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- But it is the 1947–1949 Grady High School Stadium by Richard Aeck that is the most distinguished design to a modernist’s eye, a remarkable exercise in structural expressionism by one of the leading structural engineers of the day.
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It is the only high school stadium in APS that is located on the campus of a high school. The stadium was used as a training site for athletes during the 1996 Olympic Games, and occasionally hosts public practices for the Atlanta Falcons. Henderson Stadium was designed by Richard Aeck, and is considered a masterpiece of modern engineering ...
But it is the 1947–1949 Grady High School Stadium by Richard Aeck that is the most distinguished design to a modernist’s eye, a remarkable exercise in structural expressionism by one of the leading structural engineers of the day.
- Architectural Philosophy
- Education and Early Career
- Later Career
- Legacy
In Aeck’s work, structure is expressive and form is an elegant and direct reflection of construction. His Grady High School Stadium (Atlanta, 1948) is a masterpiece of modern engineering expression. The concrete building displays its ordinary materials and purpose yet maximizes the expressive potential of programmatic features in simple lines and h...
Richard L. Aeck was born in 1912 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. After studying at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, Aeck received a B.S. in architecture at Georgia Tech in 1936. He worked in Colombia and Brazil, serving as chief designer for F. T. Ley & Cia, chief architect for Pan American Airways. He also was consulting architect for Agricultura...
In the late 1950s Aeck started work at the Lovett School in Atlanta, a project that embodies modern ideas about expressing frame and construction with an economy of line and functional efficiency. Such ideals were transformed to apartment design at Atlanta Towers (1961-63) and to office construction, as evidenced in his work for IBM in Savannah (19...
Richard Aeck retired in 1983, leaving his practice to his son Tony. A subsequent merger with Lord and Sargent has ensured continuity of the practice and name. The firm, known as Lord, Aeck, and Sargent, is one of the most successful design practices in Atlanta; a branch office recently opened in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Terry Sargent’s design talents b...
Grady Stadium was designed in 1948 by the prominent architect Richard Aeck and is considered a masterpiece of modern engineering expression.
Feb 25, 2010 · Hentz Reid and Alder designed it while Philip Trammell Shutze worked there. It has his touch. It became Henry W. Grady High School in 1947. Shtuze did a renovation in 1950. It was the first desegregated High School in Atlanta. The original building remains. But it's only about 1/5 of the campus now.
Feb 24, 2021 · The field at Grady Stadium was named after Henderson in 2012. But, after the board changed the name of Grady High School in December, Board Chair Jason Esteves appointed a committee to recommend a new name for the stadium as well.
Built in 1948, the Grady Stadium is a football stadium run by the Atlanta Public School System. Designed by Richard Aeck, the stadium boasts of a synthetic fieldturf surface, a running track and seating for 6,500 people.
