[M II A II R II K]

Exhibit features futuristic '50s architectural designs


http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20...ctural-designs

The reproductions of drawings that comprise the exhibit “Early Works of Architects Hurtig, Gardner and Froelich,” which opens Thursday, are not only creative and futuristic works from the 1950s, Whitten said, but also impressive pieces of art.

“Just the rendering in and of itself is an art form,” he said, “and these guys mastered that.”

“These guys” are architects John Hurtig, James Gardner and Norman Froelich, once students of the late, internationally known architect Bruce Goff. Their time spent with Goff is the starting point of the exhibit's journey to Florence, one comprised of teachers passing inspiration on to their students.

“Resort on Ocean Cliffs,” an architectural drawing by James Gardner, is on display at the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence as part of the exhibit “Early Works of Architects Hurtig, Gardner and Froelich.”