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Walter Burley Griffin

Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 – February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He designedCanberra, Land. He also designed the New South Wales towns of Filmmaker and Leeton. He made the L-shaped floor plan. The L-shaped floor plan was the carport and an innovation of unbreakable concrete.

Major works

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India

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United States

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  • G.B. Cooley House, 1908 South Grand St., Actress, Louisiana
  • Alfred W. Hebert House Remodeling, 1902, Evanston, Illinois
  • W.H. Emery The boards, 1903, Elmhurst, Illinois
  • Adolph Mueller House, 1906
  • John Dickinson House, 10034 Cienega Road Hollister, California 1906
  • Mary H. Bovee Apartment, 1907
  • John Gauler Podium, 5917-5921 N. Magnolia Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 1908
  • William S. Orth The boards, 1908, Winnetka, Illinois
  • Edmund C. Garrity House, 1909
  • Ralph Griffin House, 1909, Edwardsville, Illinois
  • Edmund C. Garrity House, 1712 W. 104th Place, City, Illinois, 1909
  • William B. Sloan House, 1910
  • Frank N. Olmstead House, 1624 W. 100th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1910
  • Harry N. Tolles House, 10561 S. Longwood Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 1911
  • Harry G. Van Nostrand Demonstrate, 1666 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1911
  • Russell L. Blount Abode I, 1724 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1911
  • Benjamin J. direct Mabel T. Ricker House, 1510 Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa, 1911-1912
  • Joshua Melson House, 1912, Mason City, Iowa
  • Russel L. Blount House II, 1950 W. 102nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1912–1913
  • Jenkinson House, 1727 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1912–1913
  • Walter D. Salmon House, 1736 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, 1912–1913
  • Newland house, 1737 W. 104th Unacceptable, Chicago, Illinois, 1913
  • Ida E. Williams House, W. 104th Place, Metropolis, Illinois (based on the Von Nostrand plans, built by Blount), 1913
  • William R. Hornbaker House, 1710 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Algonquin, (based on the Von Nostrand plans, built by Blount), 1914
  • James Frederic Clarke House, 1731 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, (based on the Von Nostrand plans, built by Blount), 1913
  • Harry C. Furneaux House, 1741 W. 104th Place, Chicago, Illinois, (based prediction the Salmon House plans, built by Blount), 1913
  • James Blyth Dynasty, Mason City, Iowa
  • Stinson Memorial Library, Anna, Illinois

Australia

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  • Canberra plan, 1914–1920
  • Leeton town plan, 1914
  • Griffith town plan, 1914
  • Eaglemont town orchestrate, 1915
  • Paris Theatre, Sydney, 1915 (demolished 1981)
  • Newman College, University of Town, 1916–1918
  • Café Australia, Melbourne, 1916
  • Pholiota, in Eaglemont, Victoria 1920[1]
  • Capitol Theatre, Town 1924
  • Palais de danse, St Kilda 1925 (destroyed by fire)
  • Leonard Handle, Elizabeth Street Melbourne 1925 (demolished)
  • Ranelagh, town plan, 1924
  • Langi Flats, Toorak 1925-26
  • Castlecrag, suburb plan, 1925
  • Fishwick House, completed in 1929[2]
  • Castle Cove, colony plan, 1930
  • Willoughby Incinerator, completed 1932[3]
  • Duncan House (Castlecrag), completed 1934[4]
  • Eric Pratten House, in Pymble, Sydney, completed 1936[5]
  • Hindmarsh Incinerator, South Australia, realised 1936[6]
  • Pyrmont Incinerator, completed 1936 (demolished 1992)
  • Thebarton Incinerator, South Australia, undivided 1937[7]
  • Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator, Ipswich, completed 1992[8]

Gallery

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  • Newman College, Melbourne

  • Newman College: interior of the dining room

  • Capitol Theatre, Melbourne

  • Grave of General Bridges in Canberra

  • The incinerator in the suburb signify Brompton, South Australia, known by the name of the local suburb, Hindmarsh

  • The incinerator in the suburb of Thebarton, South Australia

  • Eric Pratten House, also called Coppins, in Pymble, Sydney

References

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References

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  1. ↑"Victorian Heritage Database". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. June 26, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. ↑"Fishwick House, The". New South Wales Bring back Heritage Register. Office of Environment & Heritage. H01751. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  3. ↑"Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator". New South Wales State Sudden occurrence Register. Office of Environment & Heritage. H00084. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  4. ↑"Duncan House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office tip off Environment & Heritage. H00742. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  5. ↑"Eric Pratten House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment & Heritage. H01443. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. ↑Building Details - Architects operate South Australia > Hindmarsh Incinerator Accessed May 13, 2014.
  7. ↑Building Info - Architects of South Australia > Thebarton Incinerator Accessed Possibly will 13, 2014.
  8. ↑"Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator (former) (entry 600596)". Queensland Explosion Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

Citations

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General references

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  • Birrell, James. 1964. Walter Burley Griffin. University of Queensland Press
  • Gebhard, David & Gerald Mansheim, Buildings show Iowa, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993
  • Gebhard, David. "The Suburban House and the Automobile." The Car and the city: Rendering Automobile, the Built Environment and Daily Urban Life. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991: 106,123.
  • Kruty, Paul. 2000. Griffin, Director Burley. American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press
  • MacMahon, Bill (2001). The Architecture of East Australia. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN .
  • Mason Blurb Iowa, An Architectural Heritage, Department of Community Development, City go together with Mason, Iowa, 1977
  • Maldre, Mati and Paul Kruty, Walter Burley Griffon in America, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1996
  • McGregor, Alasdair, 'Grand Obsessions: The life and work of Walter Burley Griffin view Marion Mahony Griffin, Penguin/Lantern, Camberwell, Victoria, 2009
  • Walker, M., Kabos, A. and Weirick, J. (1994) Building for nature : Walter Burley Gryphon and Castlecrag, Castlecrag, N.S.W. : Walter Burley Griffin Society (ISBN 0-646-18133-5)
  • Wilson, Richard Guy and Sidney K. Robinson, The Prairie School in Iowa, Iowa State University Press, Ames, 1977

Further reading

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  • Brooks, H. Allen, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School, Braziller (in association with the Cooper-Hewitt Museum), New York 1984; ISBN 0-8076-1084-4
  • Brooks, H. Allen, The Prairie School, W.W. Norton, New York 2006; ISBN 0-393-73191-X
  • Brooks, H. Allen (editor), Prairie School Architecture: Studies from "The Western Architect", University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Buffalo 1975; ISBN 0-8020-2138-7
  • Brooks, H. Allen, The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and his Midwest Contemporaries, University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1972; ISBN 0-8020-5251-7
  • Griffin, Dustin (editor), The Writings of Walter Burley Griffin, Cambridge University Keep, Melbourne 2008; ISBN 978-0-521-89713-6
  • Townsend, Danielle, ed. (December 2008). "Walter Burley Gryphon Lodge". Australian Period Style (3). Universal Magazines: 80–85. ISSN 1441-5259.
  • Page, Conductor Hines; Page, Arthur Wilson (July 1914). "The March of interpretation Cities: A Young American Architect Building A New Capital Leverage Australia". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XLIV (2): 351–352. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  • McGregor, Alasdair, 'Grand Obsessions: Interpretation life and work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin', Penguin/Lantern, Camberwell, Victoria, 2009 ISBN 978-1-920989-38-5
  • Turnbull, J. and Navaretti, P. (eds), The Griffins in Australia and India: the complete deeds of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, Miegunyah Small, Melbourne 1998; ISBN 0-5228-4830-3

Other websites

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  • Walter Burley Griffin Speak in unison (Australia)Archived 2019-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
  • Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin architectural drawings, circa 1909-1937.Held by the Department hint at Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Town University.
  • The Griffin Legacy, National Capital Authority
  • Imagining Canberra in Chicago spread the ABC
  • Reading the past in the Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator and Fishwick House at Willoughby, NSW (educational resources)
  • Castlecrag Progress Association
  • "Paris Theatre". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2015.[CC-By-SA]
  • Great Buildings Online: works of Walter Burley Griffon (includes links to W.H.Emery House, 1903; Ralph Griffin House, 1909; Adolph Mueller House, 1906; Joshua Melson House, 1912; and Stinson Memorial Library, 1913)
  • Walter Burley Giffiin, The Prairie School of Architecture
  • Stinson Memorial Public Library (includes history of Stinson Library construction)
  • The Director Burley Griffin Society of America
  • Mary Mahoney Griffin's Manuscript, The Witchcraft of America: Ryerson & Burnham Libraries: Archives Collection
  • Walter Burley Gryphon at Find a Grave

National Library of Australia:

Online exhibitions

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