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Lloyd M. Joshel and
Suzanne Joshel reflected in their lives the changing cultural and social landscape of post World War II era in the United States. Mr. Joshel was a prominent figure in Colorado's Cold War history. Mr. Joshel was born in Geneva, Ill. in 1914 and died in Denver in 1999 at the age of
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Suzanne Joshel was a noted Denver patron of the arts. Ms. Joshel was born in 1921 in Berlin and after attending a year of college in
Germany, her family sent her to London to escape the Nazis. Ms. Joshel met Lloyd Joshel in the United States and married him in 1947. They were divorced in 1994.
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The Joshel House embodies the distinctive characteristics of the
International Style. The Joshel House is devoid of ornament, relying for visual interest, instead, on the materials and on the building’s volume which has been conceived as a cubist composition. The building, which is essentially a
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The Joshel House was nominated for inclusion on the
National Register of Historic Places and was officially entered into the register in on December 28, 1995. The nomination form described the significance of the house as “the best example of a post World War II International Style residence in
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The Joshel House is a distinctive example of the
International Style. The International Style emphasizes the expression of volume rather than mass, balance rather than symmetry, and the absence of ornament. The philosophy underpinning the International Style also promotes, among other things,
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Denver.” At the time of its entry into the register, it was one of only a very few post World War II residences considered eligible for the
National Register. The Joshel House was designated as a City of Denver Landmark on November 10, 1994.
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University of Illinois and University of Ohio, and at Harvard University, Mr. Joshel was a chemist before and during World War II and, later, a business executive. He became the general manager of
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logical design to support building function and truth to materials. The
International Style is rare in residential buildings in Denver, although contemporary commercial examples, including
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cube, is horizontally oriented with ribbon windows, horizontally linked clerestory windows and glass curtain walls. The exterior walls are eave-less. There is a flat roof.
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The house was designed by the husband and wife architecture team of Joseph and Louise Marlow, who designed numerous mid-20th
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in 1964. Mr. Joshel was general manager during a major fire that caused significant damage and contamination to the Rocky Flats facility.
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South facade of Joshel House with Tony Meagar sculpture (since removed to Burns Park, Denver, Colorado)
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