2004-04-12 11:41:32
懷念美國建築大師-Pierre Koenig
Renowned California Architect Pierre Koenig Dies
Pierre Koenig, FAIA, renowned for his role as one the Los Angeles-based Case Study Program architects, passed away on April 4.
Born in 1925 in San Francisco, Koenig later moved to Southern California, where in the late 1950’s he became a designer for the Case Study Program, established in Los Angeles in 1945 by John Entenza, editor of avant-garde magazine Arts & Architecture. Case Study became an effort to offer the public models for low-cost housing in the modern style and produced masterpieces by Richard Neutra Craig Ellwood, Thornton Abell, Charles Eames, and Eero Saarinen .
Koenig created the iconic Case Study Houses #21 (1958) and #22 (1960), both simple, elegant cubes of glass and steel praised as artistic trendsetters. Case Study House #21 was awarded the American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) 25 year award in 2001.
Pierre Koenig, FAIA, renowned for his role as one the Los Angeles-based Case Study Program architects, passed away on April 4.
Born in 1925 in San Francisco, Koenig later moved to Southern California, where in the late 1950’s he became a designer for the Case Study Program, established in Los Angeles in 1945 by John Entenza, editor of avant-garde magazine Arts & Architecture. Case Study became an effort to offer the public models for low-cost housing in the modern style and produced masterpieces by Richard Neutra Craig Ellwood, Thornton Abell, Charles Eames, and Eero Saarinen .
Koenig created the iconic Case Study Houses #21 (1958) and #22 (1960), both simple, elegant cubes of glass and steel praised as artistic trendsetters. Case Study House #21 was awarded the American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) 25 year award in 2001.
