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)
- Lucaya resort apartment complex, Bradenton, Florida, Typical upper level plan 1973
- Town of Cherbourg 1944
- Place St. André des Arts, Paris between Rue Suger & Rue St. André des Arts 1949
- Fountain, Nochistlá́n, Mexico 1975
- First Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut, Exterior 1957
- First Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut, Sanctuary. 1959
- Temple of Luxor 1948-1950
- New York World’s Fair, 1964-1965, Flower structure 1962
- 10 minutes from home 1944
- United States Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- S. Sgt. Pierson 1944
- Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Berk, East Lake Drive, Forest Lakes, Sarasota, Florida, Elevation and plan 1954
- Rue Saint Julien le Pauvre, Paris 5e 1949
- Church in Crasville 1944
- Cherbourg harbor 1944
- Sgt. Cieniewicz 1944
- Church of the Resurrection, East Harlem, New York, Sections 1962
- Study – Rue Saint Julien le Pauvre, Paris 5e 1949
- Gulf service station 1945-1948
- Burt 1944