Netsch was the chief architect for the U.S. Air Force Academy, including the distinctive Cadet Chapel, seen hereThe Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago is one of Walter Netsch's designs.
Walter A. Netsch (February 23, 1920 – June 15, 2008) was an American architect based in Chicago. He was most closely associated with the brutalist style of architecture as well as with the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. His signature aesthetic is known as Field Theory and is based on rotating squares into complex shapes. He may be best known as the lead designer for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and its famous Cadet Chapel. The Cadet Area at the Academy was named a National Historic Landmark in 2004. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Walter A. Netsch (February 23, 1920 – June 15, 2008) was an American architect based in Chicago. He was most closely associated with the brutalist style...
Netsch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dawn Clark Netsch (1926–2013), American lawyer and politician WalterNetsch (1920–2008)...
States Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs. It was designed by WalterNetsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Construction was accomplished...
modern architecture. Its principal designers were Bruce Graham and WalterNetsch of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architecture firm. The building is...
Dawn Clark Netsch (September 16, 1926 – March 5, 2013) was an American professor of law at Northwestern University and an Illinois politician. A member...
Brutalist and Modernist architecture styles to Indianapolis, Indiana. WalterNetsch is known for his brutalist academic buildings. Marcel Breuer was known...
campus that had changed architecture the world over. SOM architect WalterNetsch designed a few buildings, including the new library that Mies had wished...
marriage) served on the college's board of trustees for 50 years. In 1965, WalterNetsch designed the Louis Jefferson Long Library. The design of this award-winning...
Design IIT in Chicago Dawn Clark Netsch, comptroller of Illinois, professor & spouse of architect WalterNetschWalterNetsch, architect Richard Nickel, photographer...
Laboratory, Chicago: 53 Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago (WalterNetsch, 1970): 54 Kirsch Residence, Oak Park: 49 Lincoln Executive Plaza...
was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) and lead architect WalterNetsch. SOM partner John O. Merrill moved from Chicago to a Colorado Springs...
States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs, designed by WalterNetsch. Tukal, on Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England, house designed for...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1957 Inland Steel Building, Bruce Graham and WalterNetsch, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1964 Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg 1968...
number of titles held. The building was designed in brutalist style by WalterNetsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Construction started in 1966 and the...
the Chicago firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, led by senior architect WalterNetsch. It is built out of grooved limestone, which, from a distance, resembles...
was partially restored between 1965 and 1967 under the direction of WalterNetsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. "The Frederick C. Robie House, Frank...
film actor, best known for his role as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly WalterNetsch, architect, designer of the United States Air Force Academy chapel Jay...
private university. The building was designed in brutalist style by WalterNetsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Construction started in 1966 and the...
Cadet Chapel, started in 1954 and completed in 1962, was designed by WalterNetsch and is an excellent example of modern religious architecture. It has...
projects were undertaken, including an expansion of the main library by WalterNetsch. Many of these buildings are located on the Northwestern University...
103 m 338 ft 28 1965 Near West Side Designed in Brutalist style by WalterNetsch. Constructed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The south portion of the...
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