August 11, 2009

RIP - Charles Gwathmey

1938 - 2009, acclaimed architect highly noted for his work as one of the New York 5 in the late 1960s and including a sedated addition in 1992 to Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan; died of cancer on the 3rd August. Charles Gwathmey formed his partnership with high school friend Robert Siegel in 1968 and built a practice mostly on residential works.

obituary on the times
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2 comments:

  1. Marcos Barinas Uribe3:08 PM

    David,
    what do you mean by sedated addition to the Guggenheim??

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  2. mad architect11:45 AM

    Marcos,
    it just means that it was "quiet" it serves as a backdrop to the original museum, without ego, without competition.

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