Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1903, July 18 | Born Victor David Grünbaum, Vienna, Austria |
| 1918-1925 | Attended Vienna Technical Institute and Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria |
| 1923-1932 | Designer with Melcher & Steiner, Architects, Vienna, Austria |
| 1930 | Married Alice Kardos (divorced 1941) |
| 1932-1938 | Independent designer, Vienna, Austria |
| 1938 | Emigrated to United States Changed name to Victor Gruen |
| 1938-1948 | Independent designer, New York, N.Y. |
| 1939 | Founded Gruen & Krummeck Partnership, New York, N.Y. Designed Lederer de Paris department store, New York, N.Y. |
| 1939-1940 | Produced two Broadway shows with Refugee Artists Group, New York, N.Y. |
| 1941 | Moved main office to Los Angeles, Calif. Married Elsie Krummeck (divorced 1951) |
| 1943 | Became a citizen of the United States Rudi Baumfeld joined Gruen & Krummeck Partnership, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1944 | Karl Van Leuven joined Gruen & Krummeck Partnership, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1948 | Received first license to practice architecture Desinged Milliron's department store, Westchester, Calif. |
| 1949 | Published How to Live with Your Architect (New York, N.Y.: Store Modernization Institute. 32 pp.) |
| 1950 | Founded Victor Gruen Associates (later Gruen Associates), Los Angeles, Calif. Edgardo Contini joined Gruen Associates as partner |
| 1951 | Married Lazette E. McCormick Van Houten (died in 1962) |
| 1954 | Designed Northland Center, Detroit, Mich. Received American Institute of Architects National Award of Merit (Northland Center, Detroit, Mich.) |
| 1956 | Ben Southland joined Gruen Associates as partner Designed Southdale Center, Minneapolis, Minn. Received Progressive Architecture Design Award for Urban Redevelopment (Detroit, Mich.) |
| 1957 | Herman Guttman joined Gruen Associates as partner Received Progressive Architecture Design Award for Planning (Fort Worth, Tex.) |
| 1958 | Designed 1964 world's fair proposal, Washington, D.C. Designed downtown plan, Kalamazoo, Mich. Received Progressive Architecture Design Award for Residential Design (Wilshire Terrace, Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| 1959 | Received Progressive Architecture Design Award for Urban Design (Boston, Mass.) |
| 1960 | Designed Midtown Plaza, Rochester, N.Y. Published Shopping Towns USA, The Planning of Shopping Centers, with Larry Smith (New York, N.Y.: Reinhold Publishing. 288 pp.) |
| 1961 | Designed Welfare Island development plan, East Island, N.Y. Elected fellow, American Institute of Architects |
| 1962 | Elected fellow, International Institute of Arts and Letters |
| 1963 | Married Kemija Theresa Salihefendiz-Abazz Beda Zwicker joined Gruen Associates as partner Received Progressive Architecture Citation for Urban Design (Cincinnati, Ohio) Published Stadsfornyelse i Forenta Staterna (Stockholm, Sweden: Bonniers. 14 pp.) |
| 1964 | Published The Heart of Our Cities, The Urban Crisis: Diagnosis and Cure (New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster. 368 pp.) |
| 1965 | Received American Institute of Architects Citations for Excellence in Community Architecture (Fresno, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., and Urbana, Ill.) |
| 1966 | Received Who's Who in America Significant Contribution to Society Award Published New Cities U.S.A. (Washington, D.C.: Housing and Urban Development Department. 42 pp.) |
| 1967 | Designed city center plan, Valencia, Calif. Founded Victor Gruen International, Vienna, Austria |
| 1968 | Retired from Gruen Associates Founded Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1970 | Designed Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium |
| 1971 | Designed city plan, Vienna, Austria |
| 1972 | Designed Glatt shopping center, Zürich, Switzerland Received Preise der Stadt Wien Published Downfall and Rebirth of City Cores on Both Sides of the Atlantic (Los Angeles, Calif.: Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning. 42 pp.) |
| 1973 | Founded Zentrum für Umweltplanung, Vienna, Austria Published Centers for the Urban Environment, Survival of the Cities (New York, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 266 pp.) Published Meine Alte Schuhschachtel, Schriften aus den zwanziger Jahren (Vienna, Austria: Europa Verlags-AG. 125 pp.) Published Das Überleben der Städte, Wege aus der Umweltkrise: Zentren als urbane Brennpunkte (Munich, Germany: Verlag Fritz Molden. 352 pp.) |
| 1975 | Published Ist Fortschritt ein Verbrechen? Umweltplanung Statt Weltuntergang (Vienna, Austria: Europa Verlags-AG. 278 pp.) Published Die Lebenswerte Stadt, Visionen eines Umweltplaners (Munich, Germany: Paul List Verlag KG. 183 pp.) |
| 1978 | Received Gross Goldene Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich |
| 1979 | Received Goldenen Ehrenzeichens für Verdienste um das Land Wien |
| 1980, Feb. 14 | Died, Vienna, Austria |