I.M. Pei Mid-Century Modern Architect When Ieoh Ming Pei left Canton, China for the United States in 1935, his American journey began in Philadelphia. The 17-year-old enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania to study architecture, but Penn’s strict adherence...
Robert A. M. Stern Mid-Century Modern Architect Robert A. M. Stern (1939–2025)Robert A. M. Stern was an American architect, educator, and writer whose career spanned more than five decades. Known for blending classical inspiration with contemporary needs, his work...
Richard Neutra Mid-Century Modern Architect Born in Vienna in 1892, Richard Neutra studied under the provocative Adolf Loos, among others, before emigrating from Europe to the U.S. in 1923. Said to have been in awe of Frank Lloyd Wright, Neutra actually worked under...
Robert McElroy Mid-Century Modern Architect Bob McElroy was a pioneering architect and builder whose innovative designs transformed the Philadelphia suburbs from the late 1950s through the 1970s. Born and raised in Drexel Hill and Upper Darby, McElroy’s deep...
Emil A Schmidlin Mid-Century Modern Architect Emil A. Schmidlin was a pioneering modernist architect whose innovative designs helped define postwar American residential architecture, particularly in the Northeast. Born in Switzerland around 1907, Schmidlin immigrated...
