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Esther McCoy, 2434 Beverly Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213)396-2033

Engineering drafting, Douglas Aircraft, 1942-44
Architectural drafting, R.M. SChindler, 1944-47

Fiction: The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, university quarterlies.
"The Cape" reprinted in Best Short Stories of 1950

Architectural Writing: Began with "Schindler: Space Architect," Direction, Fall 1945.  From 1950, editorial board of Arts & Architecture, with full issue on Mexican domestic architecture, followed by issue on Mexico's University City, 1953.  Contributor, and on editorial boards of Italian and Mexican architecture journals.  In 1950s, issues of L.A. Times Home Magazine on California's heritage of early modern architecture.  To Mexico, Italy, Israel, and Brazil to cover architecture, crafts and furniture for Times and Arts & Architecture.  Contributing editor, Progressive Architecture since 1969.

Films; "Architecture West," 1947; "The Dodge House," 1965

Consultant: "100 Years of AIA," 1957; Cal Arts Commission, 1965

Lecturer: UCLA GSAUP, 1965-68; UC Santa Barbara, 1969-70; Regents' Lecturer UCSD, 1987; Regents' Lecturer UC Santa Cruz, 1974

Books: Richard Neutra. Braziller, 1960
Five California Architects, Reinhold, 1960, Hennessey & Ingalls, 1988
Casey Study Houses, Reinhold, 1962, Hennessey & Ingalls, 1978
Craig Ellwood, Walker, 1968
Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys; Arts & Architecture Press, 1979
The Second Generation, Peregrine, 1984

Exhibition Catalogues: "Case Study Houses," 1989 MOCA
"High Styles," 1983, Whitney Museum of American Art
"Naives and Visionaries," 1974, Walker Art Center
"Ten Italian Architects," 1967, LACMA
"Irving Gill," 1958, LACMA
"Felix Candela," 1957, USC
"Roots of California Contemporary Architecture," 1956, LACMA

Honors: Star of Order of Solidarity, Republic of Italy, 1960
Honorary Associate, SoCal Chapter AIA, 1967
Distinguished Service Citation, Cal. Council AIA, 1968
MCAC Award for Distinguished Achievement, 1982, LACMA
AIA National Honor Award for Excellence, 1985
Julia Morgan Award, 1987, UCLA

Grants: Ford Foundation, 1964
Kaufman Foundation, 1965 (to make Dodge House film)
Graham Foundation, 1971, 1978
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1979

Archives of American Art (Smithsonian) collection.