Fantastical Architecture: Bruce Goff's Buildings
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Bruce Goff's work is delightfully different
Bruce Goff designed some gorgeous modern homes, with sleek lines. He also designed some homes that look like something out of a fantasy landscape. He loved to incorporate unconventional building materials, such as chunks of slag glass. Take a peek and see what kind of buildings this lesser known, outside the box thinker and architect came up with.
Bruce Goff profiled on Discover Oklahoma
Enjoy a tour of some Oklahoma buildings by Goff.
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Online Tour of Bruce Goff Architecture
- Bavinger House
- Extensive website about a Goff designed house. Be sure to see the photo gallery!
- Bruce Goff projects in Bartlesville, OK
- Pics from a Bruce Goff fan and former co-worker
- The Searing House - Bruce Goff, Architect:
- Wonderful information from the original owners of the house, including drawings and personal reminiscences.
- PrairieMod: PrairieMod Podcast #19: Sidney Robinson Interview
- Sidney Robinson discusses his Bruce Goff designed home, the Ford House in Aurora, Illinois.
- Nicol Residence by Architect Bruce Goff
- Photos of a modern house in Kansas City, MO
- The Hopewell Heritage Foundation
- Oklahoma City Oklahoma's Hopewell Heritage Foundation. Restoration project for the Hopewell Church, by Architect Bruce Goff.
- Bruce Goff's Modern American Organic Castle atop a mountain in of Southern Illinois
- This Goff designed modern castle is a bed and breakfast in the Shawnee Hills.
- Pavilion of Japanese Art
- Museum designed by Goff
- Chicago Landmarks | Bachman House
- Goff's remodel of a house built in 1889
- Cox House
- designed in 1949 for Julius and Opal Cox. Goff was commissioned by Julius Cox at the request of Cox's son, Winton, who served with Goff during the war.
Bruce Goff's education
Bruce Goff started working for an architectural firm when he was 12 years old. He began experimenting with designing houses soon after. He never received a formal education in architecture, and Frank Lloyd Wright recommended he not do so, believing that his creativity would be squashed there. Wright wrote a letter to Goff which comments, "If you want to lose Bruce Goff, go to school."
Goff was a painter, and also a musician. He received inspiration for his architecture in music, composing a building as if it were music in three dimensions.
Goff was a painter, and also a musician. He received inspiration for his architecture in music, composing a building as if it were music in three dimensions.
Bruce Goff's Marshall LA House
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Architectural resources
Hard to find Goff books
The first book, At Home in the Heartland, is the book that introduced me to Bruce Goff. As part of a midwest architecture tour, it showcases one of his houses in yummy pictures. The others are more scholarly works for in depth study.
Bruce Goff's Frank House
The home of Frankoma Pottery founders John and Grace Lee Frank, designed by architect Bruce Goff, incorporates ideas and designs of the owners as well as Goff's.
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Other Goff Resources
- Bruce Goff Archive: The Art Institute of Chicago
- Online access to some of his drawings, as well as a catalog of his work.
- Goff's Grave Marker
- Pic of tombstone in Chicago, and biography of Goff.
- Goff on Goff: conversations and lectures - Google Books
- Google Books rocks! Goff on Goff, edited by Philip Welch
- Bruce Goff - Historic Architect
- Biography of Bruce Goff , historical architect and artist, with some of his drawings.
- Friends of Kebyar-Bruce Goff and Organic Architecture
- international network of artists, architects, and others, exploring Bruce Goff's legacy
Exterior of the Durst House
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Love Goff's designs, or hate them? Tell everyone!
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flycatcher
Mar 12, 2012 @ 3:34 pm | delete
- How interesting - I would have said that I didn't much care for "modern" architecture, but the Goff buildings really are quite fantastic. Thanks for the introduction. *blessed*
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Bernard Akaba
Dec 9, 2011 @ 1:54 pm | delete
- Goff is my mentor and will remain one of the greatest architects ever to have lived. You only get such works done with inspiration from God our maker
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cdevries
Sep 29, 2011 @ 6:52 pm | delete
- Fascinating buildings. a maverick, but you can see some Frank Lloyd Wright influence. Great Lens. squid Angel blessed!
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BadSoulPhotography
Feb 23, 2011 @ 6:34 am | delete
- Very nice and informative
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sorana
Nov 25, 2010 @ 1:54 am | delete
- I am fascinated by architecture. You have put together a great lens. I also have one ... still work in progress ... on Fascinating buildings. Goffs's designs are very interesting.
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Duncan-Etzkorn-Bruce Goff house
Tour of Southern IL 'castle"
This is a very amateur video, you'll want to turn off the sound on this one! No talking just annoying background noise. Fun house, though! You can rent this one as a B&B, see links above.
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