Dean Vollendorf, Architect
Dean Bryant Vollendorf – 1929 – 2008
Education:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Academic Appointments:
1960 – 1963 – Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina
Lectured in Naples, Rome, and Prague
1996 – Retrospective of his work, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina
1996 – Exhibitor and Lecturer when he lived at “Suntop,” Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona
Firms:
Edgar A. Stubenraush and Associates, Wisconsin
John Randal McDonald, Gainesville, Florida
Military Service:
Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska
Influences:
Vollendorf believed that Frank Lloyd Wright, Mie van der Rohe and Le Corbusier were the three icons of architecture.
Honors:
1956 – Pierson Prize for Outstanding Thesis, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Vollendorf’s curving “Bayweep” design was New Home Guides’ best selling plan in the magazine’s history
Notable Works:
1960 – Shores Animal Hospital, NW 13th Street, Gainesville, Florida,
1962 – Bejano Residence, West Hills Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
1965 – Vollendorf Residence, Norman, Oklahoma
Archives:
A body of his work is housed at Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma