- Wendell Lovett
Wendell Harper Lovett (b.
April 2 , 1922) is a significantPacific Northwest architect andteacher .Born and raised in
Seattle, Washington , Lovett entered the University of Washington program in architecture in 1940, but his college years were interrupted by wartime service. He graduated from the University of Washington with aB.Arch in 1947. While at Washington he was significantly influenced by ProfessorLionel Pries . Lovett attendedMIT for one year, studying underAlvar Aalto and receiving hisM.Arch. in June 1948. Lovett joined the faculty of architecture at Washington the late 1940s, about the same time he began his private practice of architecture.Lovett was the designer of many significant Pacific Northwest houses. Most important is the house he designed for
Charles Simonyi , inMedina, Washington . Begun in 1987, the house has been expanded twice to Lovett's design. The house not only serves as a residence, but is also designed for display of Simonyi's collection of paintings byVictor Vasarely andRoy Lichtenstein .Lovett was elected a Fellow of the
American Institute of Architects in 1985. He received the AIA Seattle Chapter Medal in 1993.References
* Hildebrand, Grant, and Booth, T. William, "The Houses of Wendell Lovett & Arne Bystrom",
University of Washington Press , Seattle and London 2004External links
* [http://www.aiaseattle.org/archive_honors_medal93_lovett.htm AIA Seattle Honors Archive]
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2003/0518/fitness.html Seattle Times essay]
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