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Revision as of 20:20, 17 April 2011
Alfred Browning Parker | |
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| Born | September 24, 1916 |
| Died | March 11, 2011 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Known for | Being a Modernist architect |
Alfred Browning Parker was a Modernist architect who is one of the best-known post World War II residential architects. He gained fame for his houses in the region around Miami, Florida. He was born in Boston, MA and moved to Miami when he was eight years old.[1] Parker graduated from the University of Florida in 1938 with a degree in Architecture.[2] Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright but with regional touches, Parker's designs were published in magazines such as House Beautiful, as well as in companion books.
He also experimented with lower cost housing, included the "Tropex-pansible Home",[3] which was constructed with high quality but modular parts.
Other works include the renovation of the Coconut Grove Playhouse in 1954.[4][5]
In 1952 he designed the George Washington Carver Middle School.[6] Parker also served as a professor at the University of Florida School of Architecture.
The University of Florida is the repository of the architectural papers and drawings of Parker.[7]
Notable Commissions
- Bal Harbour Yacht Club. 1953. Miami Beach.[8]
- Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Graham Miller. Coconut Grove, FL. 1959 House Beautiful Pacesetter[9]
- Residence. Owner: Mr. Ewing. Coconut Grove, FL.[10][11]
- Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Marco. Coconut Grove, FL.[12][13]
- Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Titelman. Miami, FL.[14]
- Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Rice. Miami, FL.[15]
- Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mass. Palm Beach, FL.[16]
- Residence. Owner: Bert Friedman. 1957 Coconut Grove, FL.[17][18]
- Residence. Owner: Alfred Browning Parker. Coconut Grove, FL. 1954 House Beautiful Pacesetter.[19][20][21]
- Flagler Federal Savings & Loan Association of Miami. 1961. Miami.[22]
- Alliance Machine Company. 1952. Coconut Grove.[23]
- George Washington Carver High School. Coconut Grove.[24]
Recommended reading
Parker, Alfred Browning (1965). You and Architecture. New York: Delacorte Press.
External links
- Exhibit on Modernist Florida Design, Historical Museum of Southern Florida
- Alfred Browning Parker webpage
References
- Notes
- ^ Gill 1965 p. 4.
- ^ Academic background
- ^ "Florida Home: Tropix-pansible Home". Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
- ^ Cinematreasures
- ^ Cohan, Carol, Broadway By the Bay, (Miami, Florida: The Pickering Press, 1987). p 6.
- ^ George Washington Carver Middle School History
- ^ University of Florida Architecture Archives
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 24
- ^ House Beautiful 1959
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 47
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 47
- ^ Barry 1958.
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 46
- ^ Barry 1958.
- ^ Barry 1958.
- ^ Barry 1958.
- ^ Barry 1958.
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 41
- ^ Barry 1958.
- ^ Gill 1965 p. 4.
- ^ Gabriel 1975. p. 150.
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 31
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 42
- ^ AIA 1963. p. 42
- Bibliography
- Barry, Joseph. The House Beautiful Treasury of Contemporary American Homes. Hawthorn, NY: Hawthorn Books, 1958.
- Florida South Chapter, The American Institute of Architects. A Guide to the Architecture of Miami. Miami: Florida South Chapter, AIA, 1963.
- Patricia Gabriel. The Villagers' Book of Outstanding Homes of Miami. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1975.
- Joan Gill. Three Views of Alfred Browning Parker, The Village Post, South Miami, FL. May, 1965.
- House Beautiful. February, 1959.