George W. Homsey, FAIA (March 14, 1926 - April 29, 2019) was an American architect based in the
San Francisco, California Bay Area. A recipient of a Bachelor of Architecture from the
University of California School of Architecture in 1951, Homsey joined
Joseph Esherick (architect) in 1952 followed by Peter Dodge in 1956 and Chuck Davis in 1962 to form the architectural firm Escherick Homsey Dodge and Davis,
EHDD
Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis (also known as EHDD Architecture) is a United States-based architecture, interiors, planning and urban design firm. EHDD is ranked among the top 20 architecture firms in the San Francisco Bay Area where it is head ...
in 1973. Homsey is committed to creating places and to challenges unique in the urban and sub-urban environment and is considered a master of "weaving and manipulating design decisions into architecture that fits its location". In 2006 he was the recipient of the Maybeck Award for lifetime achievement in architectural design.
Notable buildings with Homsey as design architect
George W. Homsey, FAIA, along with Jim McLane and Tito Patri, FASLA, were among the consultants for "A Sense of Place: Design Guidelines for Yosemite Valley," prepared by the National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, California.
George Homsey and his firm EHDD became known for designing and siting memorable works of
Organic Architecture and worked on numerous important, notable buildings where he was the design architect or partner in charge that have drawn the attention of experts in this style including:
*
Sea Ranch
Sea Ranch is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States that was developed as planned community beginning in the 1960s. It is known for its distinctive timber-frame structures designed by several noted American arc ...
homes of the 1960s
*Rubin House (1961)
*BART Stations (1960–1979)
*Garfield Elementary School (1979)
*Governor's Corner housing, Stanford University (1978)
*Design Guidelines for Yosemite National Park
References
External links
George Homsey: Esherick sidekick is a force of his own in architecture's Third Bay TraditionJoseph Esherick. An architectural practice in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1938-1996 : oral history transcript / 1996A Sense of Place: Design Guidelines for Yosemite National Park
*National Park Service
A Sense of Place (E-book).
1926 births
2019 deaths
Architects from San Francisco
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