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Robert Mosher (September 27, 1920 - July 26, 2015) was an American architect who operated primarily in Southern California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.modernsandiego.com/MosherDrew.html )〕 Mosher was a pioneer of the post-war modernist architecture movement in San Diego. He is best known for designing the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, and the University of California, San Diego's John Muir College.〔''Taliesin West" by Robert Mosher〕 Born in Greeley, Colorado, Mosher moved to Los Angeles as a young child. Mosher's interest in architecture and design began early: at age nine he built a workbench in his family's garage. According to Mosher's late wife Joany, Mosher was first introduced to architecture through a neighbor involved in Pasadena real estate development.〔 With a sustained interest in architecture and design, Mosher went on to attend the Art Center School in Los Angeles in 1939, the University of Southern California School of Architecture from 1939-40, and eventually earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1944.〔 After earning his degree in 1944, Mosher moved to La Jolla and apprenticed with the firm Myron Hunt & H. C. Chambers. It was there where he met his future business partner, Roy Drew. After completing his state architecture exams and working for eight months at a firm in Los Angeles, Mosher returned to San Diego to found his own firm in 1946. Mosher's father purchased a collection of buildings in La Jolla known as the Green Dragon Colony, a former artist's colony, to serve as the firm's headquarters. Roy Drew joined as a partner in 1948.〔 The San Diego region, like much of Southern California, underwent dramatic growth in the immediate postwar years, in turn, providing fuel for the growth of Mosher and Drew's firm. "We got more work and just chugged away at it," Mosher recalled about the period, in a 1988 interview.〔 Built in the late 1960s John Muir College's powerful concrete architecture represents the focal point of San Diego's modernist design heritage, which has won a recently won a $100,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to protect its distinctive buildings. "Even at a relatively young age of 40, the college still finds it necessary to devise a program to protect its signature cluster of buildings and connecting courtyards, which have strong ties to local architects," said Susan Smith, Muir College provost. Smith said the grant will allow UCSD to hire an outside consultant to survey Muir College's architectural heritage and to devise initial steps for a long-term preservation plan. The award is part of a wider Getty program focused on preservation of important architecture at colleges and universities nationwide. ==References== 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「Robert Mosher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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