| Title: |
Bruce Graham
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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: |
Graham speaks about his family and early background; impressions of Chicago; study at the University of Pennsylvania; working at Holabird & Root; joining Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill; prefabrication in architecture; Sears Tower; Mies van der Rohe and students at IIT; the Brunswick building, Chicago; Chicago sculptures by artists Miro and Picasso; the Inland Steel building, Chicago; the Equitable building, Chicago; about work at SOM; collaborating with Fazlur Khan; the Hancock building, Chicago; commissions in England; the American Institute of Architects; Dearborn Park development, Chicago; structural aspects in various projects; projects worldwide; plans for Chicago; Banco de Occidente, Guatemala; SOM from the inside; women at SOM; projects for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, 1992; reflections.
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| Extent: |
333 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/graham.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1997 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Graham, Bruce John, 1925-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1925
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Colombia; South America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document location: |
Hobe Sound, FL
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| Document date: |
25-May-1997
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Organizations discussed: |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architectural design; Architectural firms; Architecture; Biography; Chicago, IL; Family--History; Illinois; North America; Oral history; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; United States; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025535-27396
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