Craig Ellwood (Architect)

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Male, US, born 1922-04-22, died 1992-05-30

Associated with the firm network

Ellwood, Craig, Associates

Professional History

Résumé

Navigator and Radio Operator, U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945.

Head of Publicity, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, 1947.

Cost Estimator, Los Angeles, CA.

Principal, Craig Ellwood Associates, Los Angeles, CA, 1949-1977; Ellwood retired to a villa in Italy, where he focused on painting at the end of his life.

Personal

Parents

Ellwood was born Jon Nelson Burke; his father, Cleve Burke, was a barber in Texas, who, in the mid-1920s, moved his family to California; Cleve died in 1925, Ellwood's mother re-married soon thereafter;

Spouse

Ellwood married Faith Irene Walker in 1942 and divorced her in 1947.

He married Gloria Henry (nee Gloria Eileen McEniry).

Associated Locations

  • Clarendon, TX (Architect's Birth)
    Clarendon, TX
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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Acme-Arcadia Office Building Project, Los Angeles, CA1960-1961Los AngelesCA
Anderson House
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA1976-1977PasadenaCA
Beverly Hills Office Building Project, Beverly Hills, CA1962Beverly HillsCA
Bobertz, Charles and Gerry, House, San Diego, CA1953San DiegoCA
Bridge House Project
Broughton House, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, CA1949-1950Los AngelesCA
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO), Weekend House, San Luis Obispo, CA1964-1968San Luis ObispoCA
Carson-Roberts Building, Los Angeles, CA1958-1960Los AngelesCA
Case Study House #08, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA1947-1949Los AngelesCA
Case Study House #16B, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, CA1951-1952Los AngelesCA
Case Study House #18, Beverly Hills, CA1957-1958Beverly HillsCA
Chamorro House Project, Los Angeles, CA1962-1963Los AngelesCA
Chute, Cleo, Apartments, West Hollywood, CA1950West HollywoodCA
Courtyard Apartments, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1952-1953Hollywood, Los AngelesCA
Courtyard House Project, Beverly Hills, CA1964Beverly HillsCA
Daphne, Nicholas P., House, Hillsborough, CA1960-1961HillsboroughCA
Ellwood Furniture for Furniture Design Associates, Los Angeles, CA1968
Ellwood, Craig, Office Building, Los Angeles, CA1966-1967Los AngelesCA
Gerwin-Ostrow Office Building, Los Angeles, CA1960Los AngelesCA
Goldman House, Beverly Hills, CA1967-1968Beverly HillsCA
Hale House, Beverly Hills, CA1950-1951
Hunt, Victor M. and Elizabeth A., House, Central Malibu, Malibu, CA1955-1957MalibuCA
Irvine Company, Airport Business Center, Irvine, CA1971IrvineCA
Johnson House, Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA1953Los AngelesCA
KLM Ticket Office, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Knoll, Florence Schust, House Project
Korsen House
Kubly House, Pasadena, CA1964-1965PasadenaCA
Kuderna House
Lappin House, Los Angeles, CA1948Los AngelesCA
Liquor Store Project, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Litton Industries, Factory Projects, New Rochelle, NY and Mount Vernon, NY1962-1963New RochelleNY
Moore House, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CAHollywood Hills, Los AngelesCA
Palevsky, Max, House #2, Palm Springs, CA1968Palm SpringsCA
Palm Springs House, Palm Springs, CAPalm SpringsCA
Pierson House #1
Rosen House, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA1962-1963Los AngelesCA
Scientific Data Systems (SDS) Corporation, Administration-Engineering Building, El Segundo, CA1966-1968El SegundoCA
Scientific Data Systems (SDS) Corporation, Manufacturing Building, El Segundo, CA1965-1966El Segundo, Los AngelesCA
Scientific Data Systems Exhibit
Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB), Branch, Beverly Hills, CA1969-1973Beverly HillsCA
Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB), Branch, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA1972-1973Los AngelesCA
Smith House, Crestwood Hills, Los Angeles, CACrestwood Hills, Los AngelesCA
South Bay Bank, Office Building, Manhattan Beach, CA1957-1958Manhattan BeachCA
State Savings Bank, Beverly Hills, CA1972-1973Beverly HillsCA
Steinman House, Malibu, CA1956MalibuCA
United States Government, Postal Service (USPS), Post Office, Westchester, Los Angeles, CA1958-1959Los AngelesCA
Zack House
Zimmerman House, Brentwood, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA

Publications

"A Modest Proposal", Architectural Digest, 10, 102-109, 06/2011. "When the Designers Design for Themselves: Craig Ellwood", Architectural Forum, 108, 07/1962. Architectural Forum, 10/1959. Jackson, Neil, "Metal-Frame Houses of the Modern Movement in Los Angeles: Part 2", Architectural History, 33: 1, 186, 1990-01. "Modern California Houses", Architectural Record, 133: 1, 62B, 01/1963. Gebhard, David, "Architecture in Los Angeles", Artforum, II: 12, 10-11, Summer 1964. Gebhard, David, "The Case Study Houses", Artforum, II: 4, 24-25, 10/1963. "Suburban House by Craig Ellwood, Designer", Arts and Architecture, 3/1951. Smith, Elizabeth A.T., Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses, 27, 63-64, 1989. Jackson, Neil, California Modern : the Architecture of Craig Ellwood, 2002. Jackson, Neil, California Modern: the Architecture of Craig Ellwood, 36-39, 2002. Clausen, Meredith, "The Pasadena Art Center and the Curious Case of 'Craig Ellwood'", Casabella, 664, 64-81, 02/1999. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 110-113, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 114-123, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 124-125, 1968. Craig Ellwood Architecture, 126-134, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 135-139, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 140 - 143, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 144-145, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 146-151, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 102-105, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 48-53, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 54-55, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 56-61, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 62-69, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 88-91, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 92-93, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 94-95, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 96-97, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 98-101, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 43-47, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 106-109, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 70-87, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 36-42, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 21-25, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 12-20, 1968. McCoy, Esther, Craig Ellwood Architecture, 32-35, 1968. "Case Study House #18 article", Domus, 360, 11/1959. Glancey, Jonathan, "Architecture:'The scene is Coolsville - so please, no squares'", Guardian, 10, 1/21/2002. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 123, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 5, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 156, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 128, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 103, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 87, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 144-145, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 104, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 99, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 104, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Zimmerman House, 1950", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 100, 1994. Weidert, Werner, Private Houses An International Survey, 128-133, 1967. Betsky, Aaron, Three California Houses: The Homes of Max Palevsky, 34, 2002. Betsky, Aaron, Three California Houses: The Homes of Max Palevsky, 2002. Betsky, Aaron, Three California Houses: The Homes of Max Palevsky, 33, 2002. Betsky, Aaron, Three California Houses: The Homes of Max Palevsky, 17, 2002. Betsky, Aaron, Three California Houses: The Homes of Max Palevsky, 18, 2002. "Case Study House #21", Time, 147, 02/21/2000. Aloi, Roberto, Villa nel Mondo, 20: 95-106, 1961. Aloi, Roberto, Villa nel Mondo, 20: 107-114, 1961.

Exhibitions

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