PCAD - William Corlett

Male, US, born 1918-01-16, died 2000

Associated with the firms network

Corlett and Spackman, Architects; Corlett, William G. Architect; Corlett, William, Architect

Professional History

Résumé

Designer, Army Corps of Engineers, Pearl Harbor, HI, c. 1941-1942.

Lieutenant, United States Navy (fought in Guam and elsewhere in the Pacific theatre), 1942-1946.

Draftsman, William Corlett and Arthur W. Anderson Architects, 1947-1948.

Designer, John Lyon Reid, Architect, San Francisco, CA, c. 1948-1950.

Principal, William Corlett, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1950-1954.

Partner, Corlett and Spackman, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1954- .

Education

College

B.Arch., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1941.

Personal

Biographical Notes

Member, Alta Bates Hospital, Board of Trustees, Oakland, CA.

President, Berkeley Breakfast Club, Berkeley, CA.

Member, Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, Board of Trustees, Oakland, CA.

PCAD id: 621

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
1960 Olympic Winter Games, Main Arena, Squaw Valley, CA	1958-1960	Olympic Valley	CA
American Sisalkraft Corporation, Factory, Tracy, CA	1953	Tracy	CA
Castro Valley Unified School District, Center Street School, Castro Valley, CA	1955	Castro Valley	CA
Corlett, William, House, Berkeley, CA	1950-1951	Berkeley	CA

Publications

Breeze, Carla, American Art Deco Architecture and Regionalism, 270-271, 2003. "The 1960 AIA honor awards", American Institute of Architects (AIA) Journal, 33: 75-96, 1960-04. Geyer, Jack , "1960 Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley, Calif", Architect and Engineer, 16-25, 1958-11. "Squaw Valley : boom town in the High Sierra", Architect and Engineer, 218: 6-11, 1959-12. Architectural Concrete, 1937. "Squaw Valley's Olympic Tent ", Architectural Forum, 112: 104-106, 1960-02. "Five headquarters for industry", Architectural Forum, 103: 142-155, 1955-08. "Manufacture de papier à Tracy", Architecture d'aujourd'hui, 27: 67-68, 72-73, 1956-10. "Olympic arena for Squaw Valley", Arts and Architecture, 74: 12-13, 1957-01. "American Sisalkraft Corporation Plant", Constructor, 38: 63, 1956-02. "UIA amd the Schoolhouse", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 5, 104, 11/1966. "Methods and Material Steel roofs Portland's coliseum and Squaw Valley's vast arena", Pacific Architect and Builder, 65: 12, 38-39, 12/1959. "Olympic area for 1960 Olympic Games, Squaw Valley, Cal", Progressive Architecture, 39: 182-183, 1958-08. "P/A Fifth Annual Design Awards Program Recreation: Design Award", Progressive Architecture, 39: 1, 102-103, 1958-01.

Exhibitions

6th Annual Architects’ Exhibit, 1953