American motion picture and set designer. He was Veronica Lake's first husband, with whom he had two children.
While serving in WWII he directed the camoflaging of the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington. He did so by making the plant appear as a town from the sky.
He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction in 1943, associated with the Movie "Bitter Sweet".
Mr. Detlie was also a noted architect in Seattle, Los Angeles.Baltimore and Honolulu.
After the war, in 1946, Detlie joined the architecture firm of Young & Richardson and became a full partner in 1952.
Detlie left the firm and Seattle in 1960 and went on to become a noted architect in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Honolulu before retiring near Palm Springs. He was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s and helped form the Allied Arts Club of Seattle becoming their first president.
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Detlie earned a BA in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1932 and a Masters in 1933. After graduation he moved to Hollywood to work in the movie industry. In 1940 he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work as production designer on the film Bitter Sweet, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. He left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1942 to manage the Boeing camouflage project in Seattle as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers. He subsequently worked with several Seattle based architectural firms, including Detlie & Peck, in Seattle.
Mr. Detlie was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s. He was a member of the Beer and Culture Society, a small group of academics, architects, and artists who later formed Allied Arts of Seattle, serving as its first president. The group pressured the Seattle City Council to create a Municipal Arts Commission, which laid the groundwork for building the Seattle Center and hosting the 1962 World's Fair.
Mr. Detlie designed a number of Seattle buildings, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital, several University of Washington buildings, and Temple De Hirsch. Detlie also wrote and lectured on religious architecture and was a painter.
He married Virginia Crowell in 1946.
While serving in WWII he directed the camoflaging of the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington. He did so by making the plant appear as a town from the sky.
He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction in 1943, associated with the Movie "Bitter Sweet".
Mr. Detlie was also a noted architect in Seattle, Los Angeles.Baltimore and Honolulu.
After the war, in 1946, Detlie joined the architecture firm of Young & Richardson and became a full partner in 1952.
Detlie left the firm and Seattle in 1960 and went on to become a noted architect in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Honolulu before retiring near Palm Springs. He was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s and helped form the Allied Arts Club of Seattle becoming their first president.
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Detlie earned a BA in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1932 and a Masters in 1933. After graduation he moved to Hollywood to work in the movie industry. In 1940 he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work as production designer on the film Bitter Sweet, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. He left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1942 to manage the Boeing camouflage project in Seattle as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers. He subsequently worked with several Seattle based architectural firms, including Detlie & Peck, in Seattle.
Mr. Detlie was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s. He was a member of the Beer and Culture Society, a small group of academics, architects, and artists who later formed Allied Arts of Seattle, serving as its first president. The group pressured the Seattle City Council to create a Municipal Arts Commission, which laid the groundwork for building the Seattle Center and hosting the 1962 World's Fair.
Mr. Detlie designed a number of Seattle buildings, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital, several University of Washington buildings, and Temple De Hirsch. Detlie also wrote and lectured on religious architecture and was a painter.
He married Virginia Crowell in 1946.
American motion picture and set designer. He was Veronica Lake's first husband, with whom he had two children.
While serving in WWII he directed the camoflaging of the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington. He did so by making the plant appear as a town from the sky.
He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction in 1943, associated with the Movie "Bitter Sweet".
Mr. Detlie was also a noted architect in Seattle, Los Angeles.Baltimore and Honolulu.
After the war, in 1946, Detlie joined the architecture firm of Young & Richardson and became a full partner in 1952.
Detlie left the firm and Seattle in 1960 and went on to become a noted architect in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Honolulu before retiring near Palm Springs. He was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s and helped form the Allied Arts Club of Seattle becoming their first president.
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Detlie earned a BA in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1932 and a Masters in 1933. After graduation he moved to Hollywood to work in the movie industry. In 1940 he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work as production designer on the film Bitter Sweet, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. He left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1942 to manage the Boeing camouflage project in Seattle as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers. He subsequently worked with several Seattle based architectural firms, including Detlie & Peck, in Seattle.
Mr. Detlie was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s. He was a member of the Beer and Culture Society, a small group of academics, architects, and artists who later formed Allied Arts of Seattle, serving as its first president. The group pressured the Seattle City Council to create a Municipal Arts Commission, which laid the groundwork for building the Seattle Center and hosting the 1962 World's Fair.
Mr. Detlie designed a number of Seattle buildings, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital, several University of Washington buildings, and Temple De Hirsch. Detlie also wrote and lectured on religious architecture and was a painter.
He married Virginia Crowell in 1946.
While serving in WWII he directed the camoflaging of the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington. He did so by making the plant appear as a town from the sky.
He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction in 1943, associated with the Movie "Bitter Sweet".
Mr. Detlie was also a noted architect in Seattle, Los Angeles.Baltimore and Honolulu.
After the war, in 1946, Detlie joined the architecture firm of Young & Richardson and became a full partner in 1952.
Detlie left the firm and Seattle in 1960 and went on to become a noted architect in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Honolulu before retiring near Palm Springs. He was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s and helped form the Allied Arts Club of Seattle becoming their first president.
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Detlie earned a BA in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1932 and a Masters in 1933. After graduation he moved to Hollywood to work in the movie industry. In 1940 he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work as production designer on the film Bitter Sweet, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. He left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1942 to manage the Boeing camouflage project in Seattle as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers. He subsequently worked with several Seattle based architectural firms, including Detlie & Peck, in Seattle.
Mr. Detlie was a pioneer in the Seattle arts movement in the 1950s. He was a member of the Beer and Culture Society, a small group of academics, architects, and artists who later formed Allied Arts of Seattle, serving as its first president. The group pressured the Seattle City Council to create a Municipal Arts Commission, which laid the groundwork for building the Seattle Center and hosting the 1962 World's Fair.
Mr. Detlie designed a number of Seattle buildings, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital, several University of Washington buildings, and Temple De Hirsch. Detlie also wrote and lectured on religious architecture and was a painter.
He married Virginia Crowell in 1946.
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