Charles Willard Moore | |
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Born | October 31, 1925 |
Died | December 16, 1993 Austin, Texas, US | (aged 68)
Alma mater | University of Michigan B.Arch Princeton University M.Arch, Ph.D |
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | AIA Gold Medal (1991) |
Practice | Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull & Whittaker, San Francisco |
Buildings | Piazza D'Italia Haas School |
Projects | Sea Ranch, California Yale Building Project |
Charles Willard Moore (October 31, 1925 – December 16, 1993) was an American architect, educator, writer, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and winner of the AIA Gold Medal in 1991. He is often[citation needed] labeled as the father of postmodernism. His work as an educator was important to a generation of American architects who read his books or studied with him at one of the several universities where he taught.