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Irving Foster Morrow (September 22, 1884 – October 28, 1952) was an American architect best known for designing the Golden Gate Bridge. Early life [ edit ] He was born and raised in Oakland, California , the son of Susie (née Kirkman) and James Alexander Morrow, who was the president of a metal works in Oakland.
Irving Morrow romanticized the Golden Gate long before he became a consulting architect on the bridge that would span it. The narrow strait, he wrote in 1919, "is caressed by breezes from the blue ...
Bridge Lighting. Consulting Architect, Irving F. Morrow, wrote Report on Color and Lighting to Chief Engineer, Joseph B. Strauss, on April 6, 1935. In his report, he indicated that the two most important factors in lighting the Golden Gate Bridge were the enormous size of the project and the tremendous scale and dignity of the project.
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Apr 26, 2011 · The color came about thanks to Irving Morrow, the Golden Gate's consulting architect, who noticed the striking reddish-orange primer painted on some of the steel. Morrow designed the bridge's ...
- Susan Stamberg
Feb 14, 2022 · Morrow possessed a genuinely unique perspective on the 3-mile strait that splits San Francisco from the Headlands, called the Golden Gate — wherein the bridge earned its name.
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the world’s largest examples of the Art Deco style. Named for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925, the Art Deco style was used by architect Irving Morrow to add aesthetic touches throughout the Bridge. These include chevron or beveled shapes and an ...
