Harwell Hamilton Harris
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| Harwell Hamilton Harris | |
| Born | July 02, 1903; Redlands, California, USA |
| Died | November 18, 1990; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA |
| Education | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
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| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Harwell_Hamilton_Harris.html |
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[edit] Works
- Pauline Lowe House, Altadena, California (1934)
- Fellowship Park House, Los Angeles, California (1936)
- John Entenza House, Los Angeles, California (1937)
- Havens House, Berkeley, California (1939)
[edit] Discussion
(b. Redlands, California 1903; d. 1990)
Harwell Hamilton Harris was born in Redlands, California in 1903. He studied at Pomona College in Pomona, California and at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles before he worked as a sculptor. In 1928 he entered the Frank Wiggins Trade School and began working with Richard Neutra with whom he remained until 1932. He worked in private practice in Los Angeles until 1951, then worked in Texas and North Carolina,where he has been since 1962.
Using mainly wood, Harris exhibited a sensitivity to site and materials that carried on the American Arts & Crafts movement. He adapted from the vernacular of California and from modular practices of Neutra to create his own personal Southern California style.
In his houses of the 1930s and 1940s Harris expressed his roofing on the interior to create a tension between exterior and interior. Without ignoring exterior forms, he created well-though out, sinuous interior spaces. He created Wrightean floor plans that generally used variations of the cruciform plan.
Harris was able to order and simplify exterior forms that expand the life within. Although his later works In Texas and North Carolina vary in scale and material, they exhibit the same careful exploration of interior to exterior spacing.
Gordon Drake studied with Harris at the University of Southern California and worked in his office before and after World War II.
References
Muriel Emmanuel. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4. NA 680-C625. p345-348.
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[edit] External Links
- Harwell Harris, 87, An Architect Known For House Designs - New York Times, 1990.1120
- Harwell Hamilton Harris: An Inventory of his Papers, Photographs and Drawings, 1906-1990 at University of Texas Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, Alexander Architectural Archive
