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Geddes, Robert
Document Type
Reference Entry
Author
Source
Oxford Art Online, 2003
Subject
American
Language
English
Abstract
(b Philadelphia, PA, Dec 7, 1932). American architect. He studied at Yale University, New Haven, CT, and received his architectural training at the Graduate School of Design (1946–50), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He taught design at the University of Pennsylvania (1951–65), Philadelphia, and he was appointed Dean of the School of Architecture, Princeton University, in 1965. In 1954 he was co-founder of the firm Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham, with offices in Princeton, NJ, and Philadelphia. His work has included a broad range of designs from small houses and playgrounds, to large public and institution buildings. Among the latter are the Pender Laboratory (1958), Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania; Temple Beth Sholom (1964), Manchester, CT; Theater and Fine Arts Complex (1966–8), Beaver College, Glenside, PA; Graduate Research Center (1967), University of Pennsylvania; Coatesville public housing (1973), Coatesville, PA; Humanities and Social Sciences Building (...