1. Gordon Bernie Kaufmann was an English-born American architect mostly known for his work on the Hoover Dam.
10 Facts About Gordon Kaufmann
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On 19 March 1888, Kaufmann was born in Forest Hill, London, England.
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Gordon Kaufmann attended Whitgift School in South Croydon, and went on to graduate from the London Polytechnic Institute, circa 1908.
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Gordon Kaufmann then moved to Vancouver in British Columbia, where he spent the next six years.
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Gordon Kaufmann was the initial architect for Scripps College, a liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California.
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Later in his career, Gordon Kaufmann worked primarily in the Art Deco style, with a personal emphasis on massively thick, streamlined concrete walls which gave his buildings a very distinctive appearance.
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Gordon Kaufmann's work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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In 1914, Gordon Kaufmann moved to California and settled in Fresno, California.
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On 1 March 1949, Gordon Kaufmann died in Los Angeles California.
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Gordon Kaufmann is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California.