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Alfred Browning Parker was a Modernist architect who is one of the best-known post World War II residential architects. He gained fame for his highly published modern houses in the region around Miami, Florida. He was born in Boston, MA and moved to Miami when he was eight years old.〔Gill 1965 p. 4.〕 Parker graduated from the University of Florida in 1939 with a degree in Architecture.〔(Academic background )〕 Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright but with regional touches, Parker's designs have been published in many magazines such as House Beautiful, as well as in companion books. Parker began his practice in Miami in 1946.〔Uguccioni 2005〕 He experimented with lower cost housing, included the "Tropex-pansible Home",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Florida Home: Tropix-pansible Home )〕 which was constructed with high quality but modular parts. Other works include the renovation of the Coconut Grove Playhouse in 1954.〔(Cinematreasures )〕〔Cohan, Carol, ''Broadway By the Bay'', (Miami, Florida: The Pickering Press, 1987). p 6.〕 In 1952 he designed the George Washington Carver Middle School.〔(George Washington Carver Middle School History )〕 Parker also served as a professor emeritus at the University of Florida School of Architecture. The University of Florida is the repository of the architectural papers and drawings of Parker.〔(University of Florida Architecture Archives )〕 In 2008 the University of Florida announced the creation of the Alfred Browning Parker Architecture Archives Endowment to support and strengthen this effort to preserve the architectural history of Florida.〔(UF names endowment after alumnus, renowned Miami architect ) Retrieved 20 April 2011〕 == Notable Commissions == * Bal Harbour Yacht Club. 1953. Miami Beach.〔AIA 1963. p. 24〕 * Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Graham Miller. Coconut Grove, FL. 1959 House Beautiful Pacesetter〔House Beautiful 1959〕 * Residence. Owner: Mr. Ewing. Coconut Grove, FL.〔AIA 1963. p. 47〕〔AIA 1963. p. 47〕 * Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Marco. Coconut Grove, FL.〔Barry 1958.〕〔AIA 1963. p. 46〕 * Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Titelman. Miami, FL.〔Barry 1958.〕 * Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Rice. Miami, FL.〔Barry 1958.〕 * Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mass. Palm Beach, FL.〔Barry 1958.〕 * Residence. Owner: Bert Friedman. 1957 Coconut Grove, FL.〔Barry 1958.〕〔AIA 1963. p. 41〕 * Residence. Owner: Alfred Browning Parker. Coconut Grove, FL. 1954 House Beautiful Pacesetter.〔Barry 1958.〕〔Gill 1965 p. 4.〕〔Gabriel 1975. p. 150.〕 * Flagler Federal Savings & Loan Association of Miami. 1961. Miami.〔AIA 1963. p. 31〕 * Alliance Machine Company. 1952. Coconut Grove.〔AIA 1963. p. 42〕 * George Washington Carver High School. Coconut Grove.〔AIA 1963. p. 42〕 * Residence. Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Barillet Clement. South Miami, FL〔http://www.planomatic.com/11837〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred Browning Parker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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