{"id":2807,"date":"2021-12-14T23:12:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T23:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/?page_id=2807"},"modified":"2022-11-10T02:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T02:14:34","slug":"peter-christie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/peter-christie\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Christie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peter Christie (1920-2008), a Towson architect and a student of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, was the architect of Stimson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christie earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering from John Hopkins University in 1940 and later earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia in 1943. In 1949 he completed his master\u2019s degree in architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design. At Harvard he studied with Walter A. Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus architectural movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time Christie worked at the architectural firm of John Zink and Lucius R. White Jr. He and his colleague David H. Wilson Sr. established their architecture firm, Wilson and Christie, in 1950. Christie\u2019s Daughter Gillian Turner Christie noted that, \u201cthe young partners developed a notable reputation for their modern Bauhaus-inspired designs of both private homes and commercial government buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>W. Boulton Kelly, a Baltimore architect said: \u201cPeter was a very early devotee of contemporary architecture in this area. His practice was in Towson, and Towson became a focal point for a great deal of his work.\u201d Christie was an early pioneer of some environmentally sustainable building designs. An example of this was the \u201cGreater Baltimore Medical Center\u201d. This was a 400 bed medical facility that was constructed on 60 rolling acres in Towson. Christie and Wilson noted in a 1961 study that the rowhouse was not the solution to urban sprawl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They stressed a variety of housing types from shopping convenience and ample open space with easy access. In 1963, Christie formed the architecture firm of Christie, Niles, and Andrews. Christie designed many buildings from Greater Baltimore Medical Center to Buildings on Goucher College, St. Paul\u2019s School for Girls, Decker College Center, and McDaniel College. Mr. Christie had widespread recognition from his work and earned numerous awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"344\" data-id=\"2810\" src=\"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.08-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.08-PM.png 525w, https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.08-PM-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greater Baltimore Medical Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"347\" data-id=\"2812\" src=\"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.16-PM-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.16-PM-edited.png 618w, https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.16-PM-edited-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black &amp; Decker Corporate Headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"2813\" src=\"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.23-PM.png 471w, https:\/\/humanitieslab.goucher.edu\/stimson-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-6.07.23-PM-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renovated \u200b\u200bAlex. Brown &amp; Sons branch office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;Peter G. Christie.&#8221; <em>The Baltimore Sun, <\/em>2008.<em> <\/em>https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/baltimoresun\/name\/peter-christie-obituary?id=7009222<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Christie (1920-2008), a Towson architect and a student of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, was the architect of Stimson. Christie earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering from John Hopkins University in 1940 and later earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia in 1943. 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