John Savage Bolles

John Savage Bolles

Infobox Person
name = John Savage Bolles


image_size = 180px
caption = American Architect
birth_date = June 25 1905
birth_place = Berkeley, California
death_date = March 5 1983
death_place = Santa Rosa, California
occupation = Architect
spouse = Mary Piper
parents = Edward Grosvenor Bolles
children =

John Savage Bolles (June 25 1905 – March 5 1983) was an American architect.

Biography

Professional Life

Immediate Post Graduate

Structural Engineer in Oklahoma


=Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago=

Archeologist at Persepolis

Carnegie Institution for Science

Archeologist at Chichen Itza

Golden Gate International Exposition

John worked with his father, Edward Grosvenor Bolles on the Temple of Religion and The Christian Science Monitor building.

IBM

When IBM needed more factories for their rapid, post World War II expansion, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. hired John Savage Bolles at the suggestion of Eliot Noyes to design the first computer factory in the San Jose area, IBM Building 25. [Watson Jr., Thomas J (1990). Page 279-280. Publisher: Bantam_Books]

Published works

* 1977: "Las Monjas, A Major Pre-Mexican Architectural Complex at Chichen Itza", University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 0806112824, ISBN 9780806112824

Awards

Education

*Bachelor of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1926
*Master of Architecture, Harvard University, 1932

Professional

*Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)

Citations

References

*Harvard reference
Surname = Watson Jr.
Given = Thomas J.
Year = 1990
Title = Father, Son & Co.
Publisher = New York: Bantam Books
ID = ISBN 0-553-29023-1

External links

Biography

* [http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/John_Savage_Bolles] Archiplanet
* [http://www.classicsfproperties.com/Architecture/JohnSBolles.htm] Pacific Heights Architects
* [http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/b/bollesJohn.html] Encyclopedia of San Francisco

Persondata
NAME=John Savage Bolles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American Architect
DATE OF BIRTH=June 25, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH=Berkeley, California
DATE OF DEATH=March 5, 1983
PLACE OF DEATH=Santa Rosa, California


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