Taylor Hardwick
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Taylor Hardwick in 2008
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| Born |
July 15, 1925 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 27, 2014 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Russell (1950-1977; divorced) Gay Leslie Mackendrick (1977-2006; her death) Jo Holland Alexander (2008- 2014; his death) |
| Children | Marjory Wells (born 1953) Taylor Junior (1954-2004) |
| Parent(s) | Marjorie & Gordon Hardwick |
| Awards | House & Home Award of Merit Florida AIA Design Honor Award H.J. Klutho Lifetime achievement Award |
| Practice | Hardwick & Lee |
| Buildings | Haydon Burns Library |
| Projects |
Friendship Park The 1661 Building The Fletcher Building |
Taylor Hardwick (July 15, 1925 – September 27, 2014) was an American architect, interior designer, filmmaker, and educator who designed hundreds of buildings throughout northeast Florida, predominantly in and near the city of Jacksonville.
Hardwick's photographs have been the subject of several one-man shows and he produced fourteen 16 mm films. He taught the study of Josef Albers color theory at Jacksonville University. In 1959, Hardwick opened Jacksonville's first modern furniture showroom, The Atrium, and in 1962, he co-founded the Group Gallery, the first Contemporary art exhibition space in Jacksonville.
Born in 1925 and raised in suburban Philadelphia, Taylor was third of four children of Marjorie and Gordon Hardwick, an insurance executive. Taylor graduated from The Asheville School in 1943. Taylor then attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, where he received a bachelor's degree and Masters of Architecture in 1947. After finishing his education, he married Louise Russell. The couple had two children: Marjory Wells, born in 1953; and Taylor Junior, born in 1954. The couple divorced in 1977 and he married Gay Leslie Mackendrick in 1979. They were married until her death in 2006. In 2008 he married Jo Holland Alexander, who survives him. His son, Taylor Hardwick, Jr. died in 2004.
Hardwick moved to Jacksonville in 1949 and spent three years working at the firm W. Kenyon Drake & Associates before opening his own architectural design practice. In 1952 he partnered with fellow architect W. Mayberry Lee to form the firm Hardwick & Lee Architects. In late 1968 the partnership was dissolved and Taylor reverted to solo practice until his retirement in 2001. W. Mayberry Lee died in 1971. During his 50-year career, Hardwick designed more than 150 custom houses, five high schools, five elementary schools and a classroom building at the University of Florida. He created dozens of commercial buildings, including the Fletcher Building in Riverside, now known as the Physicians Insurance Company. The variety of styles present in the work of Hardwick and Lee can often make it difficult to classify. In recent years the label Mid-Century modern has been applied to the work of Hardwick & Lee and many of their prominent contemporaries.
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