Irving Gill (1870 - 1936) was born in Tully (near Syracuse), New York, USA. He trained as an architect and went on to become well known for architecture in Southern California. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tully is a town located in Onondaga County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,709. ... Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ...

Frequently considered to have produced San Diego's best architecture. Gill practiced in California starting in 1893, after working under Dankmar Adler & Louis Sullivan in Chicago. Gill (known as Jack to his friends) was a pioneer in rational, early modernist design for residences and commercial buildings. This phase of his career began about 1907, following a partnership with William S. Hebbard that produced good work, important to San Diego County history but rather unknown nationally. Jump to: navigation, search City nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Government County San Diego Mayor vacant Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 372. ... Dankmar Adler (born July 3, 1844 in Germany; died April 16, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois) was a Jewish architect. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism, considered by many as the creator of the Prairie School of architecture, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... This article focuses on the cultural movement labeled modernism or the modern movement. See also: Modernism (Roman Catholicism) or Modernist Christianity; Modernismo for specific art movement(s) in Spain and Catalonia. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search (1863-1930). ...

Irving Gill was concerned with the social benefit of good architecture, and worked with equal skill and interest on projects for the bankers and mayors as on projects for reservation Indians, an African American church, and projects for migrant Mexican workers. In the United States an Indian reservation is land which is managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interiors Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood District, Los Angeles, 1914-16 (demolished)

Gill's mature period work, described as "cubist" in his time, was an attempt to remove unnecessary detailing, much as the Arts & Crafts movement of the time was concerned with, but with a Zen-type spirituality and a few local Southwestern references. This architect's best work of the 1910s is identified by: flat roofs with no eaves, a unity of materials (mostly concrete), casement windows with transoms above, white or near-white walls, cube or rectangular massing, frequent ground-level arches or series of arches creating transitional breezeways in the manner of certain Italian and Spanish Colonial buildings. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Irving_Gill. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Irving_Gill. ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubism was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionised European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ... The Arts and Crafts movement was a reformist movement, at first inspired by the writings of John Ruskin, that was at its height between approximately 1880–1910. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bodhidharma, woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, 1887. ... Placing a concrete floor for a commercial building Installing rebar in a floor during a concrete pour In construction, concrete is a composite building material made from the combination of aggregate and cement binder. ...

Gill's interiors are known for minimal or flush mouldings, simple fireplace mantles, enclosed bathtubs, frequent skylights, plastered walls with only the occasional, but featured, wood elements, often with concrete or magnisite floors, and a general avoidance of cracks, ledges, and unnecessary material changes.

Irving J. Gill's best known work includes: the George W. Marston House (1904-, with W.S. Hebbard), the Walter L. Dodge House in West Hollywood (1914-16, demolished), the F.B. Lewis Courts in Sierra Madre (1910), The Horatio West Court in Santa Monica (1919), The first buildings at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography(1908-) and the La Jolla "Precinct" including The La Jolla Woman's Club (1912-), The Bishop's School (1910-), The La Jolla Recreation Center (1913-), and the residence for Ellen Browning Scripps (1915, now remodeled as the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art). The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (sometimes referred to as SIO or just Scripps) in La Jolla, California is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Bishops School is a private, highly selective, college preparatory Episcopalian day school located in La Jolla, California, USA. Originally a boarding school for girls with a short-lived downtown San Diego day school component, upon a merger with the San Miguel School of San...

Gill's work slowed considerably after 1920 or so due to illness, changing public tastes, and a lessening desire to compromise with clients. After the late 1920s, his work added certain Art Deco or "Moderne" touches. 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Asheville City Hall. ...

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• Irving Gill Central