Donlyn Lyndon
Donlyn Lyndon | |
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| Born | January 7, 1936 |
| Died | April 5, 2026 (aged 90) Sea Ranch, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Maynard Lyndon |
Donlyn Lyndon (January 7, 1936 – April 5, 2026) was an American third bay tradition architect and the Eva Li professor of architecture and urban design at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] Lyndon was a co-designer of Sea Ranch, California.[3]
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Maynard Lyndon and Dorothea (née Zentgrebe) Lyndon.[4] He was married to an artist, Alice Atkinson, who later changed her surname to Wingwall, in 1963. They had two daughters and a son.[4] Lyndon died in Sea Ranch on April 5, 2026, at the age of 90.[5][4]
Education
M.F.A. Architecture, Princeton University A.B. Architecture, Princeton University[1]
Notable works
Bibliography
- Lyndon, Donlyn and Charles W. Moore. Chambers for A Memory Palace. Cambridge: MIT Press (1996). ISBN 0262621053
- Lyndon, Donlyn. The City Observed: Boston, a guide to the Architecture of the Hub. 1982. ISBN 0394748948
- Lyndon, Donlyn, Curtis W. Fentress, Robert Campbell, John Morris Dixon, Charles Jencks and Coleman Coker. Civic Builders. 2002. ISBN 0471498769
- Lyndon, Donlyn, Giancarlo De Carlo, Peter Smithson, Attilio Petruccioli and Francesco Smassa. The Eastern Lagoon Front. Venice: City of Venice (2001).
- Lyndon, Donlyn, Charles Moore, and Gerald Allen. The Place of Houses. Berkeley: University of California Press (2000). ISBN 0520223578
- Lyndon, Donlyn, Jim Alinder, Donald Cantry and Lawrence Halprin. The Sea Ranch: Fifty Years of Architecture, Landscape, Place, and Community on the Northern California Coast. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press (2013). ISBN 1616891777
References
- 1 2 "DONLYN LYNDON". UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ↑ "Donlyn Lyndon". Berkeley Research. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ↑ Gregory, Dan. "Siting help from Sea Ranch architect Donlyn Lyndon". Time to Build. Houseplans. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 Green, Penelope (May 5, 2026). "Donlyn Lyndon, Last Surviving Creator of the Sea Ranch, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ "In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Donlyn Lyndon (1936–2026), architect best known for work at The Sea Ranch - UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design". Retrieved 2026-04-22.