Victor Alfred Lundy (born February 1, 1923) is an American architect. An exemplar of

modernist architecture Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that form ...

, he was one of the leaders of the

Sarasota School of Architecture The Sarasota School of Architecture, sometimes called Sarasota Modern, is a regional style of post-war modern architecture (1941–1966) that emerged on Florida's Central West Coast, in and around the city of Sarasota, Florida. It is characterize ...

. His Warm Mineral Springs Motel, outside Warm Mineral Springs, Florida, is listed in the

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. He was honored by the Smithsonian on his 90th birthday in 2013. A film on his life and work, entitled "Victor Lundy: Sculptor of Space" was premiered by the GSA on February 25, 2014. Missing from the list of works: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Sanctuary from 1968, next to the Fellowship Hall. It is if poured in place concrete building with a steel cable and wood deck roof.

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* Drive-In Church, Venice, FL (1954). Demolished. * Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce (Pagoda Building), Sarasota, FL (1956) * South Gate Community Center, Sarasota, FL (1956) * Alta Vista Elementary School, a.k.a. The "Butterfly Wing," Sarasota, FL (1957) * Joe Barth Insurance Office oday, Murray Homes Sarasota, FL (1957) * Herron House, Venice, FL (1957) * Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church, Sarasota, FL (1957) * Waldman Building, 533 S. US 301 (1958) * Warm Mineral Springs Motel, North Port, FL (1958) * St. Paul's Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, Sarasota, FL (1958) * Galloway Furniture Showroom, Sarasota, FL oday, Visionworks(1959) * "Bubble Pavilions" for the New York World's Fair of 1964–65 (The Brass Rail Snack Bars) * Church of the Resurrection Harlem, New York City (1966) Demolished. * First Unitarian Church, Westport, CT (1960) * United States Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1961-1985) * Sierra Blanca (New Mexico)

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Ski Resort Lodge (1961) * Hillspoint Elementary School, Westport CT (1962) *Unitarian Meeting House, Hartford, CT (1964) * IBM Garden State Office, Cranford, NJ (1965) * Lundy Residence in Aspen, Colorado (1972) * U.S. Tax Court Building, Washington, DC (completed 1974) * Austin Centre, Austin, Texas (1986) * One Congress Plaza, Austin, Texas (1987)

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