McKim Mead and White
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| McKim, Mead, and White | |
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| Died | 1909; St. James, New York, USA |
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| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/McKim_Mead_and_White.html |
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[edit] Works
- American Academy in Rome, at Rome, Italy, 1913. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Boston Public Library, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1887 to 1895. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Isaac Bell House, at Newport, Rhode Island, 1881 to 1883. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Morgan Library, at New York, New York, 1906. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- New York Herald Building, at New York, New York, 1894. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- New York Racquet Club, at New York, New York, 1916 to 1919. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Newport Casino, at Newport, Rhode Island, 1879 to 1880. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Pennsylvania Station, at New York, New York, 1910. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Rhode Island State Capitol, at Providence, Rhode Island, 1895 to 1903. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- University Club, at New York, New York, 1900. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- W. G. Low House, at Bristol, Rhode Island, 1887. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
[edit] Discussion
(McKim—b. Pennsylvania, 1847; d. St. James, New York 1909)(Mead—b, Vermont, 1846; d. Paris, France, 1928)(White—b.New York, 1853; d. New York, 5 June 1906)
"The success of the firm was due to the complementary nature of the three partners—McKim the idealist, Mead the pragmatist, and White the sensualist. McKim's ardent idealism and adherence to universal principles were shaped by the example of his father, a leading activist and fundraiser for the abolitionist cause... Mead was the realist of the trio, serving as in-house engineer... White was the firebrand, eager to break precedent, to use new materials, to experiment with building form... The high professional ideals of both McKim and White were developed during serveral years as assistans in the office of Henry Hobson Richardson."
— Leland M. Roth, in the International Dictionary of Architects, St. James Press, p564-565.
Charles Follen McKim was born and raised in southeastern Pennsylvania. He studied for a year at the Harvard Lawrence Scientific School. During the summer of 1867, he worked in the office of Russel Sturgis, New York. He then spent three years at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, with periods of travel in France and England.
Spurning current Parisian architectural fashions, McKim learned the value of comprehensive planning, the power of the integrated details, and the importance of symbolism. He returned to the United States in 1870 and entered the office of Henry Hobson Richardson in New York, where he began to obtain his own commissions.
McKim sought clear geometries and order in his architecture. In his earlier Shingle style houses, he adopted many elements derived from the close study of American colonial architecture both in material and detail, from Japanese architecture, and from the slate-covered medieval buildings in rural France. With his partners in McKim, Mead, & White, he eventually adopted classical ideas of planning and symbolism to meet the needs of both residential and civic architecture.
Charles McKim died in St. James, New York 1909
Details Recipient, AIA Gold Medal Award, 1909.
[edit] References
McKim, Mead, & White. The Architecture of McKim, Mead, & White in Photographs, Plans, and Elevations. New York: Dover Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-486-26556-0. LC 90-43684. NA737.M4A4.
