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Hugh Tallman Keyes (1888 – 1963) was a noted early to mid 20th-century American architect. He designed grand estates for some of “Detroit’s most important clans” and business magnates (such as Ford, Fisher, Bugas, Scherer, Stroh, Knudsen, and indirectly Taubman, Hermelin, and Caldwell), as well as the families of Michigan Governors. He is considered “one of the most prolific and versatile architects of the period.” ==Career== Keyes studied architecture at Harvard University (where his drawings won an honorable mention in the “Intercollegiate Architecture Competition, the most important event in the collegiate architecture world”) and subsequently worked under architect C. Howard Crane〔(American Architects Directory ). '' R.R. Bowker (American Institute of Architects)''. First edition, 1956.〕 and was an associate of Albert Kahn (“the foremost industrial architect of the United States”)—where he worked on Kahn’s “signature project” the Neo-Renaissance Detroit Athletic Club. Keyes also graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy〔 and served as an ensign in the Navy during World War I and as a major in the Army during World War II.〔 He travelled extensively in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland,〔 all of which influenced the development of his architectural style. Keyes opened his own office in Detroit in 1921,〔 and his career spanned the roaring twenties, the Great Depression, and into the post war boom mid-century modern period. Keyes’s style ranged from Tudor Revival (the most ubiquitous style in the early 20th-century metropolitan area) to rustic Swiss chalets, but he is most noted for the Georgian/Palladian and symmetrical bow-fronted wings, wrought iron balconies, and hipped roofs (often with parapets or mansards) of the related Regency style of architecture. Keyes’s houses were known for being “built for the ages” (typically of “concrete and steel construction”) and devoid of frills or affectation, his “free use of classical forms” done “without trickery or ostentation.” Keyes’s designs often included glass-walled conservatories, exploiting natural light from hillsides or lakesides. He was one of the Detroit architects that frequently employed architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci to embellish his designs.〔Kvaran & Lockey, ''A Field Guide to Architectural Sculpture in America'', unpublished manuscript〕 Keyes played an active role in the creation of the Cranbrook Institute of Science in 1933 (in the vicinity of which he would create many residences), and was one of its original honorary members. Commenting on the technological and aesthetic trend in modern architecture, Keyes observed: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh T. Keyes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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