Michael Graves

Michael Graves Michael Graves, born the summer or 1934 in Indianapolis, knew he wanted to be an artist by the age of six. Encouraged by his mother to seek a more practical career, Graves choose architecture. After studying at the University of Connecticut, he got his master's degree at Harvard University. After finishing school in 1959, he moved to New York City where he worked at the office of George Nelson. While working in New York, Graves …

…an internationally acclaimed post-modernist designer. Bibliography Bibliography Alessi, Alberto. The Dream Factory. Cologne: Konemann, 1998. Canupp, Shelley. "Cheap Chic." Press Journal 8 Apr. 2000, sec C:2. Kudalis, Eric Michael Graves, Minneapolis: Capstone Press, 1996. Trachtenberg, Marvin, Isabelle Hyman. Architecture: From Prehistory to Post-Modernism. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1986. Wax, Emily. "Scaffold Becomes a Monument Unto Itself." The Times 14 Jan. 2000, sec A:11. Zaknic, Ivan "MICHAEL GRAVES: RESTORING A LANGUAGE TO ARCHITECTURE" (an online essay by a student at Lehigh University)