father death_date death_place mother birth_name birth_place nationality birth_date significant_buildings article_title name
joseph geller 25 december 2011 syracuse , new york olga geller andrew michael geller brooklyn , new york american 17 april 1924 elizabeth 1958 -rrb- esquire weekend house leisurama reese house -lrb- 1955 -rrb- pearlroth house -lrb- andrew geller
 andrew geller
andrew geller

andrew michael geller -lrb- april 17 , 1924 in brooklyn , new york -- december 25 , 2011 in syracuse , new york -rrb- was an american architect , painter , and graphic designer .
he is widely known for his uninhibited , sculptural beach houses in the coastal regions of new york , new jersey , and connecticut during the 1950s and '60s , as well as for his indirect role in the 1959 kitchen debate between richard nixon -lrb- then vice president -rrb- and soviet premier nikita khrushchev , which began at an exhibit geller had helped design for the american national exhibition in moscow .
geller worked with the prominent firm of american industrial and graphic designer raymond loewy where his projects ranged widely -- from the design of shopping centers and department stores across the united states , to the windows on the world restaurant atop the world trade center and the logo of new york-based department store lord & taylor .
after designing a beach house for loewy 's director of public relations , geller was featured in the new york times and began receiving notoriety for his own work .
between 1955 and 1974 , geller produced a series of modest but distinctive vacation homes , many published in popular magazines including `` life '' , `` sports illustrated '' , and `` esquire '' .
on his death in 2011 , the `` new york times '' said geller `` helped bring modernism to the masses . ''
