William Bernoudy

William Adair Bernoudy (1910–1988) was an American architect.

William Bernoudy
Born1910
St. Louis, Missouri
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis

Bernoudy was born in St. Louis where he attended the Washington University in St. Louis School of Architecture (now Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.[1][2] He studied under Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1930s.[3] He is noted for the many modernist homes and public buildings he designed, mostly in the St. Louis area. The heyday of his work was in the 1950s.[4]

The William A. Bernoudy Residency in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome is named in his honor.

In fall of 2019, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts of Washington University in St. Louis dedicated its new William A. Bernoudy Architecture Studio following a $1.5 million gift from the Gertrude & William A. Bernoudy Foundation. Located within Anabeth and John Weil Hall, under construction as part of the university’s east end transformation project, the 6,580-square-foot studio will provide facilities for the school’s Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design.[2]

He died in 1988.[3]

Buildings (selected)

Further reading
  • Overby, Osmund (1991). William Adair Bernoudy, Architect: Bringing the Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright to St. Louis. University of Missouri Press.
  • http://www.stlouisarchitecture.org/pdf/BernoudyLocations.pdf

References
  1. "William Adair "Billy" Bernoudy, 1910–1988". St. Louise Genealogical Society. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. "'A harmonious part of a greater whole' | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. Duffy, Robert W. (13 October 2002). "Retelling of Temple Emanuel story starts with Bernoudy-Mutrux-Bauer". St. Louis Post - Dispatch. p. 8.
  4. Brainerd, Alan E. (August 30, 2012). "In Fine Style: William Bernoudy". Ladue News. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  5. http://creve-coeur.org/DocumentCenter/View/4510
  6. "'A harmonious part of a greater whole' | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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