Zone d'identification
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
Charles (Chuck) Reed, Jr. Collection of Architecture Drawings
Date(s)
- 1950s (Production)
Importance matérielle
Three boxes (33x12x6.5 in) with rolled architectural blueprints, floor plans, drawings, and renderings of projects created by Charles Reed. Approximately 60 rolls containing multiple sheets.
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Born in 1926, Charles (Chuck) Reed Jr was a Florida architect who worked primarily in the modernist tradition. After serving in World War II, Reed enrolled in the University of Miami School of Architecture. He graduated in the second class of the newly founded school, and went on to practicing architecture. He worked for Igor Polevitzky, a South Florida architect who he greatly admired. His time with Polevitzky became the basis for his architectural foundations, as he learned more in depth about how the design buildings that respond uniquely to the sub-tropical South Florida climate. He began his own practice in the mid-1950's in Hollywood, Florida. While he did not classify his work as belonging to any category or style, his work is classified as mid-century, although he called his work organic and a reinterpretation of residential homes. He explored creative ways to address the South Florida climate and environment with whimsy, as well as being sensitive to the particulars of the landscape. He was always cognizant of hurricane design and was one of the first South Florida architects to implement reinforced masonry construction. He retried in 1997 where he relocated to North Carolina, and he passed in his home in 2022. He left behind a variety of work in South Florida, primarily in Hollywood, Florida.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Drawings, plans, photographs, writing
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Accès physique
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Donation made by Melissa Reed, daughter of Charles Reed