Karl Kamrath Explained

Karl Kamrath
Birth Date:25 April 1911
Birth Place:Enid, Oklahoma
Death Place:Houston, Texas
Education:Bachelor of Architecture, 1934[1]
Alma Mater:University of Texas
Occupation:Architect
Spouse:Eugenie Sampson (1934-1975), Gardina McCarthy (1977-1988)

Karl Kamrath (April 25, 1911 – January 29, 1988) was an American architect and tennis player. He, along with Frederick James MacKie, Jr., created the Houston-based architectural firm Mackie and Kamrath. The firm's buildings reflected the principles of Organic Architecture and Usonian architecture, an outcome of Kamrath's friendship with Frank Lloyd Wright.[2] His career spanned over five decades during which he designed residential, commercial, institutional and government buildings.[3] Prior to founding MacKie and Kamrath, Karl Kamrath worked for Pereira and Pereira, the Interior Studios of Marshall Field and Company, and the Architectural Decorating Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Karl Fred Kamrath was born in Enid, Oklahoma to Gottlieb Albert and Martha Kreplin Kamrath on April 25, 1911. While still a child, Kamrath's family moved to Austin, Texas. Throughout his life, Kamrath was an avid tennis player, and married fellow tennis player Eugenie Sampson on June 27, 1934, while they both singles quarterfinalists in the Cincinnati Open.[4] That same year that he graduated the University of Texas with a Bachelor's degree in architecture. In 1955, Karl Kamrath was elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), an organization he was affiliated with since 1939. He became the Houston AIA chapter president in 1960 and acted as the chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial Committee from 1960 to 1962. He was inducted into the University of Texas Longhorn Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984.[5]

Major Buildings

References

  1. http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1022992.aspx Karl Fred Kamrath (1911-1988)
  2. Miller, Scott Reagan, "Wright", The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath, Rice University, 1993, pg 16-27
  3. Miller, Scott Reagan, "Chronological List of Works", The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath, Rice University, 1993, pg 193-237
  4. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fka15 Kamrath, Karl Fred
  5. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/00065/aaa-00065.html Karl Kamrath Archive, University of Texas at Austin
  6. Web site: Houston MOD - Building Detail . www.houstonmod.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724194013/http://www.houstonmod.org/bldg_detail.asp?id=5&by=arch&seled=MacKie%20and%20Kamrath . 2011-07-24.
  7. Web site: Mackie and Kamrath: Three Ecclesiastical Venues «.
  8. Web site: New Energy Research Park . 2009-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084247/http://cincoranch.uh.edu/magazine/09f/features/energy/index.php . 2011-07-20 . dead .
  9. Miller, Scott Reagan, The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath, Rice University, 1993
  10. Web site: 6421 Camp Bowie - Fort Worth, Texas.
  11. Web site: City of Houston eGovernment Center . www.houstontx.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080930235925/http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/graggpark.html . 2008-09-30.
  12. Web site: Houston MOD - Building Detail . www.houstonmod.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724194034/http://www.houstonmod.org/bldg_detail.asp?id=97&by=arch&seled=MacKie%20and%20Kamrath . 2011-07-24.
  13. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119143213/http://www.americanheritage.org/Houston_House___Home_Article.pdf . 2008-11-19 . dead .

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