Bruce Goff
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Bruce Alonzo Goff (June 8, 1904 – August 4, 1982) was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere.
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Born | Bruce Alonzo Goff (1904-06-08)June 8, 1904 Alton, Kansas, US |
Died | August 4, 1982(1982-08-04) (aged 78) Tyler, Texas, US |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | AIA Twenty-five Year Award (1987) |
Practice | Tulsa, Oklahoma Chicago, Illinois Norman, Oklahoma Bartlesville, OK |
Buildings | Bachman House Bavinger House Ruth VanSickle Ford House Ledbetter House Pavilion for Japanese Art Glen Mitchell House |
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A 1951 Life magazine article stated that Goff was "one of the few US architects whom Frank Lloyd Wright considers creative...scorns houses that are ‘boxes with little holes."[1]