Bruce Goff
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| Bruce Goff | |
| Born | 1904; Alton, Kansas, USA |
| Died | 1982; Tyler, Texas, USA |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Bruce_Goff.html |
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[edit] Works
- Bavinger House, at Norman, Oklahoma, 1950 to 1955. Photo at ArchitectureWeek [[Bavinger House</a>, at Norman, Oklahoma, 1950 to 1955. <a href="
">Photo at ArchitectureWeek|Archiplanet page]] GreatBuildings page
- Colmorgan House, at Glenview, Illinois, 1937. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
[edit] Discussion
Bruce Goff was born in Alton, Kansas in 1904. Apprenticed at the age of twelve to Rush, Endacott and Rush of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Goff became a partner with the firm in 1930. Self-educated and exceptionally creative, his designs often depended on creative free-association and borrowed materials.
Without academic credentials Goff became a professor of architecture at the University of Oklahoma. In his capacity as teacher, Goff emphasized a design curriculum based on creativity. Within his private practice, Goff introduced a form of organic architecture that was sensitive to both client needs and site constraints.
With very strong convictions about the importance of individuality, Goff created isolated one-family houses in tree enshrouded pockets of the Great Plains. Although Goff's buildings relied on a combination of structural clarity and spatial complexity, they also used a form of decorative detailing that contrasted with the typical simplicity of twentieth century buildings.
Goff died in Tyler, Texas in 1982.
[edit] References
Dennis Sharp. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Quatro Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. NA40.I45. p66-67.
"Bruce Goff Comes to Rest Among Peers", by Marga Rose Hancock, ArchitectureWeek No. 40, 2001.0228, pC1.1.
