Walter Netsch
Architect
1920 – 2008
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Who was Walter Netsch?
Walter A. Netsch, was an American architect based in Chicago. He was most closely associated with the brutalist style of architecture as well as with the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. His signature aesthetic is known as Field Theory and is based on rotating squares into complex shapes. He may be best known as the lead designer for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and its famous Cadet Chapel. The Cadet Area at the Academy was named a National Historic Landmark in 2004. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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- Born
- Feb 23, 1920
Chicago - Spouses
- Dawn Clark Netsch
(1963 - )
- Dawn Clark Netsch
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Employment
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Died
- Jun 15, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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