Gordon Drake
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| Gordon Drake | |
| Born | 1917; Texas, USA |
| Died | January 15, 1952; Calfornia, USA |
| Education | University of Southern California |
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[edit] Projects
- Max Drake Residence, Coronado, California, 1937
- Haleakala Theater, Hawaii, 1941
- Drake House, Los Angeles, California (Beverly Glen House) 1946
- David Presley House, Los Angeles, California, 1946 (aka Prefab House)
- Spillman House, Los Angeles, California, 1947 (aka Rucker House)
- Dammann House, Los Angeles, California, 1948
- Mesa House, Carmel, California (aka Miller House), 1948
- Drake Studio-Office, Carmel, California, 1948
- Mesa House, Carmel, California, 1948 (aka Miller House)
- Edward Kennedy Vacation House, Carmel, California, 1949
- Unit House, Hayward, California, 1951
- Baylis House and Studio, San Francisco, California (Telegraph Hill), 1951
- Robert S. Berns House, Malibu, California, 1951
[edit] Discussion
"Gordon Drake suffered the mixed blessing of achieving early fame by winning, in 1946, Progressive Architecture's First Annual Award with his very first house and then winning, with his next two buildings, second place in the House and Gardens 1947 Awards in Architecture and a Mention in Progressive Architecture's Second Annual Award. His architecture was strongly influenced by Harwell Hamilton Harris who had taught him at the University of Southern California and for whom he had worked before and after the war. It was some indication of Drake's demanding character that Harris later wrote, 'When satisfied there was nothing further to be discovered by continuing a design, he dropped it. Knowing this about him,' he added, 'it is surprising that I let him come to work for me'.(1) In July 1949, frustrated in his own attempts at architecture, Drake had written to Harris: 'It has taken me almost three years to write this letter and perhaps my present low estate was necessary for me to tell you that should I ever arrive at anything of merit in architecture it will be because I was able to work for a time under your guidance.'(2)" — Neil Jackson, The Architectural Review
[edit] References
- Californian promise - review of architect Gordon Drake's designs, by Neil Jackson, The Architectural Review, March, 1996.
- Douglas Baylis & Joan Parry. California Houses of Gordon Drake. Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1956. LC: NA737.D7 B3. ISBN B001L4BMUG.
- California Houses of Gordon Drake, a 2011 reprint of the 1956 book from William Stout Publishers, with a new preface by Glenn Murcutt and a new introduction by Pierluigi Serraino.
- "Glenn Murcutt Gold Medal" by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 411, 2009.0114. Drake mentioned as an influence on Murcutt, p2.
- "Gordon Drake 1917-1952", obituary in House and Home magazine. March 1952, p95.
- "California Houses of Gordon Drake" by Douglas Baylis and Joan Parry, ArchitectureWeek No. 523, 2011.0713, pC1.1.
[edit] External Links
- The Brief but Notable Career of Gordon Drake, Larry Weinberg, Interior Design blog, October 22, 2009.
