Allyn E. Morris Papers 0000345
Finding aid prepared by ADC staff
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
Title: Allyn E. Morris papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000345
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
80.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1954-circa 1998
creator:
Morris, Allyn E., 1922-2009
The archive contains sketches, architectural drawings, and painted boards, as well as documents and photography related to
Morris's architectural practice. Also part of the archive are drawings and paintings representing Morris's non-architectural
artistic work.
Allyn E. Morris papers, Architecture and Design Collection, Art Design & Architecture School, UC Santa Barbara
Gift of Howard Morris.
Conditions Governing Access note
Unprocessed collection; contact repository for information regarding access.
Born June 10, 1922 in San Francisco, Allyn Edgar Morris graduated from Stanford as a mechanical engineer in 1949. Morris attended
architecture school at the University of California but left, apparently impatiently, after three semesters. He worked for
several architects, including Calvin Straub and Lloyd Wright. His first residential design, the 1956 Max Bubeck house in the
Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles, reminds some historians of the work of R. M. Schindler, an influence that Morris acknowledged
in a 2006 interview with critic Alan Hess. Like Lloyd Wright and Schindler, Morris used a bold palette of colors and textures
in his designs and was a hands-on builder/engineer/architect. Notable designs include his own 1957 studio and home in Silver
Lake, and the nearby Murakami house of 1962. Morris died in 2009 after living for several years in Oakhurst, California, near
Yosemite Park.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Morris, Allyn E., 1922-2009