| Title: |
John Macsai
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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: |
Macsai speaks about his experience as a Jew in Hungary during World War II; studying architecture at the Polytechnic University in Budapest and at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio; projects and colleagues at Holabird & Root, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, PACE Associates, Hyland Builders, and Raymond Loewy Associates; founding several partnerships; designing highrise residential buildings for developers; teaching at the University of Illinois, Chicago; housing for the elderly; merging with O'Donnell, Wicklund, Pigozzi & Peterson; watercolor painting; his opinions and observations.
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| Extent: |
207 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/macsai.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Macsai, John, 1926-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1926
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Budapest, Pest, Hungary; Pest, Hungary; Hungary; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document location: |
Evanston, IL
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| Document date: |
18-Jun-2002
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Budapest, Pest, Hungary; Chicago, IL; Europe; Germany; Hungary; Illinois; North America; Pest, Hungary; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architectural design; Architectural firms; Architecture; Architecture--Study and teaching; Budapest, Pest, Hungary; Chicago, IL; Europe; Germany; Hungary; Illinois; Jews--Hungary; North America; Oral history; Pest, Hungary; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025544-27407
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