Master Architect Michael Graves Discusses His 50-Year Career

By Patrick Wilson

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Princeton, New Jersey, estate, originally featured in Architectural Digest in 2005.

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Western New Jersey farmhouse, originally featured in AD in 2007.

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De Luwte house in the Netherlands, originally featured in AD in 2008.

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Martel College at Rice University, Houston, 2003.

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Minneapolis Institute of Arts Target wing, 2006.

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Detroit Institute of Arts, 2007.

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Teakettle, Alessi, 1984.

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Ice cream scoop, Target, 1999.

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Two-slice toaster, JCPenney, 2013.

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Ellington chair for David Edward, 2003.

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South elevation for the architect’s plan of Denver’s Central Library, 1994.

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Arabesque, 2008.

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Shaker Barn, 2009.