Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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This blog is a celebration of my father and his architectural designs. Don Erickson was an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 through 1951, after which Don established his own architectural practice in the Chicago area. Don was born on August 29, 1927; he died on October 24, 2006. Copyrights reserved.
Retrospective
Tour the Architect's Home
Inside the Architect's Home
Don's First Architectural Creation - Now Listed for Sale
House of the Rising Sun
About Me
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- Don Erickson - Brief Bio: Architect AIA; architecture student 1947-48 University of Illinois. Private practice since 1951. Richard Erickson, chief draftsman, 1954-1992; partnership with Dennis Stevens, 1962-1992 (Erickson & Stevens, Inc.). Work includes houses, Indian Lakes Resort (Bloomfield, IL) Coconut Cove Hotel (Negril, Jamaica) and in Des Plaines Jefferson-Pearson Building, 1st National Bank, Mall. National awards and publication. Lecturer 1969-72 North Illinois University, De Kalb.
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About the Architect
- AIA Directory of Architects
- AIA Guide to Chicago (See #59 Bird Cage Apartments)
- Archinet - Circular Houses
- Architettura Orangica
- Association of Licensed Architects
- Award Winning Circular Home
- Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond
- Chicago Tribune Obituary
- Enjoy Tourism - Illinois
- Frank Lloyd Wright Site Features Don's Home
- Gustafson House Faces the Wrecking Ball
- Hilton Hotel and Hexagons
- Illinois Landmarks (Architect Don Erickson)
- Indian Lakes Hilton Hotel
- Indian Lakes Resort & Architectural Dreams
- Indian Lakes Resort and Hilton Renovation
- Indian Lakes Resort on BevX.com
- Kebyar Magazine
- Modern Property (Joe Kunkel)
- Not PC - Three Houses by Don Erickson
- On the Fox - Indian Lakes Resort
- Passings: They Gave Us Strength and Soul
- Proviso East High School - Notable Alumnii
- Round Houses
- Star Power
- Taliesin Apprentices in the 1940's
- The Care of Trees - Wauconda Bank
- The Geometry of Wright
- The Journal of Taliesin Fellows (see Issue 24, Spring 1999)
- The Singer Bowl
- U of Illinois "Band of Brothers"
