Walter Burley Griffin

Walter Burley Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin in 1912
Born(1876-11-24)November 24, 1876
Maywood, Illinois
DiedFebruary 11, 1937(1937-02-11) (aged 60)
Lucknow, India
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
OccupationArchitect
Years active1890s–1930s
Known forPrairie School
Notable workDesign/plan of Canberra, Australia and Griffith, Australia
SpouseMarion Mahony Griffin (m. 1911)

Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 – February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He designed Canberra, Australia. He also designed the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton. He made the L-shaped floor plan. The L-shaped floor plan was the carport and an innovation of reinforced concrete.

Major works

India

United States

  • G.B. Cooley House, 1908 South Grand St., Monroe, Louisiana
  • Alfred W. Hebert House Remodeling, 1902, Evanston, Illinois
  • W.H. Emery House, 1903, Elmhurst, Illinois
  • Adolph Mueller House, 1906
  • John Dickinson House, 10034 Cienega Road Hollister, California 1906
  • Mary H. Bovee Apartment, 1907
  • John Gauler House, 5917-5921 N. Magnolia Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 1908
  • William S. Orth House, 1908, Winnetka, Illinois
  • Edmund C. Garrity House, 1909
  • Ralph Griffin House, 1909, Edwardsville, Illinois
  • Edmund C. Garrity House, 1712 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1909
  • William B. Sloan House, 1910
  • Frank N. Olmstead House, 1624 W. 100th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1910
  • Harry N. Tolles House, 10561 S. Longwood Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 1911
  • Harry G. Van Nostrand House, 1666 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1911
  • Russell L. Blount House I, 1724 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1911
  • Benjamin J. and Mabel T. Ricker House, 1510 Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa, 1911-1912
  • Joshua Melson House, 1912, Mason City, Iowa
  • Russel L. Blount House II, 1950 W. 102nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1912–1913
  • Jenkinson House, 1727 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1912–1913
  • Walter D. Salmon House, 1736 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1912–1913
  • Newland house, 1737 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1913
  • Ida E. Williams House, W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois (based on the Von Nostrand plans, built by Blount), 1913
  • William R. Hornbaker House, 1710 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, (based on the Von Nostrand plans, built by Blount), 1914
  • James Frederic Clarke House, 1731 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, (based on the Von Nostrand plans, built by Blount), 1913
  • Harry C. Furneaux House, 1741 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, (based on the Salmon House plans, built by Blount), 1913
  • James Blyth House, Mason City, Iowa
  • Stinson Memorial Library, Anna, Illinois

Australia

References

References

  1. "Victorian Heritage Database". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. June 26, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. "Fishwick House, The". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment & Heritage. H01751. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  3. "Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment & Heritage. H00084. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  4. "Duncan House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment & Heritage. H00742. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  5. "Eric Pratten House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment & Heritage. H01443. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. Building Details - Architects of South Australia > Hindmarsh Incinerator Accessed May 13, 2014.
  7. Building Details - Architects of South Australia > Thebarton Incinerator Accessed May 13, 2014.
  8. "Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator (former) (entry 600596)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

Citations

General references

  • Birrell, James. 1964. Walter Burley Griffin. University of Queensland Press
  • Gebhard, David & Gerald Mansheim, Buildings of Iowa, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993
  • Gebhard, David. "The Suburban House and the Automobile." The Car and the city: The Automobile, the Built Environment and Daily Urban Life. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991: 106,123.
  • Kruty, Paul. 2000. Griffin, Walter Burley. American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press
  • MacMahon, Bill (2001). The Architecture of East Australia. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 3-930698-90-0.
  • Mason City Iowa, An Architectural Heritage, Department of Community Development, City of Mason, Iowa, 1977
  • Maldre, Mati and Paul Kruty, Walter Burley Griffin in America, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1996
  • McGregor, Alasdair, 'Grand Obsessions: The life and work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, Penguin/Lantern, Camberwell, Victoria, 2009
  • Walker, M., Kabos, A. and Weirick, J. (1994) Building for nature : Walter Burley Griffin and Castlecrag, Castlecrag, N.S.W. : Walter Burley Griffin Society (ISBN 0-646-18133-5)
  • Wilson, Richard Guy and Sidney K. Robinson, The Prairie School in Iowa, Iowa State University Press, Ames, 1977

Further reading

  • Brooks, H. Allen, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School, Braziller (in association with the Cooper-Hewitt Museum), New York 1984; ISBN 0-8076-1084-4
  • Brooks, H. Allen, The Prairie School, W.W. Norton, New York 2006; ISBN 0-393-73191-X
  • Brooks, H. Allen (editor), Prairie School Architecture: Studies from "The Western Architect", University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Buffalo 1975; ISBN 0-8020-2138-7
  • Brooks, H. Allen, The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and his Midwest Contemporaries, University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1972; ISBN 0-8020-5251-7
  • Griffin, Dustin (editor), The Writings of Walter Burley Griffin, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne 2008; ISBN 978-0-521-89713-6
  • Townsend, Danielle, ed. (December 2008). "Walter Burley Griffin Lodge". Australian Period Style (3). Universal Magazines: 80–85. ISSN 1441-5259.
  • Page, Walter Hines; Page, Arthur Wilson (July 1914). "The March of the Cities: A Young American Architect Building A New Capital For Australia". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XLIV (2): 351–352. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  • McGregor, Alasdair, 'Grand Obsessions: The life and work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin', Penguin/Lantern, Camberwell, Victoria, 2009 ISBN 978-1-920989-38-5
  • Turnbull, J. and Navaretti, P. (eds), The Griffins in Australia and India: the complete works of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne 1998; ISBN 0-5228-4830-3

Other websites

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