Oscar Stonorov
Oscar Gregory Stonorov (December 2, 1905 – May 9, 1970) was a
Early life
Stonorov was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Helene (Traub) and Gregor Stonorov, an engineer.[1] He studied at the University of Florence (1924/25), Italy and at the University of Zurich (1925–1928), Switzerland, and apprenticed with French sculptor Aristide Maillol. In 1928, he worked in the offices of André Lurçat in Paris, France.[citation needed]
In these years, Stonorov researched and co-edited with Willy Boesiger the publication of the work of Swiss architect Le Corbusier, covering the period 1910 to 1929 (published in 1929).[2] With Boesiger's work continuing for four decades, this would be the first volume of the definitive 8 volume set of the complete works of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (completed in 1969; numerous re-editions with varying titles and in different languages).[3]
Career
In 1940 Stonorov, along with
Stonorov lived and worked near Philadelphia, where he designed
Death
Stonorov died with
Family
With his wife, Elizabeth Foster "Miss Betty" Stonorov (March 5, 1906 - December 8, 2003), Stonorov had daughters Katrina Daly, Tasha Stonorov Churchill and Andrea Stonorov Foster as well as a son Derek Stonorov and nine grandchildren.
Timeline of works
- 1933 - Juniata Park Housing, AKA Carl Mackley Houses, Philadelphia (with Alfred Kastner and W. Pope Barney)
- 1939 - Children's World, 1939 New York World's Fair
- 1940 - Bake House III, Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Edmund Bacon, still standing, on site of Delaire Landing residential community, 9355 State Road, formerly the site of the historic Bake House. Contact [email protected] for photos and a substantial amount of information
- 1940 - Carver Court, Coatesville, Pennsylvania (with Louis Kahn and George Howe)
- 1942 - Pennypack Woods, Philadelphia (with Louis I. Kahn and George Howe)
- 1943 - Model Neighborhood Rehabilitation Project, Philadelphia (with Louis I. Kahn)
- 1945 - Prefabricated Houses, Chester County, Pennsylvania (with Louis I. Kahn)
- 1948 - Penn Towne Apartment Complex, Philadelphia
- 1950 - Cherokee Apartments, Philadelphia (Robert Venturi was a draftsman for this project[16])
- 1951 - UAW Solidarity House, Detroit
- 1952 - Martin Residence, Wyncote, Pennsylvania
- 1952 - Friends Housing Cooperative, Philadelphia[17])
- 1953 - Schuylkill Falls Housing Project, Philadelphia (demolished, 1996[18])
- 1962 - Hopkinson House, Washington Square, Philadelphia[19]
- 1964 - 1964 World's Fair(with Stonorov & Haws and Mansinh Rana)
- 1969 - Casa-studio di Jorio Vivarelli, Pistoia, Italy
- Nancy Cook Most Residence, Valley Forge, PA
- 1970 - UAW Retreat and Education Facility, Black Lake, MI
Further reading
- Ursula Cliff, Stonorov, Oscar, in: Muriel Emanuel (Ed.), Contemporary architects, London 1980, 348–360.
- Frampton, Kenneth (1992). "The Eclipse of the New Deal: Buckminster Fuller, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn 1934-64". Modern Architecture: a critical history (3rd ed. rev. ed.). New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, Inc. pp. 149–151. ISBN 0-500-20257-5.
- Sandeen, Eric J. "The Design of Public Housing in the New Deal: Oskar Stonorov and Carl Mackley Houses." American Quarterly, 37 (Winter 1985): 645–67.
- Wodehouse, Lawrence (1991). "Tucker & Howell and Oscar Stonorov: the Non-Environmentalists". The roots of international style architecture. West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press. pp. 149–151. ISBN 0-933951-46-9.
- "Juniata Park Housing Corporation project in Philadelphia", Architectural Record, 1958 Apr., v. 77, p. 328-329
- "Preview: New York World's Fair 1964-1965", Architectural Record, 1964 Feb., v. 135, p. 137-144.
External links
- Oskar Gregory Stonorov data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
- Pennypack Woods government-sponsored cooperative communities
- Carl Mackley Homes: Unionism and Collaborative Design
- Casa Fermi, 1300 Lombard Street, built ca. 1964, Stonorov & Haws, architects
- Oscar Stonorov at archINFORM (biography)
- Oscar Stonorov papers at the American Heritage Center
- The Walter & May Reuther UAW Family Education Center
References
- ^ a b Stonorov, Oskar Gregory (1905-1970) data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
- ^ Ursula Cliff, Stonorov, Oscar, in: Muriel Emanuel (Ed.), Contemporary architects, London 1980, 358.
- ^ WorldCat search results for title “corbusier” and author “boesiger”.
- ^ "Partners: Stonorov and Kahn". The Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ Stonorov & Kahn data from PAB
- ^ Louis Kahn
- ^ Book Details
- ^ "Robert Venturi biography at PritzerPrize.com". Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ Venturi, Robert Charles: Biography at Answers.com
- ^ http://www.arch.state.pa.us/display.asp[permanent dead link]
- ^ National Register of Historic Places Listings -May 15, 1998
- ^ Barney, William Pope (1890-1970) data from PAB
- ^ planecrashinfo.com Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1970s
- ^ "Reuther Dies in Jet Crash With Wife and 4 Others". The New York Times.
- ^ "Elizabeth Foster "Miss Betty" Stonorov March 5, 1906 - December 8, 2003". Charlestown Township. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ Cherokee Village data from PAB
- ^ "Friends Housing Cooperative", ' 'National Register of Historic Places Registration Form' , August 8, 2015.
- ^ "Unusual housing mix to be built", Philadelphia Business Journal, May 26, 2006.
- ^ Childress, Nelly. "Hopkinson House: A Unique Residential High-Rise On Washington Square". Hopkinson House. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.