Karl Kamrath
Karl Kamrath | |
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Born | |
Died | January 29, 1988 Houston, Texas | (aged 76)
Education | Bachelor of Architecture, 1934[1] |
Alma mater | University of Texas |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse(s) | Eugenie Sampson (1934-1975), Gardina McCarthy (1977-1988)[1] |
Karl Kamrath (April 25, 1911 – January 29, 1988) was an American architect and tennis player. He, along with , created the Houston-based architectural firm . The firm's buildings reflected the principles of Organic Architecture and Usonian architecture, an outcome of Kamrath's friendship with Frank Lloyd Wright.[2] His career spanned over five decades during which he designed residential, commercial, institutional and government buildings.[3] Prior to founding MacKie and Kamrath, Karl Kamrath worked for Pereira and Pereira, the Interior Studios of Marshall Field and Company, and the Architectural Decorating Company in Chicago, Illinois.[4]
Karl Fred Kamrath was born in Enid, Oklahoma to G.A. and Martha Kreplin Kamrath on April 25, 1911. While still a child, Kamrath's family moved to Austin, Texas. Throughout his life, Kamrath was an avid tennis player, and married fellow tennis player Eugenie Sampson in 1934.[4] That same year that he graduated the University of Texas with a Bachelor's degree in architecture.[1] In 1955, Karl Kamrath was elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), an organization he was affiliated with since 1939.[4] He became the Houston AIA chapter president in 1960 and acted as the chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial Committee from 1960 to 1962.[1] He was inducted into the University of Texas Longhorn Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984.[5]
Major Buildings[]
- Phyllis Wheatley High School,[6] Houston (1948)
- Temple Emanu-El, Houston (1949, with Lenard R. Gabert)[3]
- Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church,[7] Houston (1975)
- Houston Contemporary Arts Association Museum (1949, demolished)
- Dow Chemical Company complex, Freeport (1953)
- Schlumberger Corporation complex (1953) now University of Houston Energy Research Center[8]
- Humble Oil Research Center, Houston (1954) (demolished 2017)
- St. John the Divine Church, Houston (1954, with H. A. Salisbury)
- University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute (1954, altered), featured in TIME magazine in December 1954[9]
- Commercial Standard Insurance Company Building,[10] Fort Worth (1956)
- Farnsworth and Chambers Building (1957) an early office facility for NASA and Project Mercury, now Houston Parks Gragg Building[11]
- Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Bunker Hill Village, Houston (1957, 1973)
- Temple Rodef Shalom, Waco (1962)
- First Pasadena State Bank Building,[12] Pasadena, Texas (1962)
- Science and Research Building, University of Houston (1968)
- Travertine Nature Center, Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Sulphur, Oklahoma (1968)
- Big Three Industries Building, Houston (1974)
- Kamrath Second Residence, on Tiel Way in River Oaks, Houston (1953)[13]
- George P. Mitchell house, Piney Point Village (1963, demolished), profiled in Fortune Magazine
- C.B. Ellis house, on Green River Trail in Ft. Worth, Texas (1966)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Karl Fred Kamrath (1911-1988), American Institute of Architects
- ^ Miller, Scott Reagan, "Wright", The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath, Rice University, 1993, pg 16-27
- ^ Jump up to: a b Miller, Scott Reagan, "Chronological List of Works", The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath, Rice University, 1993, pg 193-237
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Kamrath, Karl Fred, Handbook of Texas On-Line
- ^ Karl Kamrath Archive, University of Texas at Austin
- ^ http://www.houstonmod.org/bldg_detail.asp?id=5&by=arch&seled=MacKie%20and%20Kamrath
- ^ https://objectivelyhouston.com/mackie-and-kamrath-three-ecclesiastical-venues/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-12-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Miller, Scott Reagan, The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath, Rice University, 1993
- ^ http://www.cosmicool.com/midcent/6421/index.html
- ^ http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/graggpark.html
- ^ http://www.houstonmod.org/bldg_detail.asp?id=97&by=arch&seled=MacKie%20and%20Kamrath
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2009-12-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Further reading[]
- Strom, Steven, Mackie & Kamrath Architects: Guide to the Architectural Collection, Houston Public Library, 2000, softcover booklet.
- Miller, Scott Reagan, The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath, Houston, Texas : Rice University, 1993.
- 1911 births
- 1988 deaths
- Sportspeople from Enid, Oklahoma
- 20th-century American architects
- American male tennis players