Michael Middleton Dwyer
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Michael Middleton Dwyer is an architect
practicing in New York City
known for renovating historic structures and designing new ones in traditional vocabularies. He is also a writer of architectural history who was the editor of Great Houses of the Hudson River (2001) and author of Carolands (2006).
(M.Arch 1979).
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
practicing in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
known for renovating historic structures and designing new ones in traditional vocabularies. He is also a writer of architectural history who was the editor of Great Houses of the Hudson River (2001) and author of Carolands (2006).
Education
Dwyer graduated from Columbia College (A.B. 1975) where he studied with the architect Robert A.M. Stern. He also received a degree in architecture from the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(M.Arch 1979).
Architectural works
- 35 Meter Cruising Yacht (1995).
- Eleanor RooseveltEleanor RooseveltAnna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international...
Memorial, Riverside ParkRiverside Park (Manhattan)Riverside Park is a scenic waterfront public park on the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The park consists of a narrow four-mile strip of land between the Hudson River and the gently...
, New York; Penelope Jencks, sculptor; Bruce Kelly/David Varnell, landscape architects; Michael M. Dwyer, architect (1996). - Cosmopolitan ClubCosmopolitan Club (New York)The Cosmopolitan Club is a private social club on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Located at 122 East 66th Street, east of Park Avenue, it was founded as a women's club and remains a club exclusively for women to this day...
, New York; Thomas Harlan EllettThomas Harlan Ellett-Early Life and Education:Thomas Harlan Ellett was born at Red Oak, Iowa on September 2, 1880. Ellett was educated at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago and at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Architecture...
, original architect (1932); Michael M. Dwyer, consulting architect (1996–2006). - Edgewater Guesthouse, Barrytown, New York (1997).
- Synod of Bishops (originally Francis F. Palmer house; then George F. Baker Jr. house), 75 East 93rd St., New York; Delano & Aldrich, original architect (1918); Michael M. Dwyer, restoration architect (1998).
- Longview house, Southampton, NY (2000).
- Allen house, Greenwich, CT (2001).
Written works
- Dwyer, Michael Middleton. CarolandsCarolandsThe Carolands Chateau is a 65,000 square foot mansion in Hillsborough, California. Its 75 foot -high atrium holds the record as the largest enclosed space in an American private residence...
. Redwood City, CA: San Mateo County Historical Association, 2006. ISBN 0978525906 - Dwyer, Michael Middleton, ed., with preface by Mark RockefellerMark RockefellerMark Fitler Rockefeller is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest son of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Happy Rockefeller...
. Great Houses of the Hudson River. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and CompanyLittle, Brown and CompanyLittle, Brown and Company is a publishing house established by Charles Coffin Little and his partner, James Brown. Since 2006 it has been a constituent unit of Hachette Book Group USA.-19th century:...
, published in association with Historic Hudson ValleyHistoric Hudson ValleyHistoric Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, in Westchester County...
, 2001. ISBN 082122767X
External links
- Synod of Bishops (George F. Baker Jr. house) restored by Michael M. Dwyer, at the Upper East Side Book.
- Franklin Report Card at The Franklin ReportThe Franklin ReportThe Franklin Report is an independently published guidebook that primarily rates home maintenance and renovation providers such as interior decorators, architects, and contractors...
. - Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
- Michael Dwyer Architect in Adventures with Old Houses.
- Michael Dwyer Architect in Antiques and Fine Art.
- Longview, Southampton, NY, exterior designed by Michael M. Dwyer.
- Longview, Southampton, NY, interior designed by Michael M. Dwyer.
- Carolands reviewed in Period Homes.
- Carolands at the San Mateo Historical Society.
