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An Architectural History of Edward Killingsworth, FAIA
SPONSORED BY: SOLATUBE
The long and influential architectural career of
Southern California Architect Edward Killingsworth
Attendees will learn what essential contributions Ed Killingsworth made to the development of the iconic "Southern California Mid-Century Modern Architecture" from the years 1945 through 1970. They will learn how Ed Killingsworth became known internationally as an influential instigator and innovator in hospitality design. They will learn about Ed Killingsworth's unprecedented nearly 40-year tenure as a University Campus Master Planner that resulted in CSULB to be the most handsome, architecturally unified and beautifully landscaped of any of the 23 CalState campuses.
Learning Objectives - Attendees will learn:
The ongoing national and international importance in architectural history of the iconic "Southern California Mid-Century Modern Architecture" is enriched and informed by the many built contributions of the architect Edward Killingsworth, as recognized in publisher and owner John Entenza's "Arts + Architecture" magazine.
The hospitality design successes of Edward Killingsworth influenced the design trends of hotels and resorts around the world, especially in tropical climes.
Edward Killingsworth broke every record in American education history by serving as a University Campus Master Planner and such a long tenure produced the campus of California State University Long Beach, considered to be the most handsome, architecturally unified and beautifully landscaped of all of the 23 campuses in the CalState system.
Edward Killingsworth's contribution to his profession is a learning inspiration to service for other architects as he taught for years at the USC School of Architecture, served as President of both the Los Angeles and California Chapters of the American Institute of Architecture, became an A.I.A. Fellow and was vetted for taking the Presidency of the National A.I.A. organization in Washington D.C.
Date: April 16, 2020
Time: 5:30PM Check-in/Refreshments
Presentation: 6:00 to 7:30PM
Learning Units: 1.5 AIA LUs
Location:
AIAOC Office
1981 Orchard Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost:
Members: $10 / $15 Non-Members
Presenter: Ronald D. Lindgren
Ron Lindgren was born in Galesburg, Illinois in 1941. He received his B Arch. Summa Cum Laude at the University of Illinois in 1964 and his M.Arch. from MIT. He earned three Bronze Stars for meritorious service as a Naval Operations Officer for a Seabee Battalion in Vietnam and Japan. He joined the architectural firm of Killingsworth, Brady and Associates (KBA) in 1971 in Long Beach, California. He ultimately gained a Design Partnership in the reorganized firm of Killingsworth, Stricker, Lindgren, Wilson (KSLW). During Lindgren's thirty years of practice, he provided KSLW hospitality designs in the United States and in mainland Japan, Okinawa, Indonesia, Singapore, Guam, Tahiti, Fiji and Curaçao. His most significant built hotel and resort designs are in Hawaii, including the Kapalua Bay Hotel on Maui, the Kahala Mandarin Hotel on Oahu and the Halekulani on Honolulu's Waikiki Beach.
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1981 Orchard Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
United States
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