John Savage Bolles

For other possible meanings see Bolles (disambiguation)

John Savage Bolles
Born	June 25, 1905 Berkeley, California
Died	Santa Rosa, California
Occupation	Architect
Spouse(s)	Mary Piper
Parent(s)	Edward Grosvenor Bolles

John Savage Bolles (June 25, 1905 – March 5, 1983) was an American architect.

Biography

Professional Life

Immediate Post Graduate

Structural Engineer in Oklahoma

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Archeologist at Persepolis

Carnegie Institution for Science

Archeologist at Chichen Itza

Golden Gate International Exposition

John worked with his father, Edward Grosvenor Bolles on the Temple of Religion and The Christian Science Monitor building.

IBM

When IBM needed more factories for their rapid, post World War II expansion, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. hired John Savage Bolles at the suggestion of Eliot Noyes to design the first computer factory in the San Jose area, IBM Building 25.

Candlestick Park

The building that Bolles was most famous for was Candlestick Park, former home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team.

Published works

• 1977: Las Monjas, A Major Pre-Mexican Architectural Complex at Chichen Itza, University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 0-8061-1282-4, ISBN 978-0-8061-1282-4

Awards

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1926
• Master of Architecture, Harvard University, 1932

Professional

• Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)

See also

List related internal (Wikipedia) articles in alphabetical order. Common nouns are listed first. Proper nouns follow.

• autobiography
• biography

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References

Biography

• [1] Archiplanet
• [2] Pacific Heights Architects
• [3] Encyclopedia of San Francisco