Stanley Rollin Gould

Architect | 1906-1991

Stanley Gould worked for Parkinson & Parkinson (1928-34), A.C. Zimmerman (1935-36), and Reginald Johnson (1937-38) prior to founding Risley and Gould, Architects in 1943 with Wink Risley. 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 in San Diego.

Stanley Gould was born in Portland, Oregon on April 23, 1906. He would go on to work for Parkinson & Parkinson (1928-34), A.C. Zimmerman (1935-36), and Reginald Johnson (1937-38).

Early in his career Stanley Gould was awarded the official position of “Manager – Architectural Department”, commonly known as the “Chief Architect” for the 10th Olympiad, held in Los Angeles in 1932. His duties included designing and overseeing construction of all Southern California Olympic facilities, which included his design of the Olympic Torch located in the Los Angeles Coliseum, that remains today as a permanent reminder of the Olympics.

After founding Risley and Gould, Architects in 1943, he served USC as an instructor for 5th year architecture design (ca. 1948) and the Los Angeles AIA chapter in various officer capacities between 1951-54 (he joined the local chapter in 1942). He was married in 1929 and had two children in 1956. Stanley Gould died on October 6, 1991 in Los Angeles.

Partial List of Projects

Arrowhead Puritas Water Headquarters

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 Utilities Plant (1963)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould

Clark High School (1955)
Glendale Unified School District, Glendale
Risley and Gould

Coca Cola Bottling Company
Los Angeles, Hawaii, Atlanta

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

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

Humanities and Social Sciences Bldg. (1969)
CSU Fullerton
Risley and Gould

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

New Directors Office (1959)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould

Palms Jr. High Auditorium (1956)
Los Angeles

Pollak Library (1966)
CSU Fullerton

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

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