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Work of young architects in the Middle West Date 1933 Publisher The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition URL www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2076 The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition history— from our founding in 1929 to the present—is available online. It includes exhibition catalogues, primary documents, installation views, and an index of participating artists. MoMA © 2017 The Museum of Modern Art ' EXHTBmoiI£6 (tor. 3 - 30, lyjj) WORK OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS . IN' THE M1G0LE WEST MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK t— *—i h w ' 1uBRARi ,1 Museumof Modern'Art ] ¥% » Museumof Modern uVTi" ^ | I WORK OP YOUNG ARCHITECTSIN THE KIDDLEWEST FOREWORD ^, cynosure oF^chitoc yea that Chicago Is the an exhibition of the work nf" &t there should be architecture is newer and you^e/than that^f in charge of designinc tl,cud-1 2 ot 1?;6 isof Progresss Exposition. Some'^of^ho-e^o^ ssxrsrsirse"'Cenfcury 01*1ture dominates the mlin^avilion" arohitec "hich "coe?sor i ^ternatIonal°Lhibition\f °|od^ s to the £etecture by the Museum in 1932 T ™ " ArcM held °W beginning their independent w^tice^have n away from academic design tw £ ' I broken toopportunity, Observe andto buildqfnriv asWheir'Ao ^eaecessors, pLdecessors^bu but more ls consists main! y of pro lee ts T?" W exhibition fc roJ°cts not only research ' W P which show away fr^hl^IaA^cllBsSirfn^ f ^ the Beaux Arts "modernistic" )? ' ' t0 mEntion SwMcht/r0m°neral moIern°desi'"n the S ono toward ?"'e toward housin- t ^ des ?°™t are: first, that d°Sni0W pnoWem in dosi".Wnd°se StUdy as wo11 as a duced house. ° ' -onci,toward the mass-pro- Pindustryn °°S into econo"® S faP boyond architecture wolitics.?d In the end many expertsS 11 a P solvinait But f? r d 1 havo t0 have a band in R the co«liararchitectarcmtect, in other words,13 Pthe arfi*+ province ™+. iof tthe co-ordinate the work of t Hni!! ' , only to > engineers and ecomisf but^nT^ politicians tions Of olrtnr»!iM j Ut t0 HOW SOlu- ro^lems 1 old P and new ways of livinr. Museumof Modern e It is tho architectur of housing v;hichis particu larly emphasized in this exhibition. It may be that none of tho three projects shown will prove to be the cheapest or the most practicable solution of the given problem. They remain, however, important -architecturallyas suggesting an aesthetic direction in which the practical questions can be approached. Ts Lewis Mumford pioneer writing, the work of Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, the recent developments in housing in Europe, have all contributed toward an Interest in housing. The carefully prepared charts of the A.I.A. Housing Exhibition summarized the at tempts all over the world to solve this problem and presented the facts to the American public. Of tho seven architecturalfirms invited to partici pate in this exhibition, four worked out housing programs. It is encouraging to see tho interest of young architects turning to live problems of this kind rather,than to the mortuary chapels of our architectural competitions. The mass-produced house which, through analogy to "Model T" the public greeted a year ago with such enthusiasm, has reached a moro mature stage. Ameri can Houses Inc., of which Robert W. McLaughlin is the architect, has built its first house in Hazelton, Pa., and General Houses Inc., Howard T. Fisher, architect and engineer, has recently completed its first house*near Chicago. Both houses arc complete ly modern in appearance as well as in engineering. Although the hope of future housing lies rather more in land economics and revised financial .structure than In Fordized production, standardization,which had reached every field but this one, has .at last converted domestic building from a craft into an Industry. 1. 11* P°rtantf-.n f f / hc two im fields open tol* wtn today (palaces, churches and state capi tals will not bo so much nooded in the future) aro tho^vcry problems in which modern architects arc- most interested. We nood no longer fear stool houses masquerading in colonial dross, or largo USlnS villages dcvolopmcnts vvhlch resemble Cotsv.old Modern architecture, so new that two years ago 00^R0j00?0d -York fn/ ^Mtocta" secession in Now t»oi t today seriously considorod by industry, real estate and politics, ^ Philip Johnson s r Cjaylord = The Museumof ModernArt 278 HAMILTON BEATTY Madison, Wisconsin Born in 1907, Madison, Wisconsin. Graduate of the of Wisconsin. Studied at the Bartlett J.° Architecture, University College, Univer sity of London. Worked with Le Corbusier in Paris. Now practicing architecture with his wife, Gwenydd heatty, in Ladison. he was awarded special prize -V 1932^ Mllwaukee Eome Sh0 Small House Competition, EXHIBITS S^SiODEL: A Contemporary Satellite Community -£ 33,'nj | 3uMptJNT: Plan 'C-KOUNT: Typical Houses f PMOUNT: Commerce Centre - I A detailed explanation of this project by Mr. Beatty is attached to the model. MOUNT: C.W. Thomas House, Madison, Wis., 1930 Photograph and plan. Museumof M d^rr • HUBERT C. BEB3 Hinsdale, Illinois Born in 1903, Wyanet, Illinois. B. Arch. Cornell University, 1928. Worked in the offices of Arm strong, Purst & Tilton, and Philip Maher in Chicago Since practicing independently in Chicago, has built his own house and executed various small commissions. EXHIBITS ^ ff t 1ct> MODEL: House for Richard Conover, Hinsdale, 111 Plant .^7 1 Museumof ModefflJiH? imill Theurn urnMuseum urn urn innof ModernI ill Art HOWARD T. FISHER Chicago, Illinois Born in 1903, Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Harvard University, worked in various offices for short periods of time. Now vice-president of General Houses Inc., of*which he is also architect and engineer. Besides various minor commissions he has built a house for Walter T. Fisher, Winetka, Illinois. The first house designed as architect for General Houses Inc. has just been completed in Hubbard Woods, Illinois. Others are in construction, inducing one for the Century of Progress Exposition. EXHIBITS ' :v r :: .; - . IC-o MODEL: House for the Century of Progress Exposition -^ ' yal x— ^ fi Gener Houses Inc. cPlan^ tograph?e % MOUNT: Pho of Ruth Page Hous Plan. ^ni - ' r 0 r- ~ — — ^ w Imount: Photograph of Interior, Ruth Page House. U 33,HO- 0-0 MOUNT: Construction photographs of Ruth Page House. ^ ol-DB \ \ L 8 I- 1\ t- - - Museumof Modern GEORGE FRED KECK Chicago, Illinois Born in 1895, Watertown, Wisconsin. Studied at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illi nois, where he has also taught. Worked In the offices of D.H. Burnham & Co., and Schmidt, Garden & Erikson in Chicago. Since 1926 has been practicing independently In Chicago, doing mostly residential work. Now building a house for Century Homes Inc., at the Century of Progress Exposition. EXHIBITS Ifii5 c. MODEL: A Country House £ 3 MPUNT: Plan of Country House Rendering of house at Century of Progress"?4 31,fif Exposition. ^ ^ .V^cMOUNT: Cruger Apartments, 1S26. Plan. iSl.Do O-OlUtOUNT: "Miralago", 1928. 1 Cvn v Small Office Building, 1932. Plan} ' In association with R. PAUL SCHWEIKHER SFMODEL: Housing Project "A" 33 I 6ro c^MODEL: Plot Plan of Housing Project "A" ^ t |i^"i^M^UNT:Housing Project "A" - Sections ~ XdJ li^fMOUNT: Housing Project "A" - Detail Plans h Museumof Motion HANS OBERHAKMER Downers Grove, Illinois Born in 1904, Brno, Czechoslovakia, Studied under V/ilhelmKreis at the Academy at Dusseldorf. Worked in various offices in Germany, and with"Schmidt, Garden & Erikson in Chicago, Since 1930 has worked for the Contury of Progress Exposition. He has built office buildings and houses in Europe, Of his training as an architect Mr, Oberhammer says: "I want to mention the fact that I am a trained r,st bricklaye my fir step to study architecture. This training is required in Germany before enter~ ing a^technical school. Training based upon this principle should be advocated in America. It would do away with the draftsman-designer type." EXHIBITS .. N MOUNT: Project for Hotel, Muenchen-Gladbach,ir Germany. 1923. MOUNT: Project for Hotel and Bathing Beach, \ Aussig, Germany. 1930. V* MOUNT: Project for Courthouse, Berlin. 1930.^ V5-T24 V* MOUNT: Project for Hotel, Restaurant, Store, V ZZ^% and Cinema, Rheine, Germany. 1929. 278 f ROBERT PAUL SCHWEIKHER Chicago, Illinois Born in 1903, Denver, Colorado. Studied engineer ing at the University of Colorado. B.F.A. Yale. In 1929 won the Matcham Fellowship at Yale which enabled^him to spend a year travelling in Germany, Since his return has worked for several Chicago firms including those of David Adler and Philip Maher. Now practicing independently in Chicago. EXHIBITS [to MODEL: House for Charles W. Eliason, Jr. 1 & wMOUNT : Plan $ i I > f v^OUNT: Rendering"of Interior of Eliason House. -fc^ lCrC ^^OJEL: Small Suburban House Adaptable to Row Houses ^ o 10 $ MOUNT: Plan and Isometric r ^ i-MODEL: House for Vories Fisher ^ - ^ h> NMOUNT:Plan f T5/f33 ; • In association with GEORGE FRED KECK (Listed^under George Fred Keck) Museumof Modern JOSEPH L. WEINBERG AND CONRAD & TEARE 'i r PH JOSE L. WEiNBERG. Cleveland, Ohio. Born 1890 Omaha, Nebraska. A.B., Harvard. Worked in various architectural offices, including those of Albert Kahn in Detroit, and Walker & Weeks, and J. Milton Dyer m Cleveland. Practiced architecture in Cleve land^from 1923 to 1930 in partnership with Charles Morris, building several theatres and an auditorium. Since 1930 has devoted entire time to a housing and slum reclamation project for Cleveland in associa tion with the firm of Conrad & Toare. pV.l 111' 'V" l-lV*-!;., WILLIAM H. CONRAD, Elyria, Ohio. Born 1901, Elyria, Ohio. ^B. Arch. Cleveland School of Architecture, Western Reserve University. Studied at the Pon- loau°o1 ?I?°m Sch of Fine Arts.