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Tile on the chimney is Japanese tile that’s used for interior and exterior, including on the small conical balconies off each bedroom. Comfortable seating and Micha’s collection of pottery make it a relaxing spot that’s emphasized by the expanse of glass windows overlooking the pool and bayou.
The pool was added in 1980 from a design by Pascagoula architect Ken Teague. Lots of blue and white porcelain and green plants
look great against the purple of the house.
The Gryder home has been the subject of numerous architectural articles,
including one in The New York Times. It’s a legacy and a
family home, prompting Micha to conclude, “It is
what it is.”
(1904-1982)
Considered the American
master of organic
architecture. In a career that
spanned more than six decades,
he designed wildly original houses and
buildings, mostly in Oklahoma, Texas and Chicago, and two special houses on the Gulf
Coast — one in Gulfport (destroyed by re in 1986) and the Gryder House in Ocean Springs.
He was quoted as saying he “designed buildings that reward you with interest.”
In addition to his pursuit of “design for the continuous present” through architecture, Goff was an artist and in the 1930s was a composer of modern piano music.
In 1942, Goff enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Naval Construction Branch “Seabees”. He underwent
basic training, at rst in Rhode Island and then at Gulfport, Mississippi.
He in uenced young architects by teaching at the University of Oklahoma. In 1990, the Art
Institute of Chicago received his comprehensive archives.