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Occupation
  
Architect

Parents
  
Edward Grosvenor Bolles

Role
  
Architect

Name
  
John Bolles

Spouse(s)
  
Mary Piper


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Born
  
June 25, 1905
Berkeley, California

Died
  
March 5, 1983, Santa Rosa, California, United States

Education
  
University of Oklahoma, Harvard University

Structures
  
Candlestick Park, Gillette Stadium

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

Contents

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

    • Education

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

    • Professional

  • Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)

    • References

    John Savage Bolles Wikipedia
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