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Kenneth Maynard | |
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| Born | August 16, 1931 |
| Died | March 5, 2020 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Institute of Architects |
| Practice | Schultz/Maynard; Kenneth Maynard; Maynard & Wirum; Kenneth Maynard & Associates; Maynard/NBBJ Alaska; Maynard & Partch; USKH |
Kenneth Maynard FAIA (1931–2020) was an American architect in practice in Anchorage, Alaska from 1965 to 2011.
Life and career[edit]
Kenneth Douglas Maynard was born August 16, 1931 in Hackensack, New Jersey to Douglas Harry Maynard and Eva (Whiting) Maynard, South Africans who moved to the United States during the depression. The family returned to South Africa a few years later, and Maynard was raised and educated in Johannesburg. After finishing school he worked as a drafter for mining company Anglo American plc and for architects Moross & Graff and Pearse, Aneck-Hahn & Bristol in Johannesburg. He received his architectural education at the University of Natal in Durban, graduating with a certificate in architecture in 1958. In 1960 Maynard moved to Anchorage, Alaska, following his brother who had moved there four years earlier. There he joined the office of Manley & Mayer, moving to the local office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1961. In 1962 he joined Crittenden, Cassetta, Wirum & Jacobs, the leading firm in the region. Prior to this, Maynard and his wife had considered the move to Alaska as temporary, but permanently settled there in that year.
In 1965 Maynard left Crittenden and in partnership with Lawrance T. Schultz, a coworker from the FAA, he formed the firm of Schultz/Maynard, architects. In association with Kirk, Wallace & McKinley, Schultz/Maynard were the architects of the first section of the Anchorage Museum, opened in 1968. Schultz and Maynard dissolved their partnership the same year,[1] and Maynard practiced under his own name until 1971, when he formed the firm of Maynard & Wirum with Harold Wirum, another former Crittenden associate. Wirum left in 1974 and firm was succeeded by Kenneth Maynard & Associates. In 1976 the firm entered into a three-year association with Naramore, Bain, Brady, and Johanson, known as Maynard/NBBJ Alaska. He disliked the lack of autonomy and dissolved the association in 1978. He then formed Maynard & Partch in partnership with his chief associate, Harold Partch. This was Maynard's longest-lasting partnership, lasting until 1996, when they agreed to an acquisition by USKH. Maynard was a principal in the firm until his retirement in 2011.
Maynard joined the American Institute of Architects in 1965 as a member of the Alaska chapter. He served in several chapter leadership roles, including president in 1969.[1] He was elected a Fellow in 1984.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Maynard was married in 1956 to Myrna James in Johannesburg, and they had two children, a son and a daughter, both born in South Africa. Myrna Maynard was well known as a political activist in Alaska and in later life was dubbed "Ms. Republican."[3] She died April 18, 2019 followed by her husband March 5, 2020.[4]
Maynard house built on Forest Park Drive in 1971.[5]
Architectural works[edit]
- National Bank of Alaska headquarters,[a] 415 E St, Anchorage, Alaska (1963, altered)[1]
- Anchorage Museum,[b] 625 C St, Anchorage, Alaska (1966–68, 1973–74 and 1984–86)[6]
- Hotel Captain Cook expansion, 939 W Fifth Ave, Anchorage, Alaska (1972)[6]
- Kodiak College campus and buildings, Kodiak, Alaska (1972 et seq.)[7]
- Whaley School, 2220 Nichols St, Anchorage, Alaska (1972)[6]
- Baxter Elementary School, 2991 Baxter Rd, Anchorage, Alaska (1973)[8]
- United States Post Office, 3721 B St, Anchorage, Alaska (1975)[4]
- CIRI Building, 2525 C St, Anchorage, Alaska (1976–77)[6]
- Dale Street Clinic, 4001 Dale St, Anchorage, Alaska (1979)[4]
- Ocean View Elementary School, 11911 Johns Rd, Anchorage, Alaska (1980)[4]
- Brady Building, 1031 W Fourth Ave, Anchorage, Alaska (1981–82)[9]
- Charter North Hospital (former), 2530 DeBarr Rd, Anchorage, Alaska (1983)[4]
- Tikiġaq School, 1837 Tikigaq Ave, Point Hope, Alaska (no date)[4]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Maynard, Kenneth Douglas" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 610.
- ^ https://aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHDAA/pages/35760538/ahd1028979
- ^ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/adn/name/myrna-maynard-obituary?id=14335255
- ^ a b c d e f https://obituaries.adn.com/adportal/listingView.html?id=422
- ^ Alaska Industry 3, no. 2 (February, 1971): 79.
- ^ a b c d Alison K. Hoagland, Buildings of Alaska (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993)
- ^ Alaska Industry 3, no. 12 (December, 1971): 84.
- ^ Alaska Industry 5, no. 6 (June, 1973): 48.
- ^ Flip Todd, "Private jobs to take up slack" in Alaska Industry 13, no. 4 (April, 1981): 30.