Al Parker, Architect
Alfred Browning Parker - 1916 - 2011
Education:
1939 - Bachelors of Architecture, with honors University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Registered:
Florida
Fellowships:
1939 - American Scandinavian Exchange Scholar, Stockholm, Sweden
1940 - Pan Am Airways Travel Fellowship, Mexico
Academic Appointments:
1941 - 1946 - Associate Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture & Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
1994 - Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture. University Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Publications:
1965 - You and Architecture
Firms:
1946 - Alfred Browning Parker Architects, Miami, Florida
Influences:
Architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Weaver
Professional Affiliations:
1945 - 1959 - American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Florida Chapter
1949 - President, American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Florida Chapter
Public Service:
1947 - Coconut Grove Citizens Committee for Slum Clearance, Coconut Grove, Florida
1953 - 1961 - Chairman, Miami Building Board of Appeals, Miami, Florida
1955 - President and Founding Director, Flagler Federal Savings and Loan Association, Miami Florida
1961 - Miami Committee for Improvement, Miami River, Miami, Florida
1962 - Cuban Architects in Exile
1967 - Miami Action Committee, Miami Chamber of Commerce, Miami, Florida
Military Service:
1942 - 1946 - United States Naval Reserves
Honors:
1954 - House Beautiful Pacesetter, Parker Residence, Coconut Grove, Florida
1959 - House Beautiful Pacesetter, Miller Residence, Coconut Grove, Florida
2008 - Alfred Browning Parker, Architecture Archives Endowment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Notable Works:
1952 - George Washington Carver Middle School, Coconut Grove, Florida
1953 - Bal Harbor Yacht Club, Miami Beach, Florida
1968 - Parker Residence "Woodsong", Coconut Grove, Florida
1967 - Tench Residence, Elizabeth Place Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
2000 - Parker Residence, Golf View Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida

Al Parker, Architect

1953 - Bal Harbor Yacht Club,
Miami Beach, Florida

1967 - Tench Residence,
Elizabeth Place, Neighborhood,
Gainesville, Florida

1968 - Parker Residence, "Woodsong",
Coconut Grove, Florida

2000 - Parker Residence, Golf View Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida