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Michael Graves

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by Ian Volner


  Roush and, 43, 44, 47, 54

  Stern and, 179

  Whitney Museum and, 158–59, 164–65, 175, 179–80, 189–90

  Brilliant, Richard 70–71, 78

  Broad Ripple High School 32–34, 37, 40–41

  Broad Ripple Village 77, 93–94, 101–2, 186, 190

  annexation of to Indianapolis, 15

  Gail and, 101

  Graves’s early years in, 16, 20–21, 24, 29, 32, 36, 40, 44, 71

  Indianapolis Art Center porch and, 186

  influence of, 101, 186, 190

  wedding in, 48

  world outside of, 77, 94

  Brown, Walter David x

  Brussels 77

  Brutalism xi

  Bryan, William Jennings 18

  Bunshaft, Gordon 65, 139, 150, 193

  Burgee, John 167

  Burke, Patrick 187, 189–90, 209

  Burnham, Daniel 47, 69

  Bush, George W. 13

  Cadwallader, Bobby 148–49

  Caesar, Julius 73

  Cafe Wha? 62

  Calder, Alexander 26, 57

  Campus Martius 68

  Capitoline Hill 68

  Capote, Truman 155

  Carl, Peter 100–1, 108, 114–15

  Carl A. Strauss & Associates 44

  Carter, Jimmy 145

  Casa Batlló 76–77

  CASE (Conference of Architects for the Study of the Environment) 89–92, 94, 99, 105–8, 130

  Cassirer, Ernst 116

  Castelli, Leo 157

  Castel Sant’Angelo 68

  Catalonia 77

  Central Park West 167

  Chadwick, Gordon 62, 80

  Chagall, Marc 26

  Chan, Lo-Yi 60–61, 222 note 49

  Charlottesville Tapes, The (Robertson) 170

  Chem-Fleur 134

  Cherry, Wendell 159–61

  Chicago School 47

  Chicago Seven x, 225 note 104

  Chicago Tribune newspaper 162

  Chimacoff, Alan 113, 126, 128, 224 note 41, 226 note 58

  Chomsky, Noam 107, 171

  Christo 192

  CIAM (Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne) 55–59, 90

  Cincinnati Enquirer 42, 44

  civil rights 52

  Claghorn House plate 20, 102, 118, 120, 123, 126–27

  Clark Realty Capital 203

  Clausen, Meredith 145–46

  Clay, Cassius 67

  Clinton, Bill 184

  Clinton, Hillary 2

  Clockwork Orange, A (film) 116

  Close, Chuck 197

  Clos Pegase Winery 155

  Cohen, Jean-Louis x

  Collage City (Rowe) 130

  Colmar 77

  Cologne 77

  Colosseum 67, 72

  Colquhoun, Alan 103, 129, 147, 184

  Columbia University 69, 194

  Columbus Circle 167

  Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (Venturi) 108, 115, 176

  Constant, Caroline 13, 90–91, 98, 100, 113, 115, 127, 189, 209

  Constantine 72

  consumerism 152, 192

  Cooper, Alex 165

  Cooper Union 106

  Corinthian style 73

  Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille 71, 104, 188, 202

  Coryat, Thomas 73–74

  Cret, Paul Philippe 29

  Croatia 76

  Crooks House plate 23, plate 24, 122–23, 125–26, 129, 159, 226 note 58

  Cubism 97

  Claghorn House and, 123

  Corbusian style and, 97–98, 100, 104, 118, 120

  Five Architects and, 118

  Hanselmann House and, 97–98, 100

  Krier and, 134–35, 141

  Picasso and, 24, 26, 58, 79, 94–95, 126, 175

  Snyderman House and, 104

  strabismus and, 26–27

  “Cubist Kitchen King” 127

  CUNY Graduate Center 205

  Dahl-Wolfe, Louise 52

  Da Silva, John 116, 140

  Davies, Julie Hanselmann 85, 95–98

  Davies, Paul 107

  Deamer, Peggy 136, 184

  Dean, Laura plate 36

  Death and Life of Great American Cities, The (Jacobs) 138

  de Chirico, Giorgio 185, 202

  Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition x, xii, 2, 183

  de Kooning, Willem 50, 62, 77, 94, 197

  Delirious New York (Koolhaas) 171

  Democratic Party 9, 18, 52, 133

  Denver Art Museum 186

  Denver Public Library plate 50, plate 51, 186–88

  Derrida, Jacques 171

  Designer of the Year award 150–51

  design tourism 127, 157

  Fargo-Moorhead Bridge and, 137

  Grand Tour and, 67, 73–77, 80, 95

  Roush and, 44–46, 53

  Detroit Institute of Arts 180

  Dewey, Thomas 29

  Dexter Shoes 173

  Dickens, Charles 207

  Diller, Elizabeth 193

  Diller+Scofidio 193

  diptychs 94, 116, 123, 164–65, 175

  Disney 50, 172

  building spree of, 176

  Eisner and, 9, 167–68, 176–79

  Euro Disney and, 178

  Jencks and, 178–79

  Lapidus and, 177

  Postmodernism and, 177–79

  Swan and Dolphin Resort and, plate 46, plate 47, 177–78, 203, 211–12

  Team Disney Headquarters and, 168, 178, 187

  Venturi and, 176–78

  Doric style 73

  Double Dream of Spring, The (Ashbery) vi

  drawing

  Alessi teakettle and, plate 34

  Basilica of Maxentius and, plate 5, 72

  Bunshaft on, 139

  Carl and, 114, 115

  classical influences and, 134

  Crooks inglenook and, 122

  Davies and, 85

  Eisenman and, 59, 63

  Graves and, plate 3, plate 4, plate 5, plate 8, plate 30, 2, 5, 24, 34, 37–38, 49, 56–57, 66, 71–79, 86, 88, 108, 122, 124–25, 133–37, 173, 191–93, 197, 205

  The Great Gatsby and, 157

  iBOT and, 197

  Jersey Corridor proposal and, plate 9

  Krier and, 133

  mechanical, 37, 66

  Parthenon and, 38

  Piranesi and, 30

  Portland Building and, plate 30, 147

  Protetch and, 148

  referential sketches and, plate 25, 124, 141

  Rome and, plate 3, plate 4, 72, 74, 78–79, 170

  schematic, 24, 37

  Sert and, 56–57

  Unité d’habitation and, plate 8

  Vidler and, 90

  working, 59, 86

  Drexler, Arthur 90–91, 93, 105, 225 note 104

  Drive Medical plate 57, 199

  Duany, Andrés 205

  Dylan, Bob 2

  Eames, Charles 62, 150

  Eaton, John C. 70

  Egypt 182, 194

  Einsiedeln 77

  Eisenman, Elizabeth 92

  Eisenman, Peter vii–viii, 40, 141

  accessibility and, 79, 169

  as architect of the idea, 1–2

  on awards juries, 201

  CASE and, 89–92, 94, 99, 105–8, 130

  competition proposals and, 100

  CUNY symposium and, 206

  deconstructionist literary theory and, 172

  Deconstructivist Architecture show and, 183

  divorce of, 106

  drawing and, 59, 63

  Five Architects and, 106–10

  Graves memorial and, 208

  Hawks and, 155

  Hejduk and, 106

  IAUS and, 94, 105, 146–47, 171, 226 note 37

  Johnson and, 139–40

  Koch and, 61

  Krier and, 134

  Le Corbusier and, 172

  Meier and, 60, 63

  Modernism and, 138

  New School event
and, 206, 207

  New York Five and, 2–3, 106–11, 115, 117, 119, 201

  Princeton and, 81–86, 89–94, 98, 138, 194

  psychotherapy of, 189

  Robertson and, 109

  Rowe and, 80, 83–84

  TAC and, 59–60, 63

  theoretics of, 139

  Venturi and, 176

  Wexner Center for the Arts and, 172–73

  White faction and, 108

  on Whitney, 180

  Wigley and, 183

  Eisner, Michael 9, 167–68, 176–79

  Ekberg, Anita 68

  “Elder Turtles of Aegina, The” (Holloway) 71

  elevation 34, 72, 115, 123–25, 136–37, 141, 162

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England 155–56

  Emery Roth & Sons 142, 147

  Emory University 182

  Engineering Research Center, University of Cincinnati plate 48, 182

  Episcopalians 32–34, 44, 60

  estrangement 27

  Euro Disney 178

  Fargo-Moorhead Bridge plate 28, 135–38, 148, 173

  Fascism 55, 139

  Federal Reserve Bank 194

  Filler, Martin 14, 104, 148–49, 165, 171

  First National Bank Tower 160

  Fisher, Nes, Campbell and Partners 82

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott 81, 157

  Five Architects 106–11, 115, 118–19, 139

  “Five Points of Architecture” (Le Corbusier) 55

  Fontana dell’Acqua Paola 72

  Fontana del Tritone 177

  Forster, Kurt 147

  Foster, Norman 160

  Frampton, Kenneth 89, 99, 107, 113, 129, 190, 226 note 49

  Franco, Francisco 55

  Frank, Suzanne 89

  Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial 64–65

  Franzen, Ulrich 160–61, 165

  Frasca, Robert 52, 143

  French Academy 69–70

  frescoes 75

  Freud, Sigmund 39

  From Bauhaus to Our House (Wolfe) 154

  Fukuoka Hyatt Regency Hotel and Office Building plate 49

  Fundació Joan Miró 57

  furniture 16, 112, 200

  Ambiente fair and, 5

  Biedermeier and, 129, 153, 163

  Cadwallader and, 148–49

  Graves and, plate 33, 48, 53, 88, 128, 151

  Knoll and, 148–50

  Le Corbusier and, 62

  Mies and, 62, 199

  Modernism and, 149–50

  showrooms and, 149–51

  Strauss and, 42

  Wright and, 62, 150

  Futagawa, Yukio 123

  Futurist-Deco 167

  Galilei, Alessandro 72

  Galveston, Texas 155

  Garber, Tweddell & Wheeler Architects 221

  Garnier, Charles 56

  Gaudí, Antoni 76–77

  Geddes, Robert 93, 98–99, 193, 226 note 49

  Gehry, Frank x, xii, 1, 141, 155, 171, 178, 184, 186, 204

  Geibel, Victoria 175

  Germany 77

  Getty Square x

  Giedion, Sigfried 55–57, 222 note 49

  Gilded Age 17

  Giotto’s frescoes 75

  Giurgola, Romaldo 108–9, 140

  Glass, Philip 158

  Glass, Steuben 175

  Glass House 139, 224 note 61

  Goethe 169

  Goheen, Robert F. 89, 93

  Goldberger, Paul 2, 146, 165, 170, 178, 180, 183–84, 189, 206, 225 note 104

  Goldschmidt, Neil 140, 145

  Gombrich, Ernst 85, 116

  Gordon, Alastair x

  Gordon Wu Hall 176, 231 note 76

  GQ magazine 155, 187

  Grand Tour 73–77, 80, 95

  Graves, Adam 3, 92, 101, 112, 128, 164, 188–89, 196, 201

  Graves, Bessie 20, 219 note 16

  Graves, Edward 18, 33, 220 note 47

  Graves, Erma Lowe Sanderson 119, 201

  Bud’s drinking and, 21

  dancing school and, 30–32

  drawing of, 125, 127

  fortitude of, 22, 34

  leg amputation of, 22–23, 25

  Michael’s youth and, 15, 21–26, 30–38, 40

  views on career choice, 24, 26, 88, 182

  Graves, Gail Devine 41, 164, 196

  background of, 36, 38

  city life and, 62–63

  design tourism and, 45–47, 73–77, 80, 95

  divorce of, 101–2, 112, 119, 127

  Europe and, 67, 70, 74, 80, 137, 204

  Grand Tour and, 73–77, 80, 95

  Johnson Wax Headquarters trip and, 46, 62

  matriculation of, 42

  Princeton and, 81, 84, 86, 88, 92, 94, 101–2, 126–27

  rapprochement attempts and, 189

  Roush and, 44–45, 53

  shyness of, 92

  social changes and, 61

  wedding of, 48, 49

  Graves, Lucy James 101–2, 112–13, 127, 196, 209

  Graves, Margaret 20, 219 note 16

  Graves, Max 15–16, 18–21, 32, 39, 219 note 16

  Graves, Michael vii–viii, 83

  as accessibility advocate, 202–4

  airline travels of, 194

  Alessi teakettle and, plate 34, plate 35, 3, 14, 152–53, 164, 173, 180, 192–93, 205

  as architect of the eye, 1–2

  Architecture 204 and, 84

  Asplund Problem and, 113–16, 124, 225 note 8

  on awards juries, 201

  awards of, 2, 119, 150–51, 187, 190

  background of, 15–40

  Basilica of Maxentius and, plate 5, 72

  Bunshaft and, 139

  CASE and, 89–92, 94, 99, 105–8, 130

  classicism and, 2

  Clintons and, 2

  clothing tastes of, 88–89, 154

  college grades of, 49

  competition proposals and, 100

  CUNY symposium and, 206

  death of, xv, 204–5

  as Democrat, 9, 18, 52, 133

  design tourism and, 44–47, 53, 67, 73–77, 80, 95, 157

  desire for Pritzker Prize, 190, 194, 206

  desire to be liked, 189–91

  divorces of, 4, 101, 112, 119, 127, 163

  drawing and, plate 3, plate 4, plate 5, plate 8, plate 30, 2, 5, 24, 34, 37–38, 49, 56–57, 66, 71–79, 86, 88, 108, 122, 124–25, 133–37, 173, 191–93, 197, 205

  early commissions of, 94–101

  elevations and, 34, 72, 115, 123–25, 136–37, 141, 162

  figurative architecture and, 122–23, 125, 157–58, 170, 177, 229 note 97

  finding his architectural niche, 86–89

  furniture and, plate 33, 48, 53, 88, 128, 151

  Graduate School of Design (GSD) and, 53–54, 56, 58–60, 62, 64–65, 84, 115, 221 note 28

  Grand Tour and, 73–77, 80, 95

  Hawks and, 10, 155, 161, 163, 167

  health issues of, 1, 4–14, 26–27, 41, 189, 195–204, 208

  Humana Building and, plate 42, 160–62, 164–67, 170, 187

  increased fame of, 148–59, 173, 174

  influence of Rome on, 66–83, 94–95, 101, 116, 134, 137, 139, 163, 170, 177, 190, 203–4, 223 note 13, 227 note 70

  Jacobs sculpture and, 49–50

  Jencks and, 137–38, 146, 151, 154–55, 157, 178, 185, 193, 205, 218 note 5, 218 note 6

  Jersey Corridor and, plate 9, 90–91, 113

  Johnson Wax Headquarters trip and, 46, 62

  lazy eye of, 25–27, 41, 126, 220 note 33, 220 note 36

  Le Corbusier and, 98

  lectures and, 80, 116, 154–57, 183, 185, 196, 202

  legacy of, 205–8

  love of dogs, 163–64

  masters degree of, 61

  medical designs of, 198–200

  memorial for, 208–9

  Miesian Modernism and, 51

  monographs of, 157, 165, 183, 187, 224 note 42, 226 note 21

  Nelson and, 61–65, 80, 88, 150, 181


  new language of, 118–20, 128, 191

  New School event and, 206, 207

  as painter, plate 65, 9, 14, 24, 26, 38, 50–51, 66, 71, 94, 97–98, 124, 170, 185–86, 188, 197, 202

  as PoMo revanchist, 2

  Portland Building and, x–xi, 1, 140–48, 183, 206

  postgraduate education of, 52–58

  Postmodernism and, ix, 1, 142–48 (see also Postmodernism)

  Princeton University and, xiii, xv, 4 (see also Princeton University)

  Roush and, 43–54, 60, 65–66, 93–94, 128, 164, 198

  Sert and, 54–61, 65–66, 71, 84–85, 97, 115

  showrooms and, 149–51

  Target and, plate 52, plate 53, plate 54, 3, 5, 9, 11, 191–93, 199–202

  teaching style of, 84–85

  TED talk of, 202

  trulli houses and, 51–52, 56, 75, 95, 142, 200, 221 note 32

  undergraduate thesis of, 51

  University of Cincinnati and, 38, 41–43, 46, 49, 51–52, 54, 56, 60, 64, 71, 182

  the Warehouse and, 4–5, 11, 23, 39, 112, 127–29, 133, 155, 156, 158–59, 163–64, 188, 190, 195–97, 202, 205

  Washington Monument and, plate 55, 2, 29, 32, 191–92, 231 note 61

  wedding of, 48, 49

  White faction and, 108

  Whitney Museum and, 158–61, 164–68, 172, 175, 179–80, 183, 189–90

  Graves, Michael Sebastian 3, 12, 201–2, 209

  Graves, Nave & Company 17, 19

  Graves, Sarah See Stelfox, Sarah Graves

  Graves, Thomas Browning (Bud) 15–16, 20–22, 30, 32–33, 37, 39, 60, 119, 127, 190, 219 note 1, 220 note 21

  Graves, Thomas Smith 16–20, 29, 32–33, 220 note 47

  Graves, Tom 15, 20–21, 24, 32, 35, 88, 119, 201

  Graves Commission Company 32

  Graves Design Studio Store 180–81

  Grays 116, 225 note 104

  Four Days in May and, 225 note 91

  Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer and, 135

  Le Corbusier and, 119

  Modernism and, 119

  Rowe and, 130

  Tigerman and, 135

  UCLA School of Architecture and Design and, 154–55

  Venturi and, 108–9, 115, 138

  Wolfe and, 154

  Great Depression 20

  Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald) 157

  Greece 74–76, 134, 184

  Green, Barth 11–13, 196, 202, 208

  Greenberg, Allan 106, 108

  Greenwich Village 62–63

  Gris, Juan 79, 123

  Gropius, Walter 47, 54, 56, 59, 65, 80, 150, 192

  Grounds for Sculpture 205

  Guernica (Picasso) 58

  Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao 1, 184

  Gunwyn Ventures 103

  Gwathmey, Charles 9, 141

  CASE and, 105

  clothing choices and, 154

  death of, 201

  glass blocks and, 120

  industrial design and, 181

  Le Corbusier and, 88

  New York Five and, 2–3, 106–11, 115, 117, 119, 201

  parents’ house, 87, 88

  on transcendence of accommodation, 181

  White faction and, 108

  Whitney Museum and, 158

  Gwathmey, Robert 88

 

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