: Tupelo Quarterly
In 1973 Shaver designed the world's first permanent tensioned membrane roofing system for the …
Walter Douglas Elementary School was completed in 1961. John Shaver was the architect. The structural engineer was Jim Foulds.
John Alden Shaver (1918-2010) graduated with a degree in architecture from Kansas State University in 1941. He then did post-graduate work at Stanford. In 1945 he joined his father, Charles W. Shaver, in his Salina, Kansas architecture firm. John grew the practice into one the largest educational design firms in the United States.
There are six hyperbolic flower dome buildings on the campus.
Source: Google Maps
Montgomery Central High School in Cunningham, Tennessee was designed by John Shaver in 1970.
Source: Modern Seeker
I wonder how many kids have been pushed into the water? High School can be rough!
Source: Tupelo Quarterly
In 1973 Shaver designed the world's first permanent tensioned membrane roofing system for the …
Weekend / Stuff
Sori Yanagi butterfly stool, Marilyn Kay Austin and Hugh Acton bench
Henry P Glass book cart and a stool
David Cressey ashtrays for Architectural Pottery and La Gardo Tackett.
I stopped at the dunes on the way home from Arizona.
Henry P Glass book cart and a stool
David Cressey ashtrays for Architectural Pottery and La Gardo Tackett.
I stopped at the dunes on the way home from Arizona.
Weekend / Stuff
Painting by Conrad Woods, 1961 and a planter by Raul Coronel
Conrad Woods (1932-1993) was the son of actor Donald Woods. He studied at UCLA and received a BFA and MFA from the University Illinois, before traveling to Europe and India on a Fulbright Scholarship to study painting and sculpture. Moving to California in 1960, he had gallery representation in Los Angeles and San Diego. While in San Diego, he was included in exhibitions alongside local favorites Richard Allen Morris, Guy Williams, Russell Baldwin, John Baldessari and Bob Matheny.
One such exhibition was in 1964 at Southwestern College. Coincidentally, this relates to my last post on Matheny since Bob was running the show at the time. It's interesting how things show up out in the field like that. I wonder if Matheny and Morris remember Woods?
Image: Objects USA
Speaking of out in the field. The painting came from the same estate as these books, which belonged to an architect who recently passed away at the age of 96.…
Conrad Woods (1932-1993) was the son of actor Donald Woods. He studied at UCLA and received a BFA and MFA from the University Illinois, before traveling to Europe and India on a Fulbright Scholarship to study painting and sculpture. Moving to California in 1960, he had gallery representation in Los Angeles and San Diego. While in San Diego, he was included in exhibitions alongside local favorites Richard Allen Morris, Guy Williams, Russell Baldwin, John Baldessari and Bob Matheny.
One such exhibition was in 1964 at Southwestern College. Coincidentally, this relates to my last post on Matheny since Bob was running the show at the time. It's interesting how things show up out in the field like that. I wonder if Matheny and Morris remember Woods?
Image: Objects USA
Speaking of out in the field. The painting came from the same estate as these books, which belonged to an architect who recently passed away at the age of 96.…
BOB MATHENY / ALMOST ANONYMOUS
BOB MATHENY: ALMOST ANONYMOUS IS THE FIRST MAJOR SURVEY OF THE WORK OF BOB MATHENY
This exhibition at the San Diego History Center ends on March 24th!
Since the late 1950s Matheny has developed his expansive practice through the lens of many different disciplines and mediums, including graphic design, sculpture, small press printing, painting, writing, photography, curating and performance. Grounded in the formal tenets of modernist design, but mitigated by a healthy dose of Dada irreverence and Duchampian hijinks, Matheny’s diverse body of work is a singular blend of craftsmanship and concept, idea and object, wit and intelligence.
Matheny’s legacy in San Diego’s art community also extends to his role as a committed and progressive educator. In the early 1960s he was the first full-time art instructor at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, a position he held for three decades. During his tenure at Southwestern Matheny founded and programmed the college’s art gallery, established it…
This exhibition at the San Diego History Center ends on March 24th!
Since the late 1950s Matheny has developed his expansive practice through the lens of many different disciplines and mediums, including graphic design, sculpture, small press printing, painting, writing, photography, curating and performance. Grounded in the formal tenets of modernist design, but mitigated by a healthy dose of Dada irreverence and Duchampian hijinks, Matheny’s diverse body of work is a singular blend of craftsmanship and concept, idea and object, wit and intelligence.
Matheny’s legacy in San Diego’s art community also extends to his role as a committed and progressive educator. In the early 1960s he was the first full-time art instructor at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, a position he held for three decades. During his tenure at Southwestern Matheny founded and programmed the college’s art gallery, established it…