Edward H. Fickett

Edward Hale Fickett, FAIA, May 19, 1916 -May 21, 1999) was a nationally recognized, award-winning architect who was a consultant to federal and local governments in the United States and to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Biography

Graduating from the University of Southern California in 1937, Fickett studied architecture, engineering and city planning at MIT He also attended Art Center College of Design from 1939-1941 and was a draftsman under the architects Sumner Spaulding and Gordon B. Kaufman, architect of Santa Anita Park Racetrack. After World War II, Ficket became Architectural Advisor to Eisenhower and Consultant to the Federal Government on Housing, responsible for updating and rewriting the specifications and guidelines for the FHA, VA, HUD and other government agencies. Through his work with such notable developers as Joseph Eichler, Fickett designed more than 60,000 post-war homes, along the way pioneering and promoting many of the concepts now seen as synonymous with California Modernism. Upon his passing in 1999, the American Institute of Architects named him "An American Hero," and President Bill Clinton presented his widow, Joyce Fickett, with a letter of condolence and an American flag.

Notable works

Some of his notable designs include La Costa resort near San Diego, the Naval Air Station at Los Alamitos, military housing at Edwards Air Force Base, La Jolla Fashion Center, the Bistro Gardens restaurant in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles Harbor (Port of L.A.) Passenger and Cargo Terminals, the historic and seismic renovation of the Los Angeles City Hall Tower (Phase I), the new extension of the Nethercutt Antique Car Museum, and various commercial developments. A proponent of pre-fabricated design and affordable housing, Edward Fickett is perhaps best known for the more than 60,000 homes of his design, known as “Fickett Houses.”

References

American architects directory.American Institute of Architects.

1962, 1970 editionsEnglish Serial Publication v. 29 cm.New York, R.R. Bowker Co.

External links

* [http://raphaelsoriano.org/ Raphael Soriano]
*Modern Architecture
* [http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-fickett29jun29,1,3636853.story?coll=la-headlines-home]
* Los Angeles Times Obituary [http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jun/19/news/mn-48035]
* Daily News, May 21, 2000 [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+LEGACY+YOU+CAN+LIVE+IN+THOUSANDS+OF+VALLEY+HOMES+ATTEST+TO+LATE...-a083412029A LEGACY YOU CAN LIVE IN THOUSANDS OF VALLEY HOMES ATTEST TO LATE ARCHITECT'S ENDURING INFLUENCE.]