Winston A. ("Win") and Elizabeth ("Lisl") Close (n. Scheu) were an influential husband-and-wife team of modern architects in the midwest United States. They practiced from the 1930s to the 1980s, mostly in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.

This web site is a small collection of items documenting their career, with an emphasis on their residential work. It is maintained by Win and Lisl's grandson, Winston W. Close.

Contents

Close Homes: U. of M. Faculty Houses Built by Close Associates
This 2006 booklet by Colin Kloecker and Tom Trow was the inspiration for, and remains the nucleus of, this web site.

Articles

Progressive Architecture, December, 1948 Minneapolis Tribune, May, 1948 Minneapolis Tribune, August, 1968 Minneapolis Tribune, April, 1992 Architecture Minnesota, May/June 1992 Pioneer Press, 1998 Minnesota Magazine, April 1998 Minneapolis Star-Tribune, November, 2002

Other Resources

• A look at mid-century modernist homes through the work of Close Associates, article by Close Associates President Gar Hargens in The Minnesota Preservationist, March/April 2010
• September, 2002 Issue of Sparks, the Minnesota AIA newsletter, detailing Lisl Close's award of the Minnesota AIA Gold Medal for lifetime achievement.

Links

• Close Associates, the firm Win and Lisl formed, now run by Gar Hargens
• Winston W. Close, the designer and maintainer of this site