Andrew Geller
| Andrew Geller | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Andrew Michael Geller April 17, 1924 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | December 25, 2011 (aged 87) Syracuse, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Elizabeth Reese House (1955) Pearlroth House (1958) Esquire Weekend House Leisurama |
Andrew Michael Geller (April 17, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York – December 25, 2011 in Syracuse, New York) was an American architect, painter, and graphic designer. He is widely known for his uninhibited, sculptural beach houses in the coastal regions of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut during the 1950s and '60s, as well as for his indirect role in the 1959 Kitchen Debate between Richard Nixon (then Vice President) and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, which began at an exhibit Geller had helped design for the American National Exhibition in Moscow.
Geller worked with the prominent firm of American industrial and graphic designer Raymond Loewy where his projects ranged widely—from the design of shopping centers and department stores across the United States, to the Windows on the World restaurant atop the World Trade Center and the logo of New York-based department store Lord & Taylor.
After designing a beach house for Loewy's director of public relations, Geller was featured in the New York Times and began receiving notoriety for his own work. Between 1955 and 1974, Geller produced a series of modest but distinctive vacation homes, many published in popular magazines including Life, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire.
On his death in 2011, the New York Times said Geller "helped bring modernism to the masses."
It’s one of the first lessons I ever was taught. The thing you produce ought to be compatible with what’s there. It should live with it both in scale and some sort of human factor.
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