Maquetas de Arquitectura. Técnicas y Construcción (Wolfgang Knoll y Otros)
O Paul Florence Knoll Presentation
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FLORENCE KNOLL BY OLIVIA PAUL • B ORN F LORENCE S CHUST M AY 24, 1917 IN S AGINAW , MI • O RPHANED BY AGE 12 • S TUDIED AT C RANBROOK A CADEMY , C OLUMBIA U NIVERSITY ’ S S CHOOL OF A RCHITECTURE , ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION IN L ONDON , AND EARNED HER BS FROM IIT IN 1941 • M ARRIED H ANS K NOLL IN 1946 • W IDOWED IN 1955 AND R EMARRIES IN 1958 • R ETIRED IN 1965 • A WARDED THE N ATIONAL M EDAL OF A RTS IN 2003 & DESIGNED AN EXHIBIT OF HER WORK FOR THE P HILADELPHIA M USEUM OF ART IN 2004
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Transcript of O Paul Florence Knoll Presentation
FLORENCE KNOLLBY OLIVIA PAUL
• BORN FLORENCE SCHUST MAY 24, 1917 IN SAGINAW, MI• ORPHANED BY AGE 12• STUDIED AT CRANBROOK ACADEMY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION
IN LONDON, AND EARNED HER BS FROM IIT IN 1941• MARRIED HANS KNOLL IN 1946• WIDOWED IN 1955 AND REMARRIES IN 1958• RETIRED IN 1965• AWARDED THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS IN 2003 &
DESIGNED AN EXHIBIT OF HER WORK FOR THE PHILADELPHIAMUSEUM OF ART IN 2004
DESIGN INFLUENCES• RACHEL DE WOLFE RASEMAN, ART DIRECTOR AT CRANBROOK
ACADEMY
• ELIEL SAARINEN, PRESIDENT AT CRANBROOK ACADEMY
• CLASSMATES WITH EERO SAARINEN & CHARLES EAMES ATCRANBROOK ACADEMY
• APPRENTICED WITH WALTER GROPIUS & MARCEL BREUR
• MIES VAN DER RHOE, PROFESSOR AT ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY“I AM NOT A DECORATOR . . .”
• INTERIOR DESIGN & FURNITURE DESIGN ARE BOTH PART OFBEING A PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT
• STRAIGHT LINED FURNITURE MIXED WITH SCULPTURALDESIGNER PIECES
• NEUTRAL COLORS ON STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS MIXED WITHBRIGHT COLORS ON ACCENT PIECES
• SMOOTH WOOD AND METAL FINISHES MIXED WITH TEXTUREDFABRICS
• THE INTERIOR RELATES BACK TO THE EXTERIOR THROUGHHUMANIZED MODERNISM
EXAMPLES OF WORK
PARALLEL BAR SERIES, 1955
THE PASTE-UPCBS EXECUTIVE OFFICESKNOLL PLANNING UNIT
GREAT ROOM
STUDY
