Word: wurdeman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from such independence. After graduating from the University of Washington's College of Architecture ('27) and attending Fontainebleau's Ecole des Beaux Arts, he got one of his first commissions in Seattle: building a steam-heated doghouse. Becket later formed a partnership with College Classmate Walt Wurdeman, in 1932 moved to Los Angeles, where the partners made their mark by building houses to order for movie stars. During World War II they switched to mass production, built housing for 50,000 California workers. Their first big break into commercial construction came when they designed a Pasadena store...