{{short description|American architect (born 1953)}} {{about||the American poet|Michael R. Burch}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox architect | name = Michael Bauman Burch |image= Michael Burch.jpg | image_size = | caption =Michael Burch |parents= |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1953|03|04}} |birth_place=Pasadena, California, USA |alma_mater = Yale University <br /> University of California Berkeley |children = |death_date= |death_place= |spouse = Diane Wilk |significant_buildings= |significant_projects= |awards= | website = {{URL|MICHAELBURCHARCHITECTS.COM/}} }} '''Michael Bauman Burch''' (March 4, 1953 Pasadena, California) is a Southern California-based architect. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/aia-names-the-2019-college-of-fellows-class_o|title=AIA Names the 2019 College of Fellows Class|date=February 22, 2019 }}</ref> A fourth generation Southern Californian, Burch was raised in Pasadena, CA, and educated at the University of California, Berkeley and the Yale School of Architecture. He has taught at the University of Southern California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-26-me-7409-story.html|title=Traffic Stoppers : Historic Homes on Path of Freeway Extension Are Jewels to Owners|website=Los Angeles Times |date=November 26, 1995 }}</ref> Burch founded his firm, Michael Burch Architects, in 1986. He was the original co-curator of an exhibition for the Getty Institute's ''Pacific Standard Time'' on the Spanish Colonial/Mediterranean Revival style.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/culture/surfing-the-spanish-colonial-revival_o|title=Surfing the Spanish Colonial Revival|date=March 30, 2015 }}</ref> Burch's work has appeared in 20 books on the style, including the cover of "the definitive statement on the subject".<ref>{{Cite book|title=The California casa|last=Woods|first=Douglas|publisher=Rizzoli International|year=2012|isbn=978-0-8478-3849-3|location=New York, NY|pages=Cover, 26–38, 110–117, 246–253, 254–261}}</ref> He was invited to present the work of his firm at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ecc-italy.eu/exhibitions/2012architecturebiennial|title=2012 Architecture: Traces of Centuries & Future Steps|website=European Cultural Centre Italy|access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/509110/venice-biennale-2014-100-architects-to-discuss-time-space-existence|title=Venice Biennale 2014: 100 Architects to Discuss Time-Space-Existence|date=May 22, 2014 }}</ref> 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inexhibit.com/marker/venice-time-space-existence-collateral-event-of-the-15th-architecture-exhibition/|title=Venice: Time-Space-Existence}}</ref> 2018<ref name="TimeSpaceExistence">(2018). "Time Space Existence in the context of the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale". Retrieved April 19, 2019</ref> and 2020, as well as at Moscow's Schusev Architecture Museum in 2020. He has been described as "the greatest living practitioner of the Spanish Colonial/Mediterranean Revival style".<ref name=" Period Homes">(May 2017). "Making a fragment whole again - reimagining a George Washington Smith House" ''Period Homes'' vol 18 no 3: 32-36.</ref> In addition to numerous American Institute of Architects awards, his firm has received three Palladio Awards,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pasadenanow.com/living/michael-burch-architects-first-southern-california-firm-to-win-prestigious-palladio-award/|title=Michael Burch Architects Becomes First Southern California Firm to Win Prestigious Palladio Award|work=Pasadena Now|access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Miller|first=Peter H.|date=Mar 14, 2018|title=2018 Palladio Award Winners|url=https://www.traditionalbuilding.com/features/2018-palladio-winners|journal=Traditional Building}}</ref> the sole national award for traditional architecture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.traditionalbuildingshow.com/page/palladio-awards?__hstc=182401592.8a1d7eddc87cd2a7babfe700ff905c50.1556678002061.1556678002061.1556678002061.1&__hssc=182401592.1.1556678002062&__hsfp=2810556|title=The Palladio Awards}}</ref>
== Bibliography == A selection of books in which Michael Burch's work appears: * ''Ranches: Home on the Range in California'' (2016) * ''Signature Homes'' (2016) * ''Adobe Structures of the Coachella Valley'' (2015) * ''Dreaming Small'' (2013) * ''The California Casa'' (2012) * ''Classic Homes of Los Angeles'' (2010) * ''Ranches of the American West'' (2009) * ''Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills'' (2008) * ''Dream Homes of Los Angeles'' (2008) * ''California Romantica'' (2007) * ''Experimental Architecture in Los Angeles'' (1992)
== Selected projects == *''Alta Canyada'', La Cañada Flintridge, CA<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=AIA Pasadena Foothill Design Awards 2017: Congratulations to the Design Award Winners!|url=https://www.aiapf.org/page/124DesignAwards2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AIA Inland California Chapter: 2012 Design Awards"|url=http://aia-awards.com/AIAIC/gallery2012/display.php?CatID=3}}</ref> *''French Ranch'', Hidden Valley, CA<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIA Santa Barbara 2016 Design Awards|url=http://aiasb.com/links/design-awards-2016/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiapf.org/gallery/ViewAlbum.aspx?album=402676&p=2|title=AIA Pasadena Foothill Design Awards Gala 2015: Congratulations to the design award winners!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiavc.org/2015-design-award-winners-2/|title=AIA Ventura: 2015 Residential Design Awards}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aia-awards.com/AIAIC/gallery2014/display.php?CatID=1|title=AIA Inland California Chapter: 2014 Design Awards}}</ref> * ''Carolwood'', Holmby Hills, CA<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIA Pasadena Foothill Design Awards 2018: Congratulations 2018 Winners|url=https://www.aiapf.org/page/127}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AIA Inland California 2016 Design Awards|url=http://aia-awards.com/AIAIC/gallery/displayAll.php}}</ref> * ''Hot Springs Road'', Montecito, CA,<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIA Pasadena Foothill: Congratulations to the 2016 Design Award Winners|url=https://www.aiapf.org/page/119}}</ref> * Las Fuentes, La Cañada Flintridge, CA<ref>{{Cite web|title=In La Cañada Flintridge, architects bring an artful restoration to a Spanish Colonial by the overlooked Everett Babcock|url=https://www.latimes.com/style/la-hm-babcock10-2008jul10-story.html|date=2008-07-10|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Exquisite 1927 House Will Make Your Spanish-Colonial-Revival-Loving Heart Explode|url=https://la.curbed.com/2015/4/9/9971934/exquisite-1927-house-will-make-your-spanishcolonialrevivalloving|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405023703/http://la.curbed.com/2015/4/9/9971934/exquisite-1927-house-will-make-your-spanishcolonialrevivalloving|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2016|last=Barragan|first=Bianca|date=2015-04-09|website=Curbed LA|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> * Casa de Paz, Fresno, CA * El Oasis, Indian Wells, CA<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is this Spanish Colonial beauty doing at Modernism Week?|url=https://www.latimes.com/home/hometours/la-hm-desert-adobe-at-modernism-week-20171014-htmlstory.html|date=2017-10-12|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> * Enigma Villa, Cape Town, South Africa * ''Cutler Insurance'', Redlands, CA<ref name=":0" /> * ''Jonathan Martin Headquarters'' (demolished), Los Angeles, CA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-02-re-4662-story.html|title=AIA Design Contest Victors Few and Divergent|last=Kaplan|first=Sam Hall|website=Los Angeles Times|date=October 2, 1988 }}</ref>
== References == {{cleanup|section|reason=Some sources are missing publication, author, and publication year|date=September 2020}} {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://michaelburcharchitects.com/ Official site]
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