Benno Janssen Collection of the Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Benno Janssen Collection of the Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives Pittsburgh architect Benno Janssen (1874-1964) purveyed im­peccable taste and elegance with his many commissions during the early decades of this century. He is best remembered for such monumental landmarks as the Pittsburgh Athletic Association (1911), the William Penn Hotel (1914-1916 and 1927-1928), and the Mellon Institute (1931-1937), now part of Carnegie Mellon University. He partnered...
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Longue Vue Club and Golf Course

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Longue Vue Club and Golf Course The incorporating members of the Lougue Vue Club and Golf Course founded in 1920, hired Benno Janssen (1874-1964), of Janssen and Cocken Archi­tects, landscape architect Albert Taylor (1883-1951), and golf course architect Robert White (1874-1959) to design their clubhouse, grounds, and golf course on three hundred and fifty acres they had purchased in East Penn Hills Town­ship, east of...
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