Aaron Green (architect)
Aaron Green was an architect and a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright.
History
Aaron Green was born in Corinth, Mississippi in 1917[1] and grew up in Florence, Alabama.
Aaron Green studied as an architect at Cooper Union in New York City, New York, which is where he was first introduced to the works of Frank Lloyd Wright[2]. Green first met Wright when asking the renowned architect to design a house for Stanley Rosenbaum. Green was invited by Wright to join Taliesin as an apprentice in the early 1940s from which point the two maintained a close, personal friendship[3].
Green enlisted in the Air Force during World War II.
After the war, Green moved to Los Angeles, California and worked as an interior designer with industrial designer, Raymond Loewy[4].
In 1951, Green founded Aaron G. Green Associates, Inc., an architectural practice dedicated to service-oriented design[5]. In this organization, Green acted as Wright's West Coast representative[6].
Green participated in at least thirty of Wright's projects. At the time of Wright's death in 1959, the Marin County Civic Center was uncompleted, and Green saw the project through to completion[7]
In 2001, Green became the first recipient of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation's Gold Medal.
Green died in June of 2001 at the age of 84.
External Links
Aaron G. Green Associates, Inc.