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145: 31: 369: 167:, he established a short-lived satellite office of his father's firm in New York City in 1937, and took over the main office in 1946. Renaming the firm to John Graham & Company, the firm expanded a relatively modest regional practice to an office with national presence. It was ultimately responsible for over a thousand commissions. 106:, in 1896, he immigrated to the United States in 1900, starting a one-man architectural practice in Seattle. He started off modestly, designing mainly industrial-related buildings and private residences. His first notable project was designing the reconstruction of the 121:, he designed more than 30 of Ford's assembly plants between 1912 and 1940. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, he would design hundreds of commercial and public buildings in the Seattle area including the 711: 716: 317: 611:
The architectural firm of Graham & Bodley has dissolved. Alfred Bodley withdrawing while John Graham will continue the business under his own name.
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Their primary focus was commercial projects. Many were straightforward mid-century modernist office towers, such as San Francisco's 1967
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tower. But Graham was also responsible for early development of the enclosed shopping mall genre, notably Seattle's
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The firm was responsible for many Seattle landmarks and a number of significant structures nationwide, including the
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with David J. Myers in 1906. He would work with Myers until 1910. As architect for the
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in Detroit by four years. The firm would go on to design seventy malls nationwide.
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He retired from architecture in 1945 and died on March 20, 1955, while on tour in
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in 1873. He apprenticed as an architect in England as a young man. First visiting
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After a brief partnership with Alfred Bodley in 1904, Graham founded the firm of
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at Eight Avenue and James Street in 1902 after it had been damaged by fire.
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design standards and aerospace theme established by supervising architect
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Ala Moana Office Building, Honolulu, 23 floors, including the first
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in Honolulu in 1961, and was awarded a patent for the idea in 1964.
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Tacoma Municipal Building (Medical Arts Building), 17 floors, 1931
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The following structures are in Seattle unless otherwise noted:
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The Decatur, Seattle, residential building, 13 floors, 1950
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The authorship of Graham's single most prominent work, the
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on May 19, 1986, and the name saw full deletion in 1998.
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Stanley Piper 25: 680:Decatur First Hill Condominiums 656:Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce 520:Henry M. Jackson Federal Building 470:Financial District, San Francisco 251:Bellingham National Bank Building 297:Montague & McHugh Building, 524:Bassetti/Norton/Metler/Rekevics 270:flagship store, 10 floors, 1918 230:Trinity Episcopal Parish Church 332:U.S. Marine Hospital, now the 323:The Roosevelt, 20 floors, 1929 304:Hotel Georgia, 12 floors, 1927 1: 592:John Graham & Associates 535:ABC Building, 33 floors, 1976 416:College Grove Shopping Center 294:John Winthrop, 5 floors, 1925 86:The firm was merged into the 56:, by English-born architect 46:John Graham & Associates 738: 692:John Graham & Company 412:in the United States, 1960 359:, 80,000 square feet, 1931 424:, an element of the 1962 211:Ala Moana Shopping Center 176:Northgate Shopping Center 163:. After graduating from 52:firm, founded in 1900 in 42:John Graham & Company 456:Yorkdale Shopping Centre 151:(left), adjacent to the 98:John Graham was born in 722:Architects from Seattle 607:The Seattle Daily Times 329:Hartford Building, 1929 522:, (joint venture with 440:Moorestown, New Jersey 397:Peabody, Massachusetts 373: 334:Pacific Medical Center 299:Bellingham, Washington 274:Dexter Horton Building 264:Frederick & Nelson 255:Bellingham, Washington 228:reconstruction of the 156: 123:Frederick & Nelson 38: 628:23 Mar. 1955. Pg. 44. 564:Clackamas Town Center 426:Century 21 Exposition 371: 242:Pierre P. Ferry House 195:Century 21 Exposition 147: 108:Trinity Parish Church 33: 545:Southern Union Tower 410:revolving restaurant 372:The Ilikai, Honolulu 310:flagship store, now 236:Butterworth Building 203:revolving restaurant 508:Rochester, New York 357:Kenmore, Washington 353:St. Edward Seminary 161:Seattle, Washington 104:Seattle, Washington 77:Rochester, New York 54:Seattle, Washington 48:was the name of an 554:Lloyd Center Tower 526:), 37 floors, 1974 486:Bethesda, Maryland 476:Holiday Park Plaza 430:Victor Steinbrueck 374: 191:Victor Steinbrueck 157: 119:Ford Motor Company 115:Graham & Myers 100:Liverpool, England 39: 560:, 20 floors, 1981 547:, 20 floors, 1980 541:, 33 floors, 1976 510:, 27 floors, 1973 478:, 16 floors, 1967 472:, 43 floors, 1967 405:, 12 floors, 1958 346:, 22 floors, 1930 344:Exchange Building 276:, 14 floors, 1924 16:(Redirected from 729: 696: 690: 684: 678: 672: 671: 664: 658: 649: 643: 638: 629: 620: 614: 613: 602: 596: 590: 568:Portland, Oregon 558:Portland, Oregon 514:901 Fifth Avenue 448:Hotel, Waikiki, 432:(disputed), 1962 314:, 7 floors, 1928 301:, 5 floors, 1927 282:, 3 floors, 1924 180:Northland Center 21: 18:John Graham, Sr. 737: 736: 732: 731: 730: 728: 727: 726: 702: 701: 700: 699: 691: 687: 679: 675: 666: 665: 661: 650: 646: 639: 632: 621: 617: 604: 603: 599: 591: 587: 582: 498:Ala Moana Hotel 482:Montgomery Mall 436:Moorestown Mall 393:Northshore Mall 389:, Houston, 1956 366: 222: 201:. 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John Graham, Sr.

Space Needle
architectural
Seattle, Washington
Space Needle
Chase Tower
Rochester, New York
Westin Seattle
DLR Group
Liverpool, England
Seattle, Washington
Trinity Parish Church
Ford Motor Company
Frederick & Nelson
Nordstrom
Hong Kong

44 Montgomery
Hobart Building
Seattle, Washington
Yale University
44 Montgomery
Northgate Shopping Center
Northland Center
Space Needle
Victor Steinbrueck
Century 21 Exposition
Paul Thiry
revolving restaurant

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