William Krisel
William Krisel (born 1924) is an American architect best known for his pioneer designs of mid-century residential and commercial architecture.[1][2] His designs mainly consists of affordable homes with a modern aesthetic, especially the development of tract housing.
Early life and education
Krisel was born in 1924 in Shanghai, China. He moved with his American parents to Beverly Hills, California, in 1937. He attended the University of Southern California and graduated in 1949.[3]
Work
With Dan Palmer, Krisel formed Palmer & Krisel architects. Krisel has designed more than 30,000 homes throughout Southern California.[4] He frequently collaborated with the Alexander Construction Company. By the late 1950s, he and Palmer were working with seven out of the 10 largest homebuilders in America. In addition to Palm Springs and Los Angeles, large communities of Krisel-designed homes were built in San Diego, Las Vegas, Florida and Arizona.[3]
In the 1950s Krisel helped to nearly double the size of Palm Springs by building 2,500 tract homes, which still exist today.[5] Beginning in 1956 with their first Palm Springs tract, Twin Palms, Krisel, the firm's lead designer for desert houses, used variation of orientation and roofline, integration of indoor and outdoor living, and careful use of standardized elements to make modernist design affordable.[6]
He is a member of American Institute of Architects.[7]
Archives
The Getty Research Institute houses the WIlliam Krisel papers, 1935-2014,[1] an archival collection consisting of drawings, photographs, documents, and articles.
References
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