William Whifler

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:27 am

Anyone heard of this architect? Some pretty interesting work.

https://williamwhifler.com

goffmachine · Post by **goffmachine** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:40 pm

I think I remember seeing something about him on prairiemod. Good stuff.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:57 pm

Thanks, Duncan. Whifler is missing from such standard West Coast guides as Gebhard, Mongomery, Winter et al, and Serraino's "NorCalMod," so it is good to see him celebrated at last.

SDR

Wrighter · Post by **Wrighter** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:16 pm

https://sf.curbed.com/2017/7/25/1602621 ... e-landmark

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:12 pm

That's one house that would look as good if it were entirely empty.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:08 pm

'59 DeSoto.

Sure -- but I wasn't looking at the furniture, the first time through. The details are all-consuming. (However, it would have helped to see the Japanese stereo/TV cabinet centered not on its block wall but on the building centerline -- for instance ?)

We've seen this house in previous images, in black and white, so it's grand to see the colors, of the block in particular. That's a 4" rather than an 8" block . . .a substitution that more architects might have employed, to the benefit of human scale ?

SDR

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:18 pm

http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewtopic.php?t=6931

https://williamwhifler.com/portfolio-it ... flerhouse/

https://williamwhifler.com/portfolio-items/mcmakinii/

See latter group of photos. Empty -- naked as a jaybird -- awaiting radical surgery.

https://williamwhifler.com/portfolio-it ... lerfamily/

SDR

KevinW · Post by **KevinW** » Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:08 am

Yes, in fact his son is a member of the MCM site on Facebook and used to contribute often. Some very well detailed, interesting work in the bay area. Good stuff!