JOCELYN GORDILLO

Interested in drawing and painting

1958 - studied at the University of Cincinnati

Masters at Harvard University

George Nelson where his interest in furniture design was encouraged

1960 he was awarded the prestigious Rome Prize and studied for two years at the American Academy in Rome

• spent the next two years in Rome and its environs, studying painting, and drawing the buildings and the landscape.

1962 accepted a teaching position at Princeton University

1970s was known as one of the "New York Five”, characterized as “white” modernist architect of the 1960s

2003, an infection of unknown origin left Graves paralyzed from the waist down

Michael Graves & Associates ( MGA) – planning,

architecture, interior design, product design and

graphic design

Works include: office buildings, courthouses,

embassies, museums, theaters, libraries, healthcare

facilities, university buildings, sports and

entertainment facilities, restaurants, hotels, retail stores,

apartment buildings and private residences.

Michael Graves Design Group ( MGA’ sister company)

produces furniture, lighting fixtures, hardware, house

ware, decorative accessories for retailers such as

Target.

Michael Graves is different. He’s different in a way

that one might at first sight call “American” in order

to explain it. A closer look at his work reveals it to

be , above all, complete and all-encompassing in an

amazing way.

Michael Graves is clearly a mega-design factory that

naturally produces architecture but also industrial

designs, packaging, interior design, furniture

designs, graphics, jewelry and much more.

MICHAEL GRAVES• Buildings and Projects

1966 -1981

1982 -1989

1990 -1994

1995 -2003

GRAVES RESIDENCE• Architecture in Detail Series

MICHAEL GRAVES• Images of a Grand Tour

• Selected and Current Works: The Master

Architect Series

• Compact Design Portfolio

• Design Monographs

MICHAEL GRAVES DESING• THE ART OF THE EVERYDAY OBJECT

Rome ,Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Germany

He reduce architecture to its basic forms

His sketches focus on the primary volumes of the architecture and strip away any extraneous ornament

•12 drawings of St. Cecile Cathedral in Albi, France

-coincidentally the building occurs most often in

the sketchbooks of Louis Kahn.

•He was fascinated by the history of St. Cecile

and was captivated by its mass

and how shadow heightens the purity of its

architectural forms.

•“ The primary volumes in the foreground,

the vertical cylinders of the cathedral, and the

rectangular spire reduce the architecture to its

basic forms”

Hyatt Regency 1990-93

International Finance Corp. 1993-97

Humana Building 1982-85

Rice University 2002

Clos Pasage 1984-87

Indianapolis Art Center 1990-96

New Jersey Institute of Technology 1997

Miele Americas Headquarters 1999

One Port Center 1994-96

The Arts Council of Princeton 1997-2008

Azulera Resort 2006

Four Seasons Residence 2009

Luxury Condominiums

2005

Alberto Alessi – sell a

lot of kettles in the US

Designed to correct

the mistakes of

previous kettles –

handles hung over

their bodies

DISNEY OFFICE BUILDING PORCH OF THE MAIDENS

In what ways is this building similar to the porch of the maidens?

Did Michael Graves succeed in incorporating the 7 dwarfs as caryatids?

RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER ST. PETER’S BASILICA

In what ways is the Riverbend Music Center similar to St. Peter’s Basilica?

In what ways is the façade different?

Michael Graves is known for?

Where did Michael Graves spend two

years drawing and painting?

What is Michael Graves style?

Besides architecture, what else does

Michael Graves produce?

Where does Michael Graves teach?

Alex Buck, M. V. (1994). Design Monographs. New York: St. Martins Press.

Ambroziak, B. M. (2005). Images Of A Grand Tour. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

Karen Nichols, L. B. (1995). Buildings And Projects 1990-1994.New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc.

Karen Vogel, P. A. (1982). Buildings And Projects 1966-1981.New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc.

Karen Vogel, P. J. (1990). Buildings And Projects 1982-1989.New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

Michael Graves. (n.d.). Retrieved May 18, 2010, from Michael Graves: http://www.michaelgraves.com/

Nichols, K. (2003). Buildins And Projects 1995-2003. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.

Michael Graves was born on July 9th, 1934 in Indianapolis Indiana. Since an early age he was interested in drawing and painting. In 1958 he studied at the University of Cincinnati where get got his architectural degree. While completing his education he worked in the architectural office of Carl A. Strauss and Associates. One year after his graduation he got his masters at Harvard University. After graduation Graves went and work with designer and architect George Nelson, with whom his interest in furniture was encouraged. In 1960 he was awarded the prestigious Rome Prize and studied for 2 years at the American Academy in Rome. While in Rome he spend his time painting and drawing the buildings and the landscape. In 1962 he accepted a teaching position at Princeton University. In 1970 he was known as one of the New York Five, characaterized as “ white” modernist architect of the 1960s.

The New York Five refers to a group of five New York City architects(Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier) whose work appeared in a Museum of Modern Artexhibition organized by Arthur Drexler in 1967, and the subsequent book Five Architects in 1972.

In 2003 an infection of unknown origin (probably meningitis) left Graves would be fascinating to use water to animate the little bird.

paralyzed from the waist down.

Michael Graves has his own Company called Michael Graves & Associates. This firm

is known for the planning, architecture, interior design, product design and graphic

design. Some of his work includes: office buildings, courthouses, embassies,

museums, theaters, libraries, healthcare facilities, university buildings, sports and

entertainment facilities, restaurants, hotels, retails stores apartment buildings and

private residences. MGA’s sister company is Michael Graves design Group. This firm

is focused on the production of furniture, lighting fixtures, hardware, house ware,

decorative accessories for retailers such as Target.

How is Michael Graves work in product and interior design related to his work in

architecture? Product design and architecture share in a condition that He calls

domesticity, especially when they are brought together in the interior. It is the interior

that characteristically portrays inhabitation. It has been only recently that architects

have abdicated the responsibility for the aesthetic life of domestic settings and in

their place decorators and the lay public have focused their efforts on furnishing the

interior. I seems that this separation was initiated by the theories of people like

Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier and even ALvar Aalto to some extent ,

although we know that they were all involved in the desing and production of

furniture. In the 50s and 60s, architects were led away from the possibilities of

architecture as an all-encompassing activity because of a trend in the profession to

specializ. Today people make a distinction between an “architect” and a “ designer”.

Personally, he was never felt that they are separate.

Michael Graves can be described as different. He’s different in a way that one might

at first sight call “ American” in order to explain it. A closer look at his work reveals it

to be , above all, complete and all-encompassing in an amazing way. He is clearly a

mega-design factory that naturally produces architecture but also industrial design,

packing, interior design, furniture design, graphics, jewelry and much more.

Some of Graves publications include Buildings and Projects from 1966 to 2003;

Architecure in Detail Series, Images of a Grand Tour, Selected and Current Works: The

Master Architect Series, Compact Design Monographs and The Art of the Everyday

Object. In 1960 begore his architecture and product design had made him a

household name, Michael Graves set out on a journey : A Grand Tour of the great

monuments of Europe. Graves traveled through Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, England,

Germany and France studying and recording the masterworks of architecture. Images

of a Grand Tour collects the stunning artwork he produced during this trip. Delicate

pencil sketches, striking ink washes and colorful photographs show the deep

connection Graves had to the places he visited.

In this book he reduced architecture to its basic forms; his sketches focus on the

primary volumes of the architecture and strip away any extraneous ornament. He also

took photographs to show detail and color that was missing in his drawings.

He created 12 drawings of St. Cecile Cathedral in Albi France. Coincidentally this

cathedral occurs most often in the sketchebooks of Louis Kahn. He was fascinated by

the history of St. Cecile and was captivated by tis mass and how shadow heightens

the purity of the architectural forms. Quoting Graves” the primary volumes in the

foreground the vertical cylinders of the cathedral and the rectangular spire reduce

the architecture to its basic forms”. Although Graves has created many buildings I

focused on the repetition of columns, trusses, cylinders, domes/cupula, and rotundas.

He has keep this pattern for more than 20 years and I believe it is his signature look