John Carl Warnecke

John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy discuss plans for Lafayette Square in September 1962.
Born(1919-02-24)February 24, 1919
Oakland, California, U.S.
DiedApril 17, 2010(2010-04-17) (aged 91)
Healdsburg, California, U.S.
OccupationArchitect
PracticeJohn Carl Warnecke & Associates[1]

John Carl "Jack" Warnecke (February 24, 1919 – April 17, 2010)[1][2][3] was an architect based in who designed numerous monuments and structures in the Modernist,[4][5][6][7][8] Bauhaus,[9] and other similar styles. He was an early proponent of contextual architecture.[8][10] Among his more notable buildings and projects are the Hawaii State Capitol building,[11][12] the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame memorial gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery,[1][11][13] and the master plan for Lafayette Square (which includes his designs for the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building and the New Executive Office Building).[5][8][11]

  1. ^ a b c Brown, "John Carl Warnecke Dies at 91, Designed Kennedy Gravesite," Washington Post, April 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Grimes, "John Carl Warnecke, Architect to Kennedy, Dies at 91," The New York Times, April 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Smith, "John 'Jack' Warnecke, Famed Architect, Dies at Sonoma County Ranch," The Press Democrat, April 20, 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mabel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Stephens, "John Carl Warnecke, Known for Contextualism and Charisma, Dies," Architectural Record, April 23, 2010.
  6. ^ Loeffler, The Architecture of Diplomacy: Building America's Embassies, 1988, p. 6.
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  8. ^ a b c McLellan, "John Carl Warnecke Dies at 91; Designer of JFK Grave Site," Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2010.
  9. ^ Burden, Elements of Architectural Design: A Photographic Sourcebook, 2000, p. 40.
  10. ^ Joncas, Neuman, and Turner, Stanford University, 2006, p. 104.
  11. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Lafayette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Sakamoto and Britton, Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff, 2007, p. 16; Goggans, The Pacific Region, 2004, p. 38.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tomb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).