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Harry Harmer Gesner (April 28, 1925 – June 10, 2022) was an American architect from California. Gesner principally designed houses in the Los Angeles area, especially along the coast in Malibu. Following service in the US Army during World War II, Gesner was a self-taught architect.
Jun 23, 2022 · Harry Gesner, the dashing, surf-loving architect whose soaring designs celebrated California’s dramatic landscape in houses that straddled canyons, perched over beaches and cantilevered from...
Jun 14, 2022 · (Steven Lippman) Gesner died in the seaside home he designed for himself and his family: an idiosyncratic structure known as the Sandcastle, which inhabited the same Malibu cove as the Wave...
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Jun 16, 2022 · California architect and surfer Harry Gesner drew inspiration from the ocean to create homes. At Malibu’s Wave House, perhaps his most famous design, soaring, copper-clad roof structures resemble cresting waves.
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Jun 14, 2022 · Harry Gesner, California architect in tune with nature, dies at 97. By Harrison Smith. June 14, 2022 at 11:02 a.m. EDT. California architect Harry Gesner designed dozens of homes, often finding...
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Harry Gesner, the dashing, surf-loving architect whose soaring designs celebrated California’s dramatic landscape in houses that straddled canyons, perched over beaches and cantilevered from cliffs, died on June 10 at his home in Malibu, California, a whorl of a place called the Sandcastle.
Jun 14, 2022 · Los Angeles’ architectural community is mourning the death of a legendary figure in its storied history of residential design after reports that Wave House architect Harry Gesner passed away Friday, June 10 at his Malibu home following a battle with cancer.
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