- Michael Middleton Dwyer
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Michael Middleton Dwyer is an architect practicing in New York City known for renovating historic structures and designing new ones in traditional vocabularies. He is also a writer of architectural history who was the editor of Great Houses of the Hudson River (2001) and author of Carolands (2006).
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Education
Dwyer graduated from Columbia College (A.B. 1975)[1] where he studied with the architect Robert A.M. Stern. He also received a degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania (M.Arch 1979).
Architectural works
- 35 Meter Cruising Yacht (1995).[2]
- Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial, Riverside Park, New York; Penelope Jencks, sculptor; Bruce Kelly/David Varnell, landscape architects; Michael M. Dwyer, architect (1996).[3]
- Cosmopolitan Club, New York; Thomas Harlan Ellett, original architect (1932); Michael M. Dwyer, consulting architect (1996–2006).
- Edgewater Guesthouse, Barrytown, New York (1997).[4][5][6]
- Synod of Bishops (originally Francis F. Palmer house; then George F. Baker Jr. house), 75 East 93rd St., New York; Delano & Aldrich, original architect (1918); Michael M. Dwyer, restoration architect (1998).
- Longview house, Southampton, NY (2000).[2][7]
- Allen house, Greenwich, CT (2001).[8]
Written works
- Dwyer, Michael Middleton. Carolands. Redwood City, CA: San Mateo County Historical Association, 2006. ISBN 0978525906
- Dwyer, Michael Middleton, ed., with preface by Mark Rockefeller. Great Houses of the Hudson River. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, published in association with Historic Hudson Valley, 2001. ISBN 082122767X
References
- ^ Columbia College Alumni Directory (White Plains, NY: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Co., Inc., 1982).
- ^ a b Editors of The Classicist, with an introduction by Robert A.M. Stern, A Decade of Art & Architecture 1992-2002 (New York, NY: Institute of Classical Architecture, 2002).
- ^ Jean Parker Phifer, Public Art New York (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009).
- ^ Richard H. Jenrette, Adventures with Old Houses (Charleston, SC: Wyrick & Co., 2000). ISBN 0941711463.
- ^ J. M. von Mauch, C. P. J. Normand, Parallel of the Classical Orders of Architecture, compiled and edited with an introduction by Donald M. Rattner (New York, NY: Acanthus Press, 1998).
- ^ Diane DiPiero. "In Grand Tradition." Classic American Home (April/May 2001).
- ^ Elizabeth Pochoda. "Taking the Long View." House & Garden (August 2001).
- ^ Laura Beach. "Sojourn on the Sound." Antiques & Fine Art (Summer 2006).
External links
- Synod of Bishops (George F. Baker Jr. house) restored by Michael M. Dwyer, at the Upper East Side Book.
- Franklin Report Card at The Franklin Report.
- Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
- Michael Dwyer Architect in Adventures with Old Houses.
- Michael Dwyer Architect in Antiques and Fine Art.
- Longview, Southampton, NY, exterior designed by Michael M. Dwyer.
- Longview, Southampton, NY, interior designed by Michael M. Dwyer.
- Carolands reviewed in Period Homes.
- Carolands at the San Mateo Historical Society.
Categories:- Living people
- American architects
- Architects from New York City
- Neoclassical architects
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