Victor Gruen - Wikipedia
Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grünbaum [1] (July 18, 1903 – February 14, 1980), was an Austrian-American architect best known as a pioneer in the design of shopping malls in the United States. [2]
Triumph of the mall: how Victor Gruen’s grand urban vision …
Dec 27, 2021 · If you’re stuck in mall traffic this holiday season, spare a thought for Victor Gruen, whose grand urban vision turned into today’s suburban reality.
Victor Gruen | Urban planner, Shopping mall, Retail design
Victor Gruen was an Austrian-born American architect and city planner best known as a pioneer of the regional shopping centre (Northland, Detroit, Mich., 1952) and of the renewal and revitalization of city core areas (Fort Worth, Texas, 1955).
The Terrazzo Jungle - The New Yorker
Mar 7, 2004 · Fifty years ago, Victor Gruen designed a fully enclosed, introverted, multitiered, double-anchor-tenant shopping complex with a garden court under a skylight—and today virtually every regional...
Victor Gruen Wanted to Make Our Suburbs More Urban. Instead, …
Jul 18, 2013 · How we ruined Gruen's plan for more walkable, tight-knit American downtowns. Victor Gruen, regarded by many as the American shopping center's pioneer, would have been 110 today. Born in...
Victor Gruen — New Austrian
Nov 15, 2016 · Victor Gruen – Coming to America. The man universally credited with pioneering the modern shopping mall is Victor Gruen, an Austrian immigrant to the United States. Gruen was born David Victor Grünbaum to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria in 1903.
Gruen, Victor | Detroit Historical Society
Victor Gruen was an Austrian-born architect who was a pioneer in the design of shopping malls in the United States. He was born Viktor David Grünbaum to Jewish parents in Vienna, Austria in 1903. He studied architecture at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and opened his …
Victor Gruen - Encyclopedia.com
May 18, 2018 · An architect who first brought the modern shopping mall to the sprawling, growing, and scattering suburbs, Victor Gruen (1903 – 1980) was both a successful businessman and an influential urban planning theorist. Known as a practical visionary Gruen attempted an alternative to both post – World War II suburban sprawl and dying center cities.
“Victor Gruen, a Pioneer of Mall Architecture Across North America”
As one of the most influential and intriguing architects of the 20th century, Victor Gruen’s innovative building typology of the post-war era transformed the architecture of commercial space and dramatically shaped the retail landscape of American life.
Victor Gruen - Architectuul
Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grunbaum (July 18, 1903 - February 14, 1980) was an Austrian-born architect best known as a pioneer in the design of shopping malls in the United States.
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