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Donald Macdonald

Donald Macdonald is one of the famous American architects. Originally born in Canada, but for decades has been practicing architecture with his firm in San Francisco, California. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and short after got a master’s degree in Architecture from Columbia University. After graduation, he began working at multiple private firms in California. While working, he taught at the University of California in Berkeley for a short period of time right before starting his own practice in San Francisco area. Throughout his career he has engaged in high-rise buildings, residential homes, and even designed an earthquake bed. But mainly, Donald Macdonald and his firm are most known for designing iconic bridges throughout the US. In year 2013 Donald Macdonald was published in “Public Radio Tulsa” as a guest architect for one of his more recent bridge designs. In this article, ”The Art of the Bridge: A Conversation with Donald MacDonald, the Noted Bridge Architect” the publisher talks about the beauty and the iconic status that this bridge will create even before it was built. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is the world’s largest single tower, self-anchored suspended bridge of its kind. (2013, RICH FISHER)

Herb Greene

Born in Oneonta, New York, Herb Greene started his educational career at Syracuse University in New York and later transferred to the University of Oklahoma to pursue his passion in Architecture. At the time, Bruce Goff was the head of the Architecture College. Herb Greene began working for Bruce Goff as an apprentice in Bartlesville, Oklahoma as he was progressing through his educational career, producing many breathtaking renderings and artistic drawings while working in the office. Under Goff’s principals of design, Greene was familiarized with the importance of clear communication between the client and the architect, and therefore, regulating the outcome of the design process in an elegant and organic manner. Right after Goff’s departure, Greene started teaching Architecture as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma between 1957-1963, hoping to continue on the footsteps of his mentor and Goff’s crucial teaching guidelines. While residing in Oklahoma, Greene engaged in a handful of commercial, residential and community projects. (Lynda Schwan Ozan)

Works Cited

Fisher, Rich. “The Art of the Bridge: A Conversation with Donald MacDonald, the Noted Bridge Architect.” Public Radio Tulsa, 24 July 2013, www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/art-bridge-conversation-donald-macdonald-noted-bridge-architect.

Schwan Ozan, Lynda. “GREENE, HERB (1929).” Cheyenne, Southern | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GR038.