| Title: |
Myron Goldsmith
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Art Institute of Chicago. Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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| Collection: |
Chicago Architects Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Early experiences that led to a career in architecture; study under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology; the Army Corps of Engineers; Mies's approach to clients and projects; social implications of work being done in Mies's office; Myron's thesis: "The Tall Building and the Effects of Scale"; 50 x 50 house project; Kitt Peak Solar Telescope and Observatory; study with Pier Luigi Nervi; jobs at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in San Francisco, 1955-58; types of projects and work at SOM; Fazlur Kahn; the architectural establishment; Goldsmith as a teacher.
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| Extent: |
152 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/goldsmith.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1986 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Goldsmith, Myron, 1918-1996
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1918
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect
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| Age at speaking: |
68
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| Document location: |
Wilmette, IL
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| Document date: |
25-Jul-1986
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| People discussed: |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969; Mies, Maria Ludwig Michael
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architecture; Chicago, IL; Illinois; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969; Mies, Maria Ludwig Michael; North America; Oral history; United States; Work environment
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025533-27393
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