Robert Winter
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Robert W. Winter | |
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Born | Pasadena, California, U.S. | July 17, 1924
Education | Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation | Architectural historian |
Dr. Robert W. Winter (July 17, 1924 - February 9, 2019) was an architectural historian. He was the Arthur G. Coons Professor of the History of Ideas, Emeritus, at
Early life
Winter was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1924.[1] He received his undergraduate degree (A.B.) from Dartmouth College and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.[1]
Career
Early in his career he taught at Dartmouth, at Bowdoin, and at the University of California, Los Angeles. He joined the faculty at Occidental in 1963 and retired in 1994.
Winter lived in Pasadena in the Batchelder House that formerly belonged to tilemaker Ernest Batchelder, about whom he wrote the definitive Batchelder history, Batchelder Tilemaker (1999).
Winter is the author of numerous books including The California Bungalow (1980) and American Bungalow Style (1996). With Dr.
In 2007, Winter was made a Fellow the Society of Architectural Historians.
Death
Winter died on February 9, 2019, at age 94.[1]
Works
Authored
- Winter, Robert (photographs by Alex Vertikoff), American Bungalow Style, ISBN 0-684-80168-X
- Winter, Robert (photographs by Alex Vertikoff), The Architecture of Entertainment: L.A. in the Twenties, Gibbs Smith Publisher, Salt Lake City 2006, ISBN 1-58685-797-5
- Winter, Robert, Batchelder: Tilemaker, ISBN 1-890449-03-2
- Winter, Robert, The California Bungalow, Hennessey & Ingalls, Los Angeles 1980, ISBN 0-912158-85-9
- Winter, Robert (photographs by Alex Vertikoff), Craftsman Style, ISBN 0-8109-4336-0
Co-authored
- Andersen, Tim, Moore, Eudorha M. and Winter, Robert, editors, California Design 1910, Peregrine Smith, Santa Barbara 1980, ISBN 0-87905-055-1
- Gebhard, David, and Winter, Robert, A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles & Southern California, Peregrine Smith, Santa Barbara 1977
- Gebhard, David, and Winter, Robert, Architecture in Los Angeles: A Complete Guide, Gibbs M. Smith-Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City 1985; revised and updated by Robert Winter as An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles, Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City 2003, ISBN 1-58685-308-2
- Winter, Robert, editor and co-author, Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts & Crafts Architects of California, ISBN 0-520-20916-8
References
- ^ a b c Chiland, Elijah (February 11, 2019). "Robert Winter, chronicler of LA architecture, has died". Curbed LA. Retrieved February 11, 2019.