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HARRY GESENER

Harry landed on Normandy beaches on D Day 1. Many of his comrades drowned while landing on beaches. He was Injured in woods of Aachen Germany and returned home. Harry Gesner (born 1925) was an influential California architect and drew by hand. Born and raised in Southern California, his designs are found in locations including Malibu and the Getty Museum. Following service in World War II, Gesner studied architecture at Yale. His Wave House (1957) was an inspiration for the Sydney Opera House. Instead of taking up Frank Lloyd Wright’s offer to study at Taliesin, he spent years teaching himself the building trades, a DIY attitude that inspired his own unorthodox projects. 

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