- John Galen Howard
John Galen Howard (b.
May 8 1864 ,Chelmsford, Massachusetts – d.July 18 1931 ,San Francisco, California ) was an Americanarchitect .He is best known for his work as the supervising architect of the Master Plan for the
University of California, Berkeley campus, and for founding the University of California's architecture program.Among his most famous buildings are the
Hearst Memorial Mining Building and theHearst Greek Theatre , both located at UC Berkeley.References
*Draper, Joan, “The Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Architectural Profession in the United States: The Case of John Galen Howard,” in "The Architect: Chapters in the History of the Profession", Spiro Kostof, ed., Oxford University Press, NY 1977, pages 209-237
*Draper, Joan, “John Galen Howard,” in "Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts & Crafts Architects of California", Rober Winter, ed., Norfleet Press of University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London 1997, pages 31-40
*Partridge, Loren W. "John Galen Howard and the Berkeley Campus: Beaux-Arts Architecture in the “Athens of the West”", Berkeley Architectural Heritage, Berkeley CA 1988
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/8642/jghoward.html John Galen Howard]
* [http://www.berkeley.edu/news/multimedia/2003/03/jgh/index.shtml John Galen Howard's "City of Learning"]
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