Mid-Century in St. Louis Presented: October 4, 2017 John C. Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP Andrew Raimist Noted Mid-Century Architects and Their Projects Isadore Shank, AIA 1902 - 1992 DeBaliviere Building (1927) 5642-58 Delmar Boulevard Bowling & Shank, St. Louis Ambassador Apartments (1953) 5340 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63112 Winstons The House of Fabrics, 1952 within the St. Nicholas Hotel by Louis Sullivan 815 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO Nagel & Dunn Dunn & Stinson Frederick Dunn, FAIA 1905 - 1984 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (1939) 4714 Clifton Avenue, St. Louis, National Council of State Garden Clubs (1959) 4401 Magnolia, St. Louis, Missouri Lewis & Clark Branch Library (1963) 9909 Lewis and Clark Boulevard, HWY 367 at Berwyn Drive Murphy & Mackey Joseph Murphy, FAIA 1907 - 1995 Eugene Mackey, Jr., FAIA 1911 - 1968 St. Ann (1952) 7530 Natural Bridge Road, Normandy St. Peter Catholic Church (1953) 243 W. Argonne Drive, Kirkwood Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic (1954) 3900 Meramec Avenue, St. Louis

Erich Mendelsohn 1887 - 1953 B’nai Amoona Synagogue (1946-1950) now Center of Creative Arts 524 Trinity Avenue University City, Missouri Samuel A. Marx 1885 - 1964 May Company Department Store (1939) Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, , with Albert C. Martin Morton D. May Residence (1941) South Warson Road, Ladue, Missouri May Company Department Store (1948) Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, California with Albert C. Martin “Clayton Famous” Famous Barr Department Store (1948) Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton, Missouri with Mauran, Russell, Crowell & Mullgardt Gold Medal, 1949 1867 - 1959 Kraus Residence (1948-1956) now the Frank Lloyd Wright House at Ebsworth Park 120 N. Ballas Road, Kirwkwood, Missouri Pappas Residence (1955-1964) 865 Masonridge Road, Town and Country Gyo Obata, FAIA 1923 - The Chapel Saint Louis (1962) 500 South Mason Road, Creve Coeur Lambert St. Louis International Airport (1955) Hellmuth, Yamasaki and Leinweber

Charles Ormond Eames, Jr 1907 –1978 Pilgrim Congregational Church, UCC (1935) 826 Union Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri Sign and Tower Eames & Walsh Architects Dean Residence (1936) 101 Mason Avenue, Webster Groves, Missouri Eames & Walsh Architects Mr. & Mrs. John P. Meyer Residence (1936 – 1938) 4 Deacon Dr., Huntleigh Village, Missouri Eames & Walsh Architects The Meeting of the Rivers (1939) Market Street across from St. Louis Union Station Carl Milles, sculptor Charles Eames, basin of fountain , FAIA Gold Medal, 1962 1910 - 1961 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (1947-1965) St. Louis, Missouri Eero Saarinen and Associates, Architects Firestone Baars Chapel (1953 – 1956) Stephens College 1306 E Walnut St, Columbia, Missouri Harris Armstrong, FAIA 1899 – 1973 Dr. Leo M. Shanley Building (1935) 7800 Maryland Avenue, Clayton, Missouri Magic Chef Building (1946) 1641 S. Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri Ethical Society of St. Louis (1962) 9001 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, Missouri Crystal Lake Golf Club, Caddy House (1933) Saint Louis County, Missouri Cori Residence (1935) 1080 North Berry Road, Glendale, Missouri Grant Medical Clinic (1938) 114 North Taylor Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri Armstrong Residence II (1938) 3 Sappington Spur, Oakland, Missouri Deffaa Residence (1937) Sutherland and Ivanhoe, Saint Louis, MO Graham Residence (1941) 10 Jamestown Acres, Florissant, Missouri Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Record 1944 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Stage One Entry, 1947 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Stage Two Entry, 1948 The Rockpile (1944) DeSoto, Missouri Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Department Store (1951) 7700 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton, Missouri Geist Residence (1950) 747 Lexington Avenue, Oakland, Missouri Armstrong Architectural Office (1948) 934 Singlepath Lane, Oakland, Missouri Stockstrom Residence (1949) 13290 Maple Drive, Sunset Hills, Missouri Armstrong Residence III (1951) 200 South Sappington Road, Oakland, Missouri Evens Residence (1951) 9999 Litzsinger Road, Ladue, Missouri Daylight Research Residence (1954) Ann Arbor, Meatcutter's Medical Clinic (1955) now Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center 4484 Forest Park Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (1955) Engineering Campus (now ) Brown and Lindbergh Roads, Hazelwood, Missouri Plaza Square Apartments (1964) Chestnut Street to Olive Street, N 15th Street to N 17th Street, St. Louis, Missouri GSA Federal Building (1961) 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri White Office Building (1962) 1600 South Brentwood Boulevard, Brentwood, Missouri William Adair Bernoudy, FAIA 1910 - 1988 Samuel Bassett Office & Residence (1938) 1200 South Big Bend Blvd., Richmond Heights, Missouri Edouard J. Mutrux, Architect Talbot House (1939) 4 Sumac Lane, St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy-Mutrux Bernoudy – Mutrux office (1946) 7 Forsythe Walk, Clayton, Missouri Bernoudy-Mutrux Pulitzer Pool and Pavilion (1948; 1951) St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy-Mutrux Bernoudy Residence (1950) 9590 Litzsinger, St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy-Mutrux Mutrux House (1950) 2 Sumac Lane, St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy-Mutrux Schweiss House (1950) 4 Daniel Road, St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy-Mutrux First Methodist Church (1960) 1001 Third Street, East Alton, Illinois Bernoudy-Mutrux-Bauer Temple Emmanuel (1961) 12166 Conway Road, St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy-Mutrux-Bauer Beaumont Pavilion (1966) Washington University Brookings Quadrangle St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy Associates Kiener Memorial Entrance Gate and Perimeter Walls (1966) St. Louis Zoological Park Forest Park, St. Louis Bernoudy Associates Williams House (1966) 32 Glen Eagles Drive, Ladue, Missouri Bernoudy Associates Goodman House (1967) 35 Briarcliff Drive, St. Louis, Missouri Bernoudy Associates United Missouri Bank of Ferguson (1974) 10751 Old Halls Ferry Road, Ferguson, Missouri Bernoudy Associates Michael Pulitzer House (1975) Patagonia/Sonita, Arizona Bernoudy Associates Art Glass William A. Bernoudy, FAIA McLaughlin House (1983) Muttontown, New York Bernoudy Associates

Reference Materials Isadore Shank, AIA 1902 - 1992 http://web.mac.com/firbeams/Site/Home.html http://www.ilovebernoudy.com/Site/Isadore_Shank.html http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/March-2007/The-House-on-Graybridge- Lane/# http://preservationresearch.com/2011/05/two-houses-by-isadore-shank/

Nagel & Dunn / Dunn & Stinson Frederick Dunn, FAIA 1905 - 1984 James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. “Moderate Modernism: Sacred Architecture in St. Louis & Its Suburbs”, Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Press, 2004. pp. 26-40. McCue, George and Peters, Frank. A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis; University of Missouri Press, 1989. pp. 107, 112. Murphy & Mackey Joseph Murphy, FAIA 1907 - 1995 Eugene Mackey, Jr., FAIA 1911 - 1968 James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. Moderate Modernism: Sacred Architecture in St. Louis & Its Suburbs”, Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 26-40. Mumford, Eric. Modern Architecture in St. Louis and the Washington University School of Architecture: Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 42-69 McCue, George and Peters, Frank. A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 1989. p 34, 53, 56, 70, 84, 86, 104, 110, 128, 148 Erich Mendelsohn 1887 - 1953 James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. In the Spirit of Our Age: Eric Mendelsohn’s B’Nai Amoona Synagogue. Missouri Historical Society Press, 2000. James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. “Moderate Modernism: Sacred Architecture in St. Louis & Its Suburbs”, Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 26-40. Cobbers, Arnt. “1946 – 1950; Synagogue B’Nai Amoona, St. Louis, Missouri, USA”, Mendelsohn 1887 – 1953 The Analytical Visionary. Taschen (2007) pp. 84-85. Mendelsohn, Erich. Erich Mendelsohn: Complete Works of the Architect. Princeton Architectural Press, 1992. James, Kathleen. “Conclusion”, Erich Mendelsohn & the Architecture of German Modernism Cambridge University Press. 1997. pp. 231-247. Zevi, Bruno. “B’Nai Amoona Community Center in St. Louis, Missouri (1946-50)”, Erich Mendelsohn: The Complete Works. Birkhauseer Press, 1997. pp. 306-309. McCue, George and Peters, Frank. A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 1989. p. 125. Dror, Duki. Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions. 2011. Documentary. 71 minutes Samuel A. Marx 1885 - 1964 O’Brien, Liz. Ultramodern, Samuel Marx: Architect Designer Art Collector. Pointed Leaf Press, LLC. Frank Lloyd Wright Gold Medal, 1949 1867 - 1959 Sergeant, John. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Houses: The Case for Organic Architecture; Whitney Library of Design, 1975. McCue, George and Peters, Frank. A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 1989. pp. 42, 74, 88, 130, 136, 140, 176, 183. Pappas, Bette Koprivica. No Passing Fancy, A pictorial History of a Usonian Style Home Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1985 Jacobs, Herbert with Jacobs, Katherine. Building with Frank Lloyd Wright, An Illustrated Memoir; A Prism Edition, 1978 Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. In the Nature of Materials, The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright: 1887-1941; Hawthorn Books, New York, 1942 Storrer, William Allen. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, The University of Chicago Press, 1993. Kraus Residence S.340, p. 362; Pappas Residence, S.392, pp. 421, 422

Gyo Obata, FAIA of HOK 1923 - James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. “Moderate Modernism: Sacred Architecture in St. Louis & Its Suburbs”, Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 26-24. Mumford, Eric. Modern Architecture in St. Louis and the Washington University School of Architecture: Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 42-69. Obata, Gyo. “Thoughts on Architecture in St. Louis from the 1940s through the 1960s”, Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 84-89. Obata, Gyo. Gyo Obata: Architect, Client, Reflections. Images Publishing, 2010. McCue, George and Peters, Frank. A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 1989. pp. 34, 35, 39, 41, 44, 49, 55, 88, 92, 106, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 153, 159, 160, 182. Charles Ormond Eames, Jr 1907 –1978 Eames, Charles and Ray. An Eames Anthology. Edited by Ostroff, Daniel. Yale University Press. Koenig, Gloria. Charles & : Pioneers of Mid-Century Modernism. Taschen. The Work of : A legacy of Invention. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers in association with the Library of Congress and the . Demetrios, Eames. Eames: beautiful details. AMMO http://www.eamesoffice.com/ Eero Saarinen, FAIA Gold Medal, 1962 1910 - 1961 Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision; 1925–1950. The Detroit Institute of Arts & Metropolitan Museum of Arts, 1983. Serraino, Pierluigi. “1947–1968 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial”, Saarinen. Taschen, 2005. pp. 27–29. Lipstadt, Hélène. “The Gateway Arch: Designing America’s First Modern Monument”, Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future. Yale University Press (2006): pp 223-229. Merkel, Jayne. “Symbolizing Modernity: The Milwaukee War Memorial and the Saint Louis Gateway Arch”, Eero Saarinen. Phaidon. pp. 191-203. McCue, George and Peters, Frank. A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 1989. pp. xviii, xxiii, 31, 33. Román, Antonio. “Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; St. Louis, Missouri: 1948– 1965”, Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of Multiplicity. Princeton Architectural Press, 2003. pp. 126-141. Harris Armstrong, FAIA 1899 – 1973 Mumford, Eric. “Modern Architecture in St. Louis and the Washington University School of Architecture”, Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 42 – 69. Raimist, Andrew. Harris Armstrong: Masonry. Raimist Design Publication, publication pending. William Adair Bernoudy, FAIA 1910 - 1988 Overby, Osmund. William Adair Bernoudy, Architect: Bringing the Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright to St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 1999. Mumford, Eric. Modern Architecture in St. Louis and the Washington University School of Architecture: Modern Architecture in St. Louis: Washington University & Postwar American Architecture, 1948 – 1973. University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 42-69. McCue, George and Peters, Frank. A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 1989. pp. 84, 136 http://www.stlouisarchitecture.org/pdf/BernoudyLocations.pdf

Speaker Biographies

John C. Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP

John has produced a distinguished body of work that contributes significantly to the built environment, with projects ranging from the adaptive reuse of historic landmarks, to new projects that fit comfortably into their physical, environmental, social and historic context. His work has received over 50 national, regional, and local awards from the AIA and a diverse array of professional organizations, civic groups, and publications. John’s work has been the subject of many articles in newspapers, magazines, and books.

Since 2009, John has practiced independently as a design consultant, John C. Guenther Architect LLC. Projects of note include the new City Hall for Wildwood, Missouri (with the Wildwood Collaborative, including Powers Bowersox Associates, Inc., Dennis Tacchi & Associates Architects and hellmuth + bicknese architects, llc), the Spirituality Center for Vision of Peace Hermitages and the Field House Museum addition to the Eugene Field House (with Dennis Tacchi & Associates Architects).

Prior to that, John was a design principal and partner with Mackey Mitchell Architects (1979-1982; 1984-2009). His projects of note include the 10,600 seat Chaifetz Arena for , the Alberici Corporate Headquarters, the Science Center and Wanamaker Hall at Principia College, the Center for Molecular Electronics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Center for Plant Conservation at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, the new Christian Brother College High School (buildings and campus), the Central Institute for the Deaf School and Research Facilities at the Washington University Medical Center, The Community Music School and Loretto Hilton Center Addition at Webster University, the Power House and Grand Central office buildings at St. Louis Union Station, the Lammert Building renovation, and the South Entry Plaza to the St. Louis Zoo.

Guenther is committed to the advancement of sustainable strategies, technologies and practices. Upon completion in 2004, the Alberici Corporate Headquarters was the highest rated LEED Platinum building in the world. Recognized by awards ranging from the 2006 AIA COTE Top Ten to BusinessWeek/Architectural Record’s Good Design is Good Business, it has been widely published in books and national magazines.

With a strong belief and commitment to sound environmental planning and civic involvement, Guenther fought for the City of Wildwood, Missouri’s incorporation in 1995, to help the community stop the environmentally-destructive practices condoned by the St. Louis County government. His advocacy for Andrés Duany, FAIA and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA, LEED AP (DPZ) as town center planners and Jonathan Barnett, FAIA, FAICP as city master planner led to their engagement by the City of Wildwood. John’s efforts led to cutting-edge environmental regulations and a master plan which have protected the new city’s 67 square mile area ─ one larger than the City of St. Louis. The National Building Museum in Washington, DC, selected Wildwood as one of ten case studies in an exhibition series entitled Reimagining the Suburbs: Smart Growth and Choices for Change. John served on Wildwood’s first Planning and Zoning Commission and formed the Architectural Review Board, serving for 19 years.

He has been a visiting critic and Lecturer in the College of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis (2009-2013), teaching Arch 211 Introduction to Design Processes and co-founding and co-teaching Arch 478A Mid-Century Modernism in St. Louis 1930 – 1970 with Andrew Raimist, AIA.

Guenther serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Society of Architectural Historians St. Louis Chapter. He wrote Missouri’s Architectural Treasures, published by Missouri Life Magazine, February 12, 2016. It featured 50 noteworthy and varied—geographically, historically, and stylistically—works of architecture across our state, acknowledging and celebrating these architectural gems amongst us. http://www.missourilife.com/travel/missouri-architectural-treasures/ John also wrote 25 Must-See Buildings in Missouri for USA Today, placed online January 31, 2017. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2017/01/31/missouri-architecture- landmarks/97270918/

John has given talks on The Architecture of Norway, Society of Architectural Historians St. Louis Chapter/St. Louis Public Library – Central Library Lecture Series, Observations from Cuba – The Architecture of Havana, Mantanzas and Varadero (AIA St. Louis), The Lodge that Levis Built – Architect Preston J. Bradshaw’s Vision for a Magnate (The Hayner Library, Alton, Illinois), Pillsbury Hall and the Forgotten Architectural Legacy of Harvey Ellis (Minnesota Historical Society and Cass Gilbert Society, Mill City Museum, , Minnesota), The Works of Eero Saarinen (Society of Architectural Historians St. Louis Chapter /St. Louis Public Library – Central Library Lecture Series), Missouri’s Architectural Gems (Mindfest), Bernard Maybeck – Architect (Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota), Cass Gilbert in St. Louis (University Club, St. Paul, Minnesota), The Life and Works of Harvey Ellis (Rapson Hall, University of Minnesota), Bernard Maybeck at Principia College (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley, California), The Life and Works of Erich Mendelsohn (Society of Architectural Historians St. Louis Chapter /St. Louis Public Library – Central Library Lecture Series), Sketch Quality: Architectural Sketching – Insights and Approaches (AIA STL Continuing Education), Antonio Barluzzi: The Architect of the Holy Land and His Works (Society of Architectural Historians St. Louis Chapter /St. Louis Public Library – Central Library Lecture Series), Religious Buildings of St. Louis (The ), Erich Mendelsohn, Isadore Shank and Eero Saarinen (Arch 478A Mid-Century Modernism in St. Louis, 1930 – 1970 College of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Washington University in St. Louis), Alberici Meets Alberti – An Introduction to Sustainable Design and Architecture and You – An introduction to Architecture (The Alberti Program ─ Architecture for Young People, Washington University in St. Louis) and Wildwood, Missouri: Its Origins, Environmental Codes and Planning Principles (Greening the Heartland 2008 Conference: Co-presenters: John Guenther, AIA, LEED AP, Jonathan Barnett, FAIA, FAICP, Joe Vujnich, Director of Planning and Parks, City of Wildwood, Missouri).

In 1992, John reorganized the AIA St. Louis Chapter Design Awards program, establishing it as an annual awards program which recognizes outstanding achievements in all areas of design and construction (Craftsmanship, Drawings, Unbuilt, Interiors and Architecture), bringing together members of our design, construction and academic community to share achievements and increasing awareness of design and construction excellence in the St. Louis region and beyond. He has also participated as a juror on numerous national and regional design award juries.

Guenther received his Bachelor of Environmental Design, with Distinction, 1976, Thayer Medal for Design Excellence, 1976 and Bachelor of Architecture, 1977 from the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Urban Design. John was a Ewart Scholar (1974-75), attending Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. John taught a first year design studio (Architectural Design 100; 1976-1977) and later served on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Urban Design (2000 - 2008).

In 2010, John was elevated to Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects for notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture in design.

John C. Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP John C. Guenther Architect LLC 18041 Melrose Road Wildwood, Missouri 63038 314.560.1493 [email protected]

Andrew Raimist

Andrew Raimist teaches architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. He’s a St. Louis based architect, writer and photographer.

His architectural work is focused on mid-century modern architecture and preservation. He’s researching the development on 20th century modernism in art and architecture through writing and photography. His community arts practice combines the communicative power of photography with the its expressive potential for understanding and transforming neighborhoods and lives. His recent book (en)visioning Hyde Park documents his collaboration with Rebuild Foundation in north St. Louis. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) and a Master’s degree from Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri). He is a graduate of the CAT (Community Arts Training) Institute organized by the Regional Arts Commission. He’s been awarded grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the Missouri Arts Council and the American Institute of Architects.

Andrew Raimist

Ethical Society Ethical Society of St. Louis (1962) 9001 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO Architect: Harris Armstrong, FAIA Photo by Andrew Raimist