William Morgan (architect)

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{{short description|American architect and author}}

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|name=William Morgan

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|12|14}}

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|01|18|1930|12|14}}

| occupation = Architect

| spouse = Bunny (1958–2016; his death)

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|alma_mater = Harvard University

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|awards=House & Home Award of Merit
Florida AIA Design Honor Award
H.J. Klutho Lifetime achievement Award

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William Newton Morgan, Sr. (December 14, 1930 – January 18, 2016) was an American architect and author, based in Jacksonville, Florida.{{cite web|title=Florida Registered Voters|url=http://flvoters.com/by_name/pages/m116097.html|publisher=FLVOTERS dot COM|accessdate=22 January 2016}}

One of William Morgan's famous creations is the neo modern house in Ormond Beach, Florida. Built for the Root family, creators of the iconic Coca-Cola bottle and owners of the Coca-Cola Bottling, the building is a luxury oceanfront home. It consists of two three-story concrete towers connected by two bridges. It has marvelous metal, glass and stone walls. Solid copper stairs, transparent brass mesh walls, and exotic wood showcase Morgan's modern architecture.

Morgan won a National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for this [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084881282795 house].

Morgan grew up in Jacksonville and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Harvard University before serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. After the war, he returned to Harvard to study architecture. He studied in Italy on a Fulbright Scholarship (U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission) and then returned to Jacksonville in 1961 to open his architecture practice in the city where he had grown up.{{cite web|url=http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/arts/2013-05-20/story/university-florida-honors-architect-william-morgan-lifetime |title=University of Florida honors architect William Morgan with a Lifetime Achievement Award |website=Jacksonville.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-29}}

Three of his designs are included on the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects list of Florida's top 100 buildings (The Williamson House in Ponte Vedra Beach; Morgan's residence in Atlantic Beach; and Dickinson Hall at the University of Florida, formerly the Museum of Natural History). He has written five books including his most recent, Earth Architecture (2008). In 2012 the University of Florida awarded Morgan an honorary doctor of arts degree as well as the first recipient of its School of Architecture's Lifetime Achievement Award. Morgan has been described as a pioneer of sustainable design.File:Screenshot 20220729-182208 Gallery.jpg

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Morgan's five books cover the architecture of pre-industrial cultures, including those in pre-Columbian North America and Micronesia. He died in Jacksonville after a long illness on January 18, 2016, aged 85.{{cite web|url=http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-01-21/story/william-morgan-influential-jacksonville-architect-and-expert-ancient |title=William Morgan, influential Jacksonville architect and expert on ancient designs, dies at 85 |website=Jacksonville.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-29}}

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