EXPIRED: 12/25/11 – Andrew Geller, 86, knew what American’s wanted: easy to build and easy to maintain versions of the American Dream.
As an post-World-War-Two architect, Geller planned and developed uninhibited, sculptural beach houses in the coastal regions of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut during the 1950s and 60s. He is credited as the inventor of the A-frame, a weekend getaway house that was marketed towards bachelors, and for designing a series of off-the-shelf homes, sold for between $12,000 and $18,000 at Macy’s.
On the flip side, he was highly sought after as an architect for his one-of-a-kind houses whose distinctive shapes earned them nicknames like the Box Kite, the Milk Carton and the Grasshopper.
But his biggest claim to fame is the residential development he built on Long Island. He called it Leisurama.
The New York Times said Geller “helped bring modernism to the masses.”
