“I barely put the book down from the moment I started reading. Paterson, as well as his father and his whole family, led extraordinary lives, ones that intertwined architecture, culture, skiing, the First and Second World War, and such diverse communities as Vienna, Pilsen, and Aspen.”
Paterson was among the last group of apprentices to study under the master architect in the late 1950s.
Read Aaron Betsky’s entire piece here.
Photos: Charles Paterson at Taliesin circa 1958. Paterson Family Archive.