Résumé

The architectural writer Aaron Betsky wrote of Hodgetts's life and career: "Born in Cincinnati, Hodgetts has spent most of his life being the Los Angeles-based and -inspired bad boy of architecture. Trained first as an automotive designer and then as an architect at Yale—where he came under the sway of the architect he still admires most, James Stirling—Hodgetts remained fascinated by cars, gizmos, and tools. But he was equally in love with movies, cartoons, and anything science fiction, letting those extra-architectural visions inspire his work as much as his thorough knowledge of both the technology of building and its history. While pursuing commissions, first with Robert Mangurian as Studio Works, and then with Fung as Hodgetts + Fung Architects (which recently merged into Seattle-based Mithun), he kept producing a stream of ideas and stories, including several movie scripts and set designs, while teaching at schools such as CalArts, SCI-Arc, and UCLA." (See Aaron Betsky, Architect Magazine.com, "The Pragmatic Outlaw Swims Back into View," published 04/10/2019, accessed 10/08/2024.)

Draftsman, James Stirling, Architect, London, UK.

Co-founding Partner, StudioWorks, Architects, design firm affiliated with the UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1969-1984. He worked in association with Robert Mangurian during the 1970s.

Partner/Creative Director, Hodgetts+Fung Design Associates, Los Angeles, CA, 1984- 01/2019. The firm was known informally as "HplusF." It began operations in Santa Monica, CA, but moved later to Culver City, CA. Hodgetts + Fung moved to 5837 West Adams Boulevard. Culver City, CA 90232 by at least 2005.

Partner, Mithun | Hodgetts + Fung, Architects, Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA, and Culver City, CA, 01/2019- . Hodgetts+Fung merged with Mithun of Seattle in 01/2019. The Culver City office was known as "Mithun | Hodgetts + Fung" in 2019.

Teaching

Assistant/Associate/Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 1972- .

Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1995 and 2000.

Herbert Baumer Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1996.

Professional Activties

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Los Angeles Chapter.

Juror, Treehouse Competition, Los Angeles, CA; this competition judged at Edgemar, Santa Monica, 1999.

Professional Honors

Recipient, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Arts and Letters Awards in Architecture, 1994.

Recipient, Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, Auburn Hills, MI, 1996. Other awardees in 1996, included Matthew Carter, Niels Diffrient, Tibor Kalman, Matt Scogin/Merrill Elam and Richard Saul Wurman.

Recipient, LA Winners Award, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 and 1999.

Recipient, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Los Angeles Chapter, Design Award for the Art Center College of Design, Sinclair Pavilion, c. 2002.

Recipient, Los Angeles AIA Teacher of the Year Award, 2005.

Recipient, AIA Los Angeles Gold Medal Award, 2006.

Recipient, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design, Distinguished Alumni Award, Berkeley, CA, 2007.

Recipient, American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC), Firm of the Year Award, 2008.

Recipient, Tau Sigma Delta, Grand Chapter of the Society, Gold Medal, 2022.

High School / College

Graduate, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH, 1955.

B.F.A., Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1960. Hodgetts was studying at Oberlin as a junior in 1959.

Coursework, San Francisco State College (SFSU), San Francisco, CA.

B.A. Architecture, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1964.

M. Arch., Yale University, School of Architecture, New Haven, CT, 1966.

Relocation

Craig Hodgetts was born in Cincinnati, OH, spending his entire childhood in the same house in which he had been born. In 1940, his parents, Edward and Helen Hodgetts resided in a single-family dwelling at 5741 Marmion Lane in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood northeast of downtown. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03195; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 91-235, accessed 01/24/2023.)

The 1950 US Census found the Hodgetts Family living in the same residence. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: 1447; Sheet Number: 12; Enumeration District: 91-483, accessed 01/24/2023.) In both 1940 and 1950, the household consisted of Craig's parents Edward and Helen and his brother Kent, about a year-and-a -half younger. In 1958, the Hodgetts Family remained at 5741 Marmion Lane. (See Cincinnati, Ohio, City Directory, 1958, p. 609.)

Parents

His father Edward William Hodgetts (born 04/23/1905 in OH-d. 02/16/1982 in Sarasota, FL) who worked in 1940 as an electrical engineer for a electrical utility and as an assistant advertising manager for a private power company ten years later. (See Cincinnati, Ohio, City Directory, 1951, p. 534.) In 1958, Edward was Director of Promotion, Advertising and Publicity for the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company. (See Cincinnati, Ohio, City Directory, 1958, p. 609.) He remained with Cincinnati Gas and Electric until 02/1971, when he became Director of Promotion for the University of Cincinnati Athletic Department. He remained in this job for about one year. (See "Edward Hodgetts, Former CG&E Executive," Cincinnati Enquirer, 02/18/1982, p. D-3.)

Craig's mother Helen (born c. 1914 in OH), managed the household and gave piano lessons. During the 1940s she performed with the Cincinnati Keyboard Club, and sponsored recitals for her students. According to the 1940 US Census, Edward had graduated from college, while Helen was a high school graduate.

Edward remained married to Helen in 1958, although at some point during the 1950s or 1960s, their marriage dissolved. He was recorded as having been married and divorced to a Ruth Hodgetts, who completed divorce proceedings against him on 03/28/1969 for "gross neglect of duty." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Divorce Index, 1962-1963, 1967-1971 and 1973-2007, accessed 01/24/2023.) An article covering the wedding of Kent Hodgetts in 1967 indicated that he was the son of Edward W. Hodgetts and "Mrs. Helen Brothers." (See "Wedding at Home," Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/23/1967, p, 13.)

Edward retired to Sarasota, FL, in 1972, where he lived for the last ten years of his life. His obituary indicated that he was survived by a third wife, Mae, Craig Hodgetts and Kent Hodgetts and a daugther, Anita Mason. (Anita Mason was likely a step-daughter.) (See "Edward Hodgetts, Former CG&E Executive," Cincinnati Enquirer, 02/18/1982, p. D-3.)

Kent Lawes Hodgetts (born 10/1939 in Cincinnati, OH) married Latane Temple Keeler on 12/23/1967. They divorced in 04/1975 in Alameda County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 01/24/2023.) Kent attended Walnut Hills High School, Earlham College and the University of Cincinnati. In 1967, he was on staff of the San Francisco Art Institute and by 1969 taught art, sculpture and plastics at Sonoma State University. (See "Wedding at Home," Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/23/1967, p, 13.) Kent later would live in Berkeley, CA, and Westport, CT, and Santa Barbara, CA.

Spouse

Craig Hodgetts married at least twice. He wed Victoria Kahn in New York on 01/26/1964. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Marriage Index, accessed 10/08/2024.)

He married Hsin-Ming Fung (born 05/29/1953). She became his wife, business partner and professional collaborator.

Biographical Notes

The 1940 US Census listed the architect as being named "Craig E.W. Hodgetts." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03195; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 91-235, accessed 10/08/2024.) All other reviewed sources listed his middle name as being simply, "Edward."