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Mid-century modern
Mid-Century modern is an architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965. The term was coined in 1983 by Cara Greenberg for the title of her ground-breaking book, ...
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Wayne McAllister
Wayne McAllister (1907-2000) was a Los Angeles-based architect who was a leader in the Googie style of architecture that embraced the automobile. Inspired by tail fins and gleaming chrome, he elevated the drive-in restaurant and the theme hotel to...
Date of birth:
- 1907
Date of death:
- 2000 (age 93 years)
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeːro ˈsaːrinen]) (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 20, 1910
Date of death:
- Sep 1, 1961 (age 51 years)
George Nelson
George Nelson (1908–1986) was one of the founders of American Modernism, along with Charles and Ray Eames. George Nelson was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He died in New York City.
For a person born in Hartford, the insurance capital of America,...
Date of birth:
- 1904
Date of death:
- 1986 (age 82 years)
Arne Jacobsen
Arne Emil Jacobsen (11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and designer, exemplar of the 'Danish Modern' style. In addition to his architectural work he created a number of highly original chairs and other furniture. He received...
Date of birth:
- Feb 11, 1902
Date of death:
- Mar 24, 1971 (age 69 years)
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3 1898, Kuortane – May 11 1976, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect and designer, sometimes called the "Father of Modernism" in the nordic countries. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware....
Date of birth:
- Feb 3, 1898
Date of death:
- May 11, 1976 (age 78 years)
Louis Kahn
Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) (February 20, 1901 or 1902 – March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned architect of Estonian Jewish origin, based in Philadelphia, United States. After working in various capacities for several companies...
Date of birth:
- Feb 20, 1901
Date of death:
- 1974 (age 72 years)
Richard Neutra
Richard Joseph Neutra (April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) is considered one of modernism's most important architects.
Neutra was born in Vienna on April 8 1892. He studied under Adolf Loos at the Technical University of Vienna, was influenced by Otto...
Date of birth:
- Apr 8, 1892
Date of death:
- Apr 16, 1970 (age 78 years)
Rudolf Schindler
Rudolph Michael Schindler (born Rudolf Michael Schindler, 1887–1953) was an Austrian and later, an American architect whose most important works were built in or near Los Angeles during the early to mid-twentieth century.
Although he worked and...
Date of birth:
- 1887
Date of death:
- Aug 22, 1953 (age 66 years)
Raphael Soriano
Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, (August 1, 1904–July 21, 1988) was an influential architect and educator who helped define a period of 20th century architecture that came to be known as Mid-century modern. Soriano pioneered the use of modular...
Date of birth:
- Aug 1, 1904
Date of death:
- Jul 21, 1988 (age 84 years)
Carl Graffunder
Carl Graffunder (born March 23, 1919) is a mid-century modernist architect whose influence from European modernism, Frank Lloyd Wright and Antonin Raymond manifested in many residential and commercial structures mostly in Minnesota. He was born in...
Date of birth:
- Mar 23, 1919 (age 90 years)
Angelo Mangiarotti
Architect, Designer, Sculptor
