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William Morgan is an architect and author in Jacksonville, Florida. Three of his designs are included on the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects list of Florida’s top 100 buildings (The Williamson House in Ponte Vedra Beach; Morgan’s residence in Atlantic Beach; and Dickinson Hall at the University of Florida, formerly the Museum of Natural History). He has written five books including his most recent, ''Earth Architecture'' (2008). In 2012 the University of Florida awarded Morgan an honorary doctor of arts degree as well as the first recipient of its School of Architecture’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Morgan has been descirbed as a pioneer of sustainable design.〔 Morgan grew up in Jacksonville and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Harvard University before serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. After the war he returned to Harvard to study architecture. He studied in Italy on a Fulbright Scholarship (U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission) and then returned to Jacksonville in 1961 to open his architecture practice. in the city where he had grown up.〔(University of Florida honors architect William Morgan with a Lifetime Achievement Award ) May 20, 2013 Jacksonville.com〕 Morgan’s five books cover the architecture of pre-industrial cultures, including those in pre-Columbian North America and Micronesia.〔 ==Works== *Williamson House, Ponte Vedra Beach (1966), AIA Florida Award of Merit (1964) and listed on AIA's list of Top 100 buildings in Florida〔〔(Williamson Residence ) AIA Top 100〕 *Dickinson Hall (1971) at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, formerly the Museum of Natural History/ Florida Museum of Natural Sciences. The earth-bermed concrete building is listed on AIA's Top 100 Buildings in Florida〔〔() AIA top 100 Buildings〕 *Police Administration Building, Jacksonville 〔 *Daniel State Office Building, Jacksonville (now an annex and parking garage for the Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel)〔 *Morgan home, Atlantic Beach (1974), Morgan's home in Atlantic Beach, influenced by the stepped structure of the Roman seaside town Herculaneum〔“William Morgan: Selected and Current Works,” by Robert McCarter (2002)〕 Listed on AIA's Top 100 Buildings in Florida〔()〕 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「William Morgan (architect)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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