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]]> By: Remiss63 http://www.beltstl.com/2005/07/harris-armstrong-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Remiss63 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:42:00 +0000 http://www.beltstl.com/?p=24#comment-28 This is a good description of the house and an introduction to Armstrong's work for people who are unfamiliar but interested.<br/><br/>I'll add a few comments related to this house and its context.<br/><br/>Armstrong laid out and designed the entire subdivision in 1951. The neighborhood developer was a fellow named Marshall Berry. Over the course of several years, Armstrong collaborated with Berry on commercial developments, residential subdivisions, as well as designing Berry's own home in Ladue.<br/><br/>The Woodleaf Court Subdivision consists of ten homes. There were three basic types designed by Armstrong. Its somewhat unclear to what extent Armstrong was involved in selecting the finishes and unique features of each house.<br/><br/>Clearly a great number of features in these homes are Armstrong motifs that were varied and repeated in many projects.<br/><br/>Armstrong collaborated with the same developer to create a subdivision in Creve Coeur called Sherwyn Lane.<br/><br/>The builder/construction company in each case was Kentland Construction Company. I don't have much (if any real information on this builder).<br/><br/>All of the Woodleaf Court houses and many of the others Armstrong designed in the late 1940s through the 1950s were variations on a concept he'd developed years earlier for a home designed specifically for Missouri's climate and culture.<br/><br/>The originary concept design was published in a book entitled "Your Solar House" by Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947). LOF was a major manufacturer of thermal pane glass and to promote its use throughout the country, they hired architects from each state in the country (49 at that time). Other architects selected for the publication included:<br/> - Louis Kahn (PA)<br/> - Edward Durrell Stone (NY)<br/> - HughStubbins, Jr. (MA)<br/> - George Fred Keck (IL)<br/> - Alden B. Dow (MI)<br/> - John Lloyd Wright (IN)<br/> - Laurence Kocher (VA)<br/> - Pietro Belluschi (OR)<br/> - Harwell Hamilton Harris (CA)<br/> - O'Neil Ford (TX)<br/><br/>Armstrong's design for the "Missouri Solar Home" became the fundamental basis for virtually all of homes he designed and published in the following years.<br/><br/>Further information on Armstrong's work and my research can be viewed on my websites (below).<br/><br/>Andrew Raimist<br/>http://RaimistArchitecture.com<br/>http://www.Flickr.com/Photos/Raimist<br/>http://Remiss63.Blogspot.com/ This is a good description of the house and an introduction to Armstrong’s work for people who are unfamiliar but interested.

I’ll add a few comments related to this house and its context.

Armstrong laid out and designed the entire subdivision in 1951. The neighborhood developer was a fellow named Marshall Berry. Over the course of several years, Armstrong collaborated with Berry on commercial developments, residential subdivisions, as well as designing Berry’s own home in Ladue.

The Woodleaf Court Subdivision consists of ten homes. There were three basic types designed by Armstrong. Its somewhat unclear to what extent Armstrong was involved in selecting the finishes and unique features of each house.

Clearly a great number of features in these homes are Armstrong motifs that were varied and repeated in many projects.

Armstrong collaborated with the same developer to create a subdivision in Creve Coeur called Sherwyn Lane.

The builder/construction company in each case was Kentland Construction Company. I don’t have much (if any real information on this builder).

All of the Woodleaf Court houses and many of the others Armstrong designed in the late 1940s through the 1950s were variations on a concept he’d developed years earlier for a home designed specifically for Missouri’s climate and culture.

The originary concept design was published in a book entitled “Your Solar House” by Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947). LOF was a major manufacturer of thermal pane glass and to promote its use throughout the country, they hired architects from each state in the country (49 at that time). Other architects selected for the publication included:
– Louis Kahn (PA)
– Edward Durrell Stone (NY)
– HughStubbins, Jr. (MA)
– George Fred Keck (IL)
– Alden B. Dow (MI)
– John Lloyd Wright (IN)
– Laurence Kocher (VA)
– Pietro Belluschi (OR)
– Harwell Hamilton Harris (CA)
– O’Neil Ford (TX)

Armstrong’s design for the “Missouri Solar Home” became the fundamental basis for virtually all of homes he designed and published in the following years.

Further information on Armstrong’s work and my research can be viewed on my websites (below).

Andrew Raimist
http://RaimistArchitecture.com
http://www.Flickr.com/Photos/Raimist
http://Remiss63.Blogspot.com/

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