Wink Risley worked for Bertram G. Goodhue in San Diego (1915-1916), US Navy (1917-1918), and Carleton Monroe Winslow (1919-1920) as well as taught at both USC and UCLA prior to partnering with Stanley Gould in 1943. The firms Risley and Gould as well as Risley, Gould and Van Heuklyn designed a number of projects for UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as well private clients here.
Winchton Risley was born in 1887 in Delphos, Ohio. He was married in 1919. Following his studies at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (1908-1909) and Columbia University (1911-1913) he would work for Bertram G. Goodhue in San Diego (1915-1916) and Carleton Monroe Winslow (1919-1920). While at Columbia, Wink was awarded a Bronze Medal by the Beaux-Arts Society of America (1913).
Following serving as an Ensign in the US Navy (1917-1918), Risley joined the AIA as ‘Winchton Leamon Risley, Architect’ in 1923. Shortly afterward, his first house for himself was awarded by American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, in April 1927. The same organization would name him as Fellow (FAIA) in 1943 – the year Risley and Gould, Architects was founded. Risley served as a consulting architect for the Atomic Energy Commission in Los Alamos (1949-1953) as well as taught at both USC and UCLA. He was awarded Bronze and Gold medals by President Herbert Hoover in 1931.
Addison, John Residence (1928)
Eagle Rock
Risley
Arrowhead Puritas Water Headquarters
Asche, Sherman Residence (1938)
Pasadena
Risley
Bonner Hall (1964)
UC San Diego
Risley, Gould and Van Heuklyn
British Overseas Airline Company (1961)
Beverly Hills
Camp Hahn – US Army (1940)
Riverside
Risley
Center for Coastal Studies (1962)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould
Central Avenue School (1924)
Los Angeles
Risley
Central Utilities Plant (1963)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould
Clapp, James Residence (1934)
Pasadena
Risley
Clark High School (1955)
Glendale Unified School District, Glendale
Risley and Gould
Clark, A.W. Junior High School (1955)
La Crescenta
Risley
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Los Angeles, Hawaii, Atlanta
First Church of Christ Scientist (1923)
Los Angeles
Risley
Flood Control District Office Building (1953-54)
County of Los Angeles, Department of Public works
Risley and Gould
General Services Building (1957)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould
Ginsberg, J.J. Residence (1935)
Los Angeles
Risley
Glendale First Church of Religious Science (1966)
2146 E. Chevy Chase Drive, Glendale
Risley and Gould
Gould, Stanley Residence #1 (1941)
2030 El Arbolita Drive, Glendale
Risley and Gould
Gould, Stanley Residence #2
4220 Mesa Vista Dr., La Canada-Flintridge
Green, Walter Residence (1927)
North Hollywood
Risley
Humanities and Social Sciences Bldg. (1969)
CSU Fullerton
Risley and Gould
Kincaid, George and Grace Residence (1925-26)
Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates
Risley
Langsdorf Hall (1971)
CSU Fullerton
Risley, Gould, Van Heuklyn, Seipel
Magnavox Research Library
Torrance, CA
Risley and Gould
Mayer Hall (1963)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould
McCarthy Hall (1963)
CSU Fullerton
McGinnis, Remsen Residence (1929)
La Jolla
Risley
McGowan, Sarah E. Residence
Rancho Santa Fe
Risley
New Directors Office (1959)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould
Paducah Street School (1924)
Los Angeles
Risley
Palms Jr. High Auditorium (1956)
Los Angeles
Pan American Exposition of the Arts (1928)
Risley
Pollak Library (1966)
CSU Fullerton
Ranchito School District 5-Room School (1927)
Whittier
Risley
Risley, Winchton L. Residence (1927)
220 S. Westmoreland Ave., Los Angeles
Risley
Saeta, Maurice Residence (1935)
Los Angeles
Risley
Schimpf, CF Residence
San Marino
Risley
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Campus master-plan, building designs
Sumner Auditorium (1960)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould
Sverdrup Hall (1960)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould
The Principia
St. Louis, Missouri
Campus master-plan, building designs
Timken-Sturgis Research Laboratory Building
505 Coast Blvd. South
Risley, Gould, Van Heuklyn, Seipel
University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law (1952)
Westwood
Risley and Gould
University of California, San Diego
Campus master-plan, building designs
U-Plan House
Glendale
Urey Hall (1963)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould
Ward, Harry W. Residence (1925)
7735 Prospect Place, La Jolla
*Attribution by California Southland
Weeks, Morris T. Residence (1927-28)
La Jolla
Risley
Wells, John Residence (1928)
La Jolla
Risley
Wheeler Residence (1928)
Pasadena
Risley
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