JAMES WALTER SCHILDROTH,
ORGANIC ARCHITECT of MAINE
J A M E S S C H I L D R O
T H A S S O C I A T E S, A R C H I T E C T S
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Architecture
inspired by my clients and the challenging sites on the coast of Maine since 1970.
This site is offered in support of the cause
of Organic Architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff and many other architects
have influenced the Principles expressed in the architecture I have designed and built.
HISTORY
Architecture has been the focus of my life since I was
eight years old. As a member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Fellowship, I
learned to create original design. This learning
continues as I add experience with practice.
At my old table in the Hillside
Drafting Room, Spring Green, Wisconsin during the Reunion of the Taliesin Fellowship
September 2002.
The HISTORY of James Walter Schildroth,
Architect.
- Born Detroit, Michigan January 12, 1940
- Grew up living in houses built by my Father,
on the shore of Silver Lake near Traverse City, Michigan.
- Graduate: Traverse City High School 1958
- Northwestern Michigan College 1959
- Member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation,
Taliesin Fellowship 1959-1961
- http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/visitors-guide/our-tours/virtual-tour
Virtual-tour of Taliesin Buildings.
- Graduate: University of Oklahoma,
Bachelor of Architecture 1966
- Professional experience with Architectural
Firms 1961-1970
- NCARB National registration as Architect
1969
- Registration as Architect: Wisconsin, Maine,
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
- James Walter Schildroth Associates,
Architects: Founded1970. Continuous practice to present date.
- First office space shared with Frank Dameron
Leach, Architect, Middleton, Wisconsin.
- June 8, 1971: Open Maine office in
Wiscasset. A 250 square foot store front on Water Street.
- June 1972: Move into 1200 square
foot office at 15 Federal Street , second floor of the Stacy House, Wiscasset.
- 1994 Move office from Federal Street to 18
Lee Street, Wiscasset, Maine.
- 1996 First computer.
- 1998 Build my own web site and publish it on
the world wide web.
- 1999 Elected to the Board of Directors, Friends of Kebyar
- 1999 First Client finds me on the World Wide
Web.
- July 16, 1999 Register web site URL www.schildrotharchitect.com
- 1999 Buy lap top computer and travel for
three months in the USA by car. I am able to practice at distance and keep in
contact by e-mail.
- 2000 Elected vice president of the Board of
Directors, Friends of Kebyar
- 2000 Begin learning Computer Aided Design,
DATA CAD 8.5 by designing a house. On September 16th I present the design to my
client on the computer screen at my studio in Wiscasset.
- 2000 James Schildroth's Architectural
practice is totally electronic and mobile. Nearly all functions of practice
are accomplished using a computer. Nearly all communications are via e-mail or
via my web site. I still do hand renderings and sketches for my clients.
- 2004 Working with clients at distance we
have successfully completed several projects sending drawings electronically via e-mail
using PDF format.
- Spring of 2007Adjunct Professor at University of Maine at
Augusta, The B.A. in Architecture Program, Arc
489 Tuesday 4 to 6:45 PM, Design Principles and Process of Organic Architecture
- Since 1988 I have focused my practice on the
design of one of a kind residential architecture. This work requires that
client, architect and builder work in a three way partnership. Design begins at our
first meeting and continues to be refined throughout construction, as these wonderful
houses become built realities.
Lectures and teaching:
- University of Maine at Augusta,
Architectural Studies Program: Review of student design projects
since 1990.
- Spring of 2007Adjunct Professor at University of Maine at
Augusta, The B.A. in Architecture Program, Arc
489 Tuesday 4 to 6:45 PM, Design Principles and Process of Organic Architecture.
- November 1, 1990
Organic Architecture: Evening
talks with the Architect at his office on Federal Street, Wiscasset, Maine.
Thursday evening on four successive weeks.
- THE CREATIVE PROCESS
- WHAT IS ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE
- UNDERSTANDING FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, HIS
PHILOSOPHY AND HIS ARCHITECTURE
- DISCOVER THE HOUSE WITHIN YOU.
- November 3, 1993 Lecture
with slides of my architecture. Wentworth Institute of Technology,
Architecture Department, Boston, Mass. Titled: "The Organic
Practice"
- April 12, 1994, Lecture: Bowdoin Jung
Seminar, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Titled " Taoism and the
Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright"
- January 11, 1998, Lecture: C. G.
Jung Center for Studies in Analytical Psychology, Brunswick, Maine.
Titled "The Creative Mind"
- April 17, 2001, Illustrated lecture, Bowdoin
College Jung Seminar, Brunswick, Maine. Titled "The Creative Process and the
Collective Unconscious: Where do Ideas Come From?"
- Mentoring students:
Since 2001 I have spent one day a week Mentoring Students at my studio. I usually
can take from one to three at a time. They are involved in the on going work in the
office and on site construction. They help where they can with my work and the
lessons are in all phases of architectural practice.
The process of working with a creative
architect in the design of your home may be one of the most rewarding experiences you will
have in life.
James Walter Schildroth,
Architect
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- WISCASSET, MAINE 04578-0275
- 207-882-6305
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There is so much SPAM these days so if you are sending me an e-mail for the first time put
something in the subject line like "ORGANIC" so I don't delete
it with all the SPAM. I do want to hear from you. Thanks,
James Schildroth.