13 Facts About Landis Gores

Landis Gores was an American architect, born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Landis Gores took part in a top-secret operation known as Ultra, which broke the code of the German high command.

Landis Gores continued on in the United States Army Reserve at the rank of Major.

Landis Gores helped Johnson on Early Miesian inspired houses which included the Booth House, the Rockefeller townhouse, the MOMA garden, and the famous Glass House.

In 1951 Johnson and Landis Gores parted professionally, and on November 1 Landis Gores opened his own architectural practice, a date that corresponded with the birth of his fourth child.

In 1954, only three years later, Landis Gores was stricken with polio.

Landis Gores was initially confined to an iron lung and for the rest of his life and doctors informed him that his physical activities would be severely restricted.

Also, like many other modern architects of the time period, Landis Gores included large amounts of natural light by incorporating grand glass windows into his building designs.

Landis Gores was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius's embracement of the International Movement.

Landis Gores visited Gropius's buildings as a student so as to fully appreciate the works of art that Gropius constructed.

Landis Gores had no contact with Philip Johnson in the last years of his life, but Johnson nonetheless admired his fellow architect.

Landis Gores was hired to design the building as a pool house and personal escape lodge for prominent lawyer John Irwin and his wife Jane Watson, daughter of the founder of IBM.

Landis Gores is known for the Van Doren Hospital and Strathmore Village in Fairfield, Connecticut, as well as the middle school and science buildings of the New Canaan Country Day School.