PCAD - Maynard Lyndon

Exterior view of Bunche Hall, north facade, UCLA, Los Angeles, c. 2010; from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young poses with Ralph Bunche at the dedication of Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, 1969; from the University of California, Los Angeles

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Male, US, born 1907-09-06, died 1999-11-15

Associated with the firms network

Kahn, Albert, Associates, Incorporated, Architects and Engineers; Lyndon, Maynard, Architect

Professional History

Résumé

Draftsman, Albert Kahn, Architect, Detroit, MI, 1928-1930.

Designer, N.O. Gould, Detroit, MI, 1930-1933.

Partner, Lyndon-Smith, Architects, Detroit, MI, 1935-1942.

Principal, Maynard Lyndon, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1942- .

Professional Activities

When surveyed in 1955, Lyndon indicated that he was a Registered Architect in the States of CA, AZ and MI.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1952.

Archives

Archival documents on Maynard Lyndon housed at the Architecture and Design Collection of the University Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Education

College

B.S.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1928.

Personal

Spouse

He wed Dorothea Katherine Zentgrebe.

As of 1955, Lyndon had traveled abroad in 1933, 1938, 1947, 1952 and 1953 and visited England, France, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Germany Austria, Mexico, Cuba and other Caribbean islands.

Associated Locations

Howell, CA (Architect's Birth)
Howell, CA
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PCAD id: 630

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
28th Church of Christ, Scientist, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA	1955	Los Angeles	CA
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF), South Hill Street Ticket Office, Los Angeles, CA	1947-1948	Los Angeles	CA
Culver City Hospital, Culver City, CA	1952	Culver City	CA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Apperson Street School, Los Angeles, CA	1946-1947	Sunland	CA
Lyndon, Maynard, House, Malibu, CA	1949	Paradise Cove, Malibu	CA
Northville Public Schools, Northville School, Northville, MI	1937	Northville	MI
San Pedro Community Hospital, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA	1958-1960	Los Angeles	CA
United States Government, Federal Public Housing Administration, Willow Run Housing, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI	1942-1943	Ypsilanti	MI
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Bunche, Ralph, Hall, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA	1964	Los Angeles	CA
Vista Unified School District, Vista Elementary School, Vista, CA	1950	Vista	CA

Publications

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, Drexler, Arthur, "Vista Elementary School", Built in USA: Post-War Architecture, 80-81, 1952. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 4, 1994. Mid-Century Architecture in America, 172, 1961. Eckardt, Wolf Von, "Maynard Lyndon", Mid-Century Architecture in America, 200, 1961. Honnold, Douglas, Southern California Architecture 1769-1956, 63, 1956. Eckbo, Garrett, Urban Landscape Design, 42-43, 1964.

Links

History of the original Willow Run Village UCLA BUNCHE HALL Willow Run Village