Alfredo De Vido Explained

Alfredo De Vido is an architect and author in New York City.[1] He is known for his residential projects. His work also includes the 1993 renovation of the Queens Theatre in the Park.[2]

Musician Mitch Miller hired him for the Green Briar development in the town of Somers, New York. De Vido's design work was part of the Weekend Utopia: The Modern Beach House on Eastern Long Island, 1960-1973, exhibition at Guild Hall in East Hampton.[3] The book Alfredo De Vido (Ten Houses) by Michael J. Crosbie, Richard J. Wertheimer highlights some of his residential work.

De Vido was the architect for the renovation of the circular Theaterama at Queens Theatre in Park, originally part of Philip Johnson's New York State Pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair. The theatre was once decorated with the artworks including those of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana. The circular theater was converted according to De Vido's plans into the 476-seat Queens Theater in the Park, a wonderful success according to Borough President Claire Shulman of Queens, who said she was an attendee at the 1939 World's Fair (held at the same site) as a little girl.[4]

De Vido's addition of four floors to the Brinckerhoff Carriage House in 1992, a victorian architecture building, was somewhat controversial for destroying the mansard roof. The work was done for the Allen-Stevenson School.[5]

Projects

Publications

A collection of residential projects that is part of the 'Master Architect Series'.[11]

Features 45 richly illustrated, well-researched case studies of houses, stores, and public buildings, each chosen to provide a valuable example of skillful management.

House Design: Art and Practice is a step-by-step overview of all the nuts-and-bolts, human factors, and numerous intangibles that must be successfully orchestrated to produce a good house.

The Ten Houses series makes the most important elements of architectural design available to a large and varied audience. Each infinitely useful volume presents one of the world's foremost architects and features 10 of his or her finest residential works-including presentation, drawings, sketches, and working drawings.

Notes and References

  1. Karen Odom [Going green: Smart design + smart construction = smart...] Jun 7, 2008 Page: G.1 Journal News (White Plains)
  2. News: David W. . Dunlap . A Queens Park's Past Shapes Its Future . August 26, 2001 . RS1 . The New York Times . July 29, 2023.
  3. News: Barbara . Delatiner . When Beach Houses Changed East End . June 20, 1999 . LI11 . The New York Times . July 29, 2023.
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/realestate/a-queens-park-s-past-shapes-its-future.html?pagewanted=3&src=pm A Queens Park's Past Shapes Its Future
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/29/realestate/streetscapes-the-brinckerhoff-carriage-house-the-end-for-a-victorian-gem.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm Streetscapes: The Brinckerhoff Carriage House; The End for a Victorian Gem
  6. News: Alan S. . Oser . Builders Plan 237 Homes in Northern Westchester . September 18, 1981 . B8 . The New York Times . July 29, 2023.
  7. News: Betsy . Brown . 1,200 Town Houses Proposed for Cortlandt – County May Put In Roads or Sewers to Assist Project . March 25, 1984 . RS10 . The New York Times .
  8. News: Shawn G. . Kennedy . New Echoes Old . May 13, 1984 . RS1 . The New York Times . July 29, 2023.
  9. Awards Announced Sep 21, 1980 New York Times
  10. Margaret Tuck A beautiful, practical book on living with solar energy June 27, 1981, page D2 Anchorage Daily News
  11. https://books.google.com/books?id=lMtqMnaafXoC&pg=PA252 Alfredo De Vido

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