PCAD - Warnecke, John Carl, A.I.A., Architect

Aerial view of the McDowell Adult Education Center, Columbus, IN, c. 2014; from Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the McDowell Adult Education Center, Columbus, IN, 2007; from Wikimedia Commons, photo by Greg Hume

Exterior view of the McDowell Adult Education Center, Columbus, IN, 2014; from Google Maps/Street View

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John Carl Warnecke Sr.

Active 1945-

Warnecke's firm was known as "John Carl Warnecke, A.I.A.," in 1949. At this time, he had offices in Oakland, CA, and San Francisco, CA. In 1945, his first office was located in Richmond, CA.

PCAD id: 4558

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, McDowell, Mabel,. Elementary School, Columbus, IN	1960	Columbus	IN
Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), Cragmont Elementary School, Berkeley, CA		Berkeley	CA
Presbyterian Synod of the Pacific, San Francisco Theological Seminary #3, Oxtaby Hall, San Anselmo, CA	1958	San Anselmo	CA
Richmond Unified Elementary School District, Mira Vista Elementary School, Richmond, CA	1951-1952	Richmond	CA
San Carlos School District, White Oaks Elementary School, San Carlos, CA	1947	San Carlos	CA
Thomas, Mark, Inn, Del Monte, CA	1953	Del Monte	CA
West Contra Costa Unified School District, De Anza High School #1, El Sobrante, CA	1955	Richmond	CA

Publications

"Directional glass blocks shield sky and reduce brightness contrasts in south-lighting experiment", Architectural Forum, 91: 4, 228, 10/1949. "Impressive new government center around a grand atrium space", Architectural Record, 161: 3, 101-106, 1977-03. Eckardt, Wolf Von, "John Carl Warnecke", Mid-Century Architecture in America, 81, 1961. "Round-Robin Critique: Junior-Senior High School, De Anza High School, El Sobrante, CA", Progressive Architecture, 38: 7, 130-135, 1957-07.

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