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Tobias Guggenheimer (born January 30, 1953) is a Swiss-American architect, educator and author. [1] [2]
| This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject.(January 2024) |
Tobias Guggenheimer (born January 30, 1953) is a Swiss-American architect, educator and author. [1] [2]
Tobias Guggenheimer, AIA, NCARB, was born in Basel, Switzerland. Raised in Switzerland, Israel and the United States, he earned a bachelor's degree in English literature at Binghamton University and a professional master's degree in architecture at the University of Colorado. [3] His father, Dr. Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (died 2021) was a mathematician with a doctorate from the ETH Zurich. His mother, Dr. Eva A. Guggenheimer, (née Horowicz) (died 2016) earned a diploma from the Algemeine Gewerbeschule of Basel and a Ph.D. in philology from the University of Minnesota. [4]
Guggenheimer is principal of Tobias Guggenheimer Architect, PC., established in New York in 1991. He also founded Globareach Design Inc., a Philippine Corporation, in 2007. He conducted his internships at Haines Lundberg Whaeler in New York City and at Peter Gisolfi Associates of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. From his offices in Evergreen & Boulder, Colorado (1980–87), Dobbs Ferry, New York (1991–2010), Makati, Philippines (2010–2020), Ordot, Guam (2021–present) and Bainbridge Island, Washington (2021–present) he designed over 45 residential projects in the Village of Tuxedo Park, New York [5] plus new homes, renovations and restorations for properties located in Evergreen, Colorado; Irvington, New York; Chappaqua, New York; Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York; Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; Larchmont, New York; Manhattan, New York; The Bronx, New York; West Hampton, New York; Seattle, Washington; Lummi Reservation, Washington; Kirkland, Washington; Arlington, Washington; Spearfish, South Dakota; Mandaluyong, Philippines; Alabang, Philippines and Yigo, Guam. For his renovation/restoration of Imlagh, originally the home of Pierre Lorillard, founder of Tuxedo Park, [6] he curated and sourced a collection of art and antiques on the ground in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, China, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines for the current owners, Steve Hellman and Dr. Kathy Hsu.
Guggenheimer restored Frank Lloyd Wright's Edward Serlin House in the Frank Lloyd Wright designed village of Usonia, in Pleasantville, New York, to its current configuration. He also provided technical consultancy for Frank Lloyd Wright's Reisley Residence, also in Usonia. [7]
For Asian Development Bank he designed country headquarters in Kolonia, Micronesia and Majuro, Marshall Islands. For Peninsula Hotels he designed a flagship restaurant, an executive lounge and a presidential suite. He also designed a variety of restaurants, multi-family buildings, shops, garden structures and other architectural typologies. For Full-Stack Modular of Brooklyn, NY, he investigated parametric, modular solutions for private residences, mid-rise apartment buildings and a nursing home. Under the guidelines of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority he designed a lightweight, prefabricated shop, 'The Honest Boy', over the Houston Street subway stop in Manhattan. [8] With Jack Adams Design he conceptualized a diver's resort on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. Other projects include schematic design of the Pacific War Museum in Tamuning, Guam. His first furniture collection was constructed by Mehitabel Furniture Company of Cebu, Philippines. [9] . His second furniture collection was constructed by Rey Soliven in Pampanga, Philippines. Pro-bono projects include an award-winning concept for bamboo-based, low-cost housing in rural, tropical regions, a pocket park, a mangrove habitat center and a community music school. Images of his architecture and interior design work are collected at www.guggenheimerarchitect.com.
Guggenheimer taught architectural design, theory and technology courses at Pratt Institute (1987 - 1999) where he was Administrator for Special Programs at the School of Architecture. He was chair of the interior design program at the Marymount College Campus of Fordham University (1999-2003), teaching design, practice and preservation. Subsequently he was professor of interior design at Parsons School of Design (2003 - 2007) [10] where he also served in the administration of the interior design department. Guggenheimer taught hospitality design at Enderun Colleges (2010 - 2012) and was dean and Vice President for Academics at SoFA Design Institute in Makati, Philippines (2013-2020). At SoFA he also taught advanced seminars on design process as applied to a broad variety of disciplines and led design enrichment tours to New York, Bangkok, Florence and Cebu. [1]
For Goethe Institut, [11] the German government's cultural organization, Guggenheimer conceived and conducted several design competitions, including 'Shelter for Displaced Humanity', [12] 'The City of the Future', [13] and 'Architecture for Reconciliation'. [14] For Pratt Institute's Puck Galleries he curated the grant supported exhibitions, 'The Independent Work of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices' [15] and 'Architectural Competitions in America'. Guggenheimer curated the exhibition "Digital Artisans" for the Design Center of the Philippines. [16]
Guggenheimer lectured at the National Building Museum, Washington, DC; Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan; Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin; Cooper Hewitt Museum School, NY, New York; Pittsburgh AIA Chapter/Carnegie Mellon University conference on Frank Lloyd Wright. [17] International Design Conference, Taipei, Taiwan; University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines; Holy Angel University, Angeles City, Philippines; Anthology Architecture Festival, Manila, Philippines; AEDES Metropolitan Lab, Berlin, Germany; [18] British Council's 'Making Futures' Symposium in Cebu, Philippines. [19]
Guggenheimer wrote the book, A Taliesin Legacy: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold (now John Wiley and Sons). In addition to showcasing the work of Wright's apprentices, the book considers the efficacy of Wright's 'learning by doing' approach to design education.
"This beautifully illustrated and colorful book focuses on the work of the designers and architects who apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright at the Taliesin Fellowship in Scottsdale, Arizona from 1937-1950s". [20]
Guggenheimer was a contributing editor to Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, [21] wrote the column, "First Principles" for Bluprint Magazine from 2015 to 2019, [22] and contributed a chapter to Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City, a catalog accompanying the Philippines pavilion of the Venice Biennale. [23]
Guggenheimer is married to Yasmin Guggenheimer (née De Ocampo). He was previously married to Lisa Ann Guggenheimer (née Shapiro). He has four daughters: Anna Bella, Leanora Margaret, Maya Olivia & Zoe Isabella. His brother, S. Michael, is a translator and professor of Arabic. His sister Dr. Esther H. Guggenheimer-Furman, is a translator and author. His sister Hannah Y. is an artist.
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and mentoring hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship. Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was exemplified in Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture".
William Wesley Peters was an American architect and engineer, apprentice to and protégé of his father-in-law Frank Lloyd Wright.
Fallingwater is a house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Situated in the Mill Run section of Stewart township, in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania, about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Pittsburgh in the United States, it is built partly over a waterfall on the Bear Run river. The house was designed to serve as a weekend retreat for Liliane and Edgar J. Kaufmann, the owner of Pittsburgh's Kaufmann's Department Store.
Usonia is a word that was used by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to the United States in general, and more specifically to his vision for the landscape of the country, including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings. Wright proposed the use of the adjective Usonian to describe the particular New World character of the American landscape as distinct and free of previous architectural conventions.
Taliesin, sometimes known as Taliesin East, Taliesin Spring Green, or Taliesin North after 1937, is a historic property located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States. It was the estate of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and an extended exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture. The expansive house-studio set on the brow of a ridge was begun in 1911; the 600-acre (240 ha) property was developed on land that previously belonged to Wright's maternal family.
Taliesin West was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and studio in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. It is the headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Edgar A. Tafel was an American architect, best known as a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright was the third and final wife of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They first met in November 1924 and married in 1928. In 1932, the couple established Wright's architectural apprentice program and Taliesin Fellowship. In 1940, Olgivanna and Frank, along with their son-in-law William Wesley Peters, co-founded the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Following her husband's death in 1959, Olgivanna assumed the role of President of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, a position she held until a month prior to her death in 1985.
Usonia Historic District was a planned community and is now a national historic district located in Town of Mount Pleasant, adjacent to the village of Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York. In 1945, a 100-acre (0.40 km2) rural tract was purchased by a cooperative of young couples from New York City, who were able to enlist the students of Frank Lloyd Wright to build his Broadacre City concept. Wright decided where each house should be placed. Wright designed three homes himself and approved architectural plans of the other 44, which were designed by such architects as Paul Schweikher, Theodore Dixon Bower, Ulrich Franzen, Kaneji Domoto, Aaron Resnick and David Henken – an engineer and Wright apprentice.
The Charles L. and Dorothy Manson home is a single-family house located at 1224 Highland Park Boulevard in Wausau, Wisconsin. Designated a National Historic Landmark, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 2016, reference Number, 16000149.
John deKoven Hill (1920–1996) was an American architect, honorary chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and editorial director of House Beautiful magazine.
Wallace Cunningham is an American architectural designer known for his residential work. He is president and principal designer at San Diego, California-based Wallace E. Cunningham, Inc.
The David and Gladys Wright House is a Frank Lloyd Wright residence built in 1952 in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. It has historically been listed with an address of 5212 East Exeter Boulevard, but currently has an entrance on the 4500 block of North Rubicon Avenue. There currently is no public access to the house.
Aaron L. Resnick was an American architect, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the founders and chief architects of what has now become known as the Usonia Historic District. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pleasantville, New York, Resnick designed twelve of the forty-three homes there. A structural engineer, as well as an architect, Resnick and his colleague, David Henken were in charge of constructing the Wright designed roads and the water system for the whole project, submitting plans to Wright for his approval.
The Hillside Home School II was originally designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts Jane and Ellen C. Lloyd Jones in the town of Wyoming, Wisconsin. The Lloyd Jones sisters commissioned the building to provide classrooms for their school, also known as the Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School structure is on the Taliesin estate, which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. There are four other Wright-designed buildings on the estate : the Romeo and Juliet Windmill tower, Tan-y-Deri, Midway Barn, and Wright's home, Taliesin.
Hillside Home School I, also known as the Hillside Home Building, was a Shingle Style building that architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1887 for his aunts, Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones for their Hillside Home School in the town of Wyoming, Wisconsin. The building functioned as a dormitory and library. Wright had the building demolished in 1950.
Midway Barn was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for farming on his Taliesin estate in the town of Wyoming, Wisconsin. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
The School of Architecture is a private architecture school in Paradise Valley, Arizona. It was founded in 1986 as an accredited school by surviving members of the Taliesin Fellowship. The school offers a Master of Architecture program focusing on the organic architecture design philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright. The school is the smallest accredited graduate architecture program in the United States and emphasizes hands-on learning, architectural immersion, experimentation, and a design-build program that grew out of the Taliesin Fellowships’ tradition of building shelters in the Arizona desert. The school is not ranked by any ranking publications.
Robert Miller Green (1935–2003) was an American architect practicing for over 40 years in and around the Atlanta, Georgia area. Green studied under Frank Lloyd Wright and is best known for his residential homes and commercial projects in the style of organic architecture.
A. Jane Duncombe was born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. She was a residential designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area some of whose architectural designs can also be found in Illinois and the rest in California. Duncombe studied at the Art Institute of Chicago School of Industrial Design and developed interest in design and architecture through her undergraduate studies. Duncombe was also one of the few female architects who became an apprentice at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin.