In the far reaches of a peninsula in Wisconsin, Johnsen Schmaling has designed a textured wood structure with a green roof and expansive views of nature.
William E. Blurock, FAIA, a Newport Beach, California architect whose work from the 1950s through 1970s was considered visionary in the burgeoning field of modern educational design, died on June 12 at the age of 90.The Blurock Partnership—now tBP/Architecture—is recognized for a spectrum of award-winning commercial, institutional and civic projects, and primarily for school buildings worldwide (Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East). Over his career, Blurock guided the planning and design of buildings on 32 California college campuses and scores of other educational facilities throughout the state. He pioneered the one-building model for schools: an open plan
Architects tend to describe client Marion O. Sandler, the C.E.O., board chairman, and cofounder of Golden West Financial Corporation and World Savings—the nation’s second-largest savings institution—as, by turns, their toughest critic and greatest champion.
