Victor Alfred Lundy
Leader of Sarasota modernist architecture.
Victor Alfred Lundy is an American architect. An exemplar of modernist architecture, he was one of the leaders of the Sarasota School of Architecture. Lundy was born in 1923 in New York City. He served in the U.S. 26th Infantry Division during World War II. In 1942, Lundy was 19, studying to be an architect in New York City. Excited about rebuilding Europe post-war, he and other college men enlisted in the Army Special Training Program (ASTP). After the conclusion of World War II, Lundy completed a degree in architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Winning the prestigious Rotch Traveling Scholarship allowed him to travel abroad. In 1954, Lundy opened an architectural firm in Sarasota, Florida. In 1967, the American Institute of Architects named him a Fellow--one of its highest honors. Lundy moved to Houston, Texas, in the 1970s. Among the notable buildings designed by this master artist-architect are churches with soaring roof lines, the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka.
Artworks by this artist (209 total)
- Charles Heathcock 1944
- Cathedral, Toledo, Spain 1949
- First Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut, Sanctuary. 1959
- Church of the Resurrection, East Harlem, New York, First floor plan 1962
- Sgt. Goodrich 1944
- Troop train 1944
- Commune de Lestre 1944
- Darby homes 1944
- Refreshment stand, 1964-65 N.Y. World’s Fair, for the Brass Rail Food Service Organization Inc, Ground level plan 1962
- Church of the Resurrection, East Harlem, New York, Sections 1962
- Galloway’s furniture store, Sarasota, Florida, Showroom 1958-1959
- Roman bridge across the Quadalquivir, Cordoba, Spain 1949
- United States Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Window sketch 1977-1979
- Town of Cherbourg 1944
- Detail of window, house near Crasville 1944
- Street view. 1949
- First Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut,North and south views 1959
- Place St. André des Arts, Paris between Rue Suger & Rue St. André des Arts 1949
- Theodore Rombo 1944
- Dooley 1944